The WebSphere MQ Automation Classes for ActiveX (MQAX) are ActiveX components that provide classes that you can use in your application to access WebSphere MQ. It requires a WebSphere MQ environment and a corresponding WebSphere MQ application with which to communicate.
It gives your ActiveX application the ability to run transactions and access data on any of your enterprise systems that you can access through WebSphere MQ.
WebSphere MQ Automation Classes for ActiveX:
MQAX starter samples are provided. You are recommended to use these initially to check that your installation of the MQAX is successful and that you have the basic WebSphere MQ environment in place. The samples also demonstrate how MQAX can be used.
The Component Object Model (COM) is an object-based programming model defined by Microsoft. It specifies how software components can be provided in a way that allows them to locate and communicate with each other irrespective of the computer language in which they are written or their location.
ActiveX is a set of technologies, based on COM, that integrates application development, reusable components, and Internet technologies on the Microsoft Windows platforms. ActiveX components provide interfaces that can be accessed dynamically by applications. An ActiveX scripting client is an application, for example a compiler, that can build or execute a program or script that uses the interfaces provided by ActiveX (or COM) components.
WebSphere MQ Automation Classes for ActiveX can only be used with 32-bit ActiveX scripting clients.
To run the MQAX in a WebSphere MQ server environment you must have Windows NT 5.1 or later versions installed on your system.
To run the MQAX in a WebSphere MQ client environment you need at least one of the following installed on your system:
The WebSphere MQ client requires access to at least one WebSphere MQ server. When both the WebSphere MQ server and client are installed on your system MQAX applications will always run against the server. The ActiveX interface to the MQAI and Active Directory Services is only available in WebSphere MQ server environments.