Quote:Original post by mapleh
Hi stubble,
You are so great!!!
I think I'm much more clearer now. I will follow your advice to try ActiveX Control first (I think it's called Web Control in .Net). Then I'll try it using ASP.Net. Then I will have to figure out how to communicate between players and game server (maybe DirectPlay?).
I will rate you as "Extreme Helpful", Joshnathan and Evolutional as "Very Helpful".
Thanks for you all,
mapleh
People aren't very keen on installing custom ActiveX controls - namely as it's a very easy way to bypass security on the machine. Also, I don't know what support for ActiveX controls is like in non MS browsers or on different platforms.
If you're going that way it would make more sense to create a standard .exe file that you can download and connects to your webserver, rather than embedding an ActiveX on a webpage. The two are pretty similar as it is.
If you are keen to have the thing embedded on a webpage then it's better to stick to languages designed for this, such as Java (via an applet) - I believe Flash and the like have bits and bobs that can do this, but I'm more familiar with Java so can't comment on the quality. As I said, people are not going to want to install a custom ActiveX on their machine.