In this weekly Tech Tip we are going to discuss something that you need to do to make your experience in the Oklahoma City MLS as smooth as possible.
In the past, programs that ran on your computer required you to load a disk and essentially load the program and the componets on your computer. With the growing capabilities of the internet, there has been a shift to web based programs. This means that the program runs throught the internet. This is great! However your computer still needs some componets in order to communicate with the program. Often times this is in the form of “Active X controls.”
The Oklahoma City Metropolitan Association of Realtors MLS has a “secret” page that allows you to check to make sure your computer has all of the componets.
Before you log on to MLS, i want you to look at the address bar (at the top of the screen)
Notice that the address is http://okcmar.mlxtempo.com/
if you will add the letters AX to the end of the address it will take you to the active x configuration page
(or you can just click on this link http://okcmar.mlxtempo.com/ax/)
You will be directed to a page that looks like this
Click install and continue to click through until you get checks besides each componet
**Be Forwarned** There will be about 20 various things that you will have to click ok, accept ect. It may seem like its not working, but i assure you that at some point it will give you all checks and stop prompting you to install.
Once you have done this, you will be updated to the latest settings, and should not have to do this anymore on that particular computer. Remember that since the program is web based you will need to do this once on each computer you plan to use MLS on.
It is possible that you have been using the MLS just fine without doing this. However, if you don’t have all of these componets installed, I promise you that you will run into problems. It may not be now, but more likely it will happen when you are on the way out the door and you go to print something off real quick, only to discover that you never installed the printer controls, therefore you are unable to print a particular report. Thanks for reading. I hope this help you out.
Please feel free to email me anytime bburger@kw.com with comments or suggestions. Also, check out this and other technology tips on my website www.bradburger.com
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