You must have only one declaration of:
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>XceedZipLib.XceedZipClass loZipper
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>The best way is to declare it at most local scope level - at the same level with statements, which use it.



Ok, so what is the "best" (or proper way) to test for the presence of any COM library/class/component if:
1. You can't trap for errors when it is instantiated due to scope change in try-catch.
2. It's not good practice (nor desirable) to declare the desired object twice.

Does one have to resort to checking the registry? It just sounds like a lot of work for something that I would think should be rather simple.


- Brian