Deploy the ActiveX Control ERMHelper2AX.ocx file on Windows 7 OM Web Viewer 12.1

Products

• Output Management Web Viewer

Issue/Introduction

In cases where it is necessary to deploy the OM Web Viewer v12/v12.1 ActiveX control to users' machines using a script, the following procedures should be used.

 

Environment

• Output Management Web Viewer 12.1
• IE 11
• Windows 7

Resolution

For OM Web Viewer v12.x, the name of the ActiveX file is ERMHelper2AX.ocx

1. Obtain the ERMHelper2AX.cab file from the OM Web Viewer machine, typically located in the \webapps\CAOMWebViewer12\ActiveX folder or /webapps/CAOMWebViewer12/ActiveX folder depending on your platform. 
2. ERMHelper2AX.cab* is a compressed form of ERMHelper2AX.ocx. Unzip it to ERMHelper2AX.ocx with Winzip or another unzip utility
3. Create a script that copies the ERMHelper2AX.ocx file into the C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files\ folder.
4. Run regsvr32 from the C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files directory to register the file.
5. regsvr32 ERMHelper2AX.ocx

NOTE: regsvr32 must be run as administrator

*A .cab file is an archive file format for Microsoft Windows that supports lossless data compression and embedded digital certificates used for maintaining archive integrity.