>It still didn't work.
>
>i get the following error:
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>Class Definition READFLAG.CLASS is not found.
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>after the line of code:
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>oWhatever=createobject("ReadFlag.Class1")
>
>the .dll is sitting in the same directory and everything and for some reason it doesn't find it.

Check the file with OLEVIEW - the odds are that you don't know the proper ProgID. The location of the file is immaterial; if it's properly registered, Windows locates it via the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ProgID entry.