ActiveX object from EFS file

[smooresc]

Hi,

I would like to connect to a database file from my EFS study. I've unsuccessfully tried creating an OLE connection:

var oConn = new ActiveXObject("ADODB.Connection");

This works fine in JavaScript but not EFS? I just read an older post that mentioned ActiveX objects are not accessible within EFS. Is this still the case?

Any other method for accessing a database besides DDE?

Thanks.

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello smooresc,

This action is not supported through EFS. You may be able to accomplish your task through our Desktop API.

[smooresc]

Jason,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I have been using the Destop API to retrieve data and it seems to work well. I was hoping to utilize the indicators in eSignal through EFS and return custom indicator values to my database.

In EFS, is there a way to return variables to a JavaScript or VB program?

Thanks again.

Sean

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Sean,

If you can write a DLL for the external program, you can pass data from EFS to the DLL using the DLL Object, which would intern pass the data to your database.