Side by side versioning of Internet Explorer ActiveX Addons (with the same filename)
I first encountered this issue today, where the client had packaged two versions of the SQL Server Reporting Services Client Printing ActiveX. There are separate version for SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Reporting Services. However, both of these ActiveX controls have identical filenames (rsclientprint.dll). This was a manually created package, and the following guide suggests if you don't allow standard users to install via ActiveX controls via GPO, then to package the ActiveX using the following method. So how do we know if these ActiveX controls are meant to run side-by-side or not? ( The following excerpt is from : http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/client-side-printing-silent-deployment-of-rsclientPrint.aspx ) Reporting Services Client-Side Printing and Silent Deployment of RSClientPrint.cab ActiveX file. RSClientPrint.cab is a Microsoft ActiveX control that provides client side printing for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services reports. The ActiveX ...