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Registering a COM Server
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08/01/2001 12:22:37
Dave Nantais
Light speed database solutions
Ontario, Canada
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
COM/DCOM and OLE Automation
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00460645
Message ID:
00460661
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10
>I am using regsvr32.exe to register a COM .dll file that i built using VFP 5.
>A person who does not have VFP 5 support library installed on their machine CANNOT register this COM server.
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>it says "Visual Foxpro support library not present"
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>I thought the purpose of using a .dll was that Visual Foxpro did not have to be present on the machine using the .dll ?
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>Or do I have to use the setup wizard to install the foxpro 5 support library?
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>Thanks...

As Vin said, your suspicion is correct. DLLs still need the run-time files available in order to process the code. The same is true of a VB DLL (although I believe there is a 3rd party product that will combine a VB DLL and the VB run-time file into one file).
Larry Miller
MCSD
LWMiller3@verizon.net

Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning. -- Mingjiao
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