>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>I am having difficulty in creating a declare statement for a DLL that was built with VB.
>>>>
>>>>In VB, the syntax is as follows (as provided by the developer):
>>>>
>>>>Dim encoder As New CodeGen.encoder
>>>>encoder.SoundX("Test","True")
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>How would I set up the declare to call the SoundX function from within VFP?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance...
>>>
>>>No declare is used. Like VFP, VB creates COM DLLs only.
>>>
>>>VFP:
>>>encoder = createobject('codegen.encoder')
>>>encoder.SoundX("Test","True")
>>
>>
>>I have one other quick question. How can I tell if the component is already registered?
>
>Since Larry answered the second part...Check the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT hive in the registry for the ProgID. In this case, "Codegen.Encoder".


Thanks!