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Updated: February 10, 1997
Note:
With the Internet Explorer 3.0 launch, we provided a number of controls to give site developers and end users an introduction to ActiveX controls. Since the release, a number of excellent third-party controls superior in functionality and quality to the Internet Explorer controls have become available. For this reason, we are phasing out four obsolete controls (animated button, chart, gradient, and view tracker), and have removed the relevant reference information from this document.
These controls are still available through Internet Explorer's automatic ActiveX control download to accommodate sites that have been authored to include these controls.
The following controls are provided by Microsoft with the Internet
Explorer 3.0 
final release.
Please click below for programming and authoring information on each control,
e.g., information on properties, methods, and events supported by the control.
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Label | Displays given text at any specified angle. It can also render the text along user-defined curves. |
| Marquee | Scrolls, slides, and/or bounces URLs within a user-defined window. |
| Menu | Displays a menu button or a pull-down menu. This control acts like a tri-state button when no menu items are specified, or displays a pull-down menu when one or more menu items are specified. It can also display a popup menu if the Popup method is used. |
| Popup Menu | Displays a popup menu whenever the PopUp method is called, and fires a Click event when a menu item is selected. |
| Popup Window | Displays specified HTML documents in a popup window. This control can be used to provide tooltips or previews of links. |
| Preloader | Downloads the specified URL and puts it in the cache. The control is invisible at run time and starts downloading when enabled. |
| Stock Ticker | Continuously displays changing data. The control downloads the URL specified at regular intervals and displays that data. The data can be in text format or XRT format. |
| Timer | Invokes an event periodically. It is invisible at run time. |
For answers to frequently asked questions about using controls on your Web pages, please see the FAQ on developing Web pages using ActiveX controls.
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