>I am new at using COM with VFP. When I try to gen a COM object, I get the message "Can not build a DLL without OLE public classes". Where do I find these classes and how to I add them to my project.
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>thanks in advance,
>Raymond Ross
>State of Michigan

You have to declare a class "OLE Public" before you can build a project, which contains that class, into a DLL. The easiest way to do it through the VFP IDE is to:
Open the class that has the methods and properties you want to expose in the DLL.
Once it is open, click on the Class>Class Info menu.
A class information dialog box will open. There is a check box that is labeled "OLE Public". Click it.
Then build the project into a DLL.

This works for VFP6 or VFP7.

You can also make a class OLE Public using this syntax if you defined the class programatically:

DEFINE CLASS theClass AS MyClass OLEPUBLIC
* Class Definition code goes here
ENDDEFINE