>>Is there a VFP command or a DELCARE dll Windows method to check to see if a ActiveX (ocx) is registered and returns a true/false if registered or not?
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>>I want to check if Adobe Acrobat pdf.ocx is registered before attempting to use the OCX. How can this be done without generating a VFP error. I tried using CREATEOBJECT("PDF.Pdfctrl.1") which, if pdf.ocx is registered, returns an Object; however, if it's not installed, CREATEOBJECT() produces an error.
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>>Any ideas?
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>Joel,
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>If you use the Registry class that comes with the FFC, create the registry object, then use the IsKey() function, passing it the ProgID. It will return a logical value indicating whether or not it's registered.

Try this:

If type('CreateObject("fmfaxapi.Application")')="O"
oFax = CreateObject("fmfaxapi.Application")
Else
Messagebox("Fax library not installed.")
Return
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