Using DLL without registring it (VBA / VB6)

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Is it possible to latebind an object based on a DLL without registering the DLL (assuming you know the path to the DLL)?

I have a ‘validation’ routing that I am planning, and it would be great to not have to ‘register’ DLLs on a users system in order for the validation to run. Potentially the validation DLLs may change, so registration is not really what I want.

I know that I could get around this using .NET but I don’t want to do this in .NET (at the moment).

Your thoughts appreciated.

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See this newsgroup thread.

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This Register/ Unregister OCX/DLL Utility might be what you’re after. You could use the source code provided in your VB6 application, and it doesn’t rely on the end user having Regsvr32.exe.

Alan

Added – Also the source code here:
Register and Unregister Active X Components (DLLs and OCXs)
Register/ Unregister Multiple OCXs/DLLs at The Same Time

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Great thanks, I will have a look at these. Look like exactly what I was after (but couldn’t find) . Thanks .

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Great thanks, I will have a look at these. Look like exactly what I was after (but couldn’t find) . Thanks .

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This Register/ Unregister OCX/DLL Utility might be what you’re after. You could use the source code provided in your VB6 application, and it doesn’t rely on the end user having Regsvr32.exe.

Alan

Added – Also the source code here:
Register and Unregister Active X Components (DLLs and OCXs)
Register/ Unregister Multiple OCXs/DLLs at The Same Time

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