# ActiveX Functions

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/activex-functions/5664>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 9, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/activex-functions/5664 "2013-01-09T17:17:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jrichards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@jrichards](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jrichards)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/activex-functions/5664/1 "2013-01-09T17:17:46Z")

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it would be real nice to get the Media Player and PowerPoint ActiveX functions to work.

I know ActiveX and Java don’t play nice, but man would that be great to add to my HMI screens.

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**Author:** ![diat150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/activex-functions/5664/2 "2013-01-10T00:35:47Z")

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I saw someone posted a vlc module. Maybe that wont work for you, but I always found vlc player to be a nuch better option than wmp. just a thought.

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**Author:** ![jrichards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@jrichards](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jrichards)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/activex-functions/5664/3 "2013-01-18T21:19:50Z")

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I’m trying it right now, thanks for the imput.

so far, all I get is “Vlcj stopped” in the message diagnostics