What is the difference between “Form Controls” and “ActiveX Control” in Excel 2010?
Google is full of information on this. As Hans Passant said, Form controls are built in to Excel whereas ActiveX controls are loaded separately. Generally you’ll use Forms controls, they’re simpler. ActiveX controls allow for more flexible design and should be used when the job just can’t be done with a basic Forms control. Many user’s computers by default won’t trust ActiveX, and it will be disabled; … Read more