Disabling QuickPlace ActiveX controls to increase bandwidth

Disabling QuickPlace ActiveX controls to increase bandwidth

Level: Beginner
Works with: QuickPlace
Updated: 03-Sep-2002

One way to increase your bandwidth is to disable the ActiveX controls on your QuickPlace server or in your individual QuickPlaces. The QuickPlace Upload control is an ActiveX control. If you disable your ActiveX controls, you cannot perform the following tasks:

Creating and importing Microsoft Office documents
Creating custom forms using Microsoft Office documents or HTML files
Dragging and dropping files onto the Upload control
Importing images or stylesheets associated with HTML files
Importing multiple files
Importing custom themes

However, without the QuickPlace ActiveX controls, you can continue to do the following:

Import HTML files
Import one file at a time
Create simple forms

To disable ActiveX controls on the QuickPlace server
Use your server settings to disable or enable ActiveX controls and Java applets. In release 2.0.7 and earlier, you disabled ActiveX controls using the Notes.ini setting $h_DisableActiveX=1. However, with QuickPlace 3.0, this is done through the user interface:

Log onto the QuickPlace server using the server administrator user name and password.
Click Server Settings in the Table of Contents, and then click Other Options.
Click Edit Options.
Deselect the option Enable ActiveX.
If you want to disable Java applets, deselect Enable Java Applets.
Click Next to save your selections.

To disable ActiveX for an individual QuickPlace
If you want to enable or disable ActiveX controls for some QuickPlaces on a server, but not all of them, follow these steps for each QuickPlace in which you want to disable ActiveX controls:

Log onto the individual QuickPlace using the administrator user name and password.
Click Customize, and then click Basic.
Click Change Basics to edit your options.
Select the Disable ActiveX option, and then click Done.

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