I know that you can publish the contents of an activeX container. I have done it several times. It is probably something to do with the activeX control you have placed in it. For instance, it might be that the image from the web camera is updating when the snap of the front panel is taken so that the image of the container seems blank. It also might have something to do with the picture depth you are using. Try playing around with some of the publishing settings you have available such as monitor, snap, refresh rate, picture depth, etc and see if any of them have any effect.