(last updated 2011-02-16) Name : Chris Rae Email : chris.raeµsoft.com MIME media type name : Application MIME subtype name : Vendor Tree - vnd.ms-office.activeX+xml Required parameters : N/A Optional parameters : N/A Encoding considerations : binary This media type may require encoding on transports not capable of handling binary. Security considerations : An ActiveX control is a Component Object Model (COM) object - it can do anything the user can do from the computer upon which it is run. It can read from and write to the registry, and it has access to the local file system. For more details on creating and deploying secure ActiveX controls, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa752035(v=vs.85).aspx Interoperability considerations : The executables contained in ActiveX controls are valid only on the Microsoft Windows platform. Published specification : N/A Applications which use this media : Microsoft Office Additional information : 1. Magic number(s) : N/A 2. File extension(s) : N/A 3. Macintosh file type code : N/A 4. Object Identifiers: N/A Person to contact for further information : 1. Name : Chris Rae 2. Email : chris.raeµsoft.com Intended usage : Common This type will be used to represent ActiveX controls embedded within Microsoft Office documents. Author/Change controller : Chris Rae / Microsoft Corporation (file created 2011-02-16)