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Registering 2 versions of an activex control
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17/06/1999 23:04:12
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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ActiveX controls in VFP
Miscellaneous
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00230971
Message ID:
00231204
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>This is possible only if the two versions have different classids (and different progids). Just having them in different folders doesn't help, because they will have the same keys in the registry and the last registered one will be the one in use.
>

Just to clarify, if he share a common version-independent ProgID, last man standing wins. The last registration will set the value for the version-independent ProgID,

>Vlad
>
>>Is it possible to have more than 1 version of an Activex control registered in a machine? Suppose I need to keep an old version of a
>>certain Activex control being used by one application and at the same time a new version of the same control to be used by some other applications...; to do that, I need to keep these 2 different activex files in different folders and register them under different folders, right ?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>Kam Lee
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