No, Microsoft ActiveX controls cannot run on Mac OS X.
ActiveX is a proprietary technology created and maintained by Microsoft available exclusively to Windows. You will not be able to run anything ActiveX on Linux.
No, all ActiveX controls run off of IE.
Set of platform independent technologies developed by Microsoft that enable software components to interact with one another in a networked environment, like the Internet. In addition to adding functionality within the browser (for example, by enabling Microsoft Word to be opened in a browser) Active X components can be exploited by malicious mobile code. www.tumbleweed.com/en/resources/glossary.html
Microsoft's Wscript is a facility within Windows that executes ActiveX scripting languages including Microsoft's own VBscript. Scripts can be run using WScript.exe.
ActiveX controls are only as dangerous as the intentions of the person who wrote them. Only download them when the site that is asking you can be trusted. If you don't trust the web site, do not run their code.
No it will not run on a Mac.
A user can run any Microsoft Windows application using Mac Bootcamp.
Because it is designed to have access to the core components of Windows
Windows can be installed and run on any Mac (and Ironically windows 7 runs better on a mac than on a PC due to how the graphics are set up)
Active X controls are small programs that run in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. Many companies use such programs to create dynamic and interactive websites. Almost all Active X controls are free, since they are automatically downloaded upon visiting a webpage that uses one.
The programs included with Microsoft Office Live are Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint. The minimum system requirement for Windows to run these programs is Windows XP and for Mac it is Mac OS X 10.2.
Most Windows computers can run Microsoft Word as long as you have a compatible version. All modern Windows computers are able to run it. All Mac computers can run Microsoft Word as long as you have the Mac version of Office installed or you have the free Libre Office installed.