Brian,

How about this:

object loZipper;
try
{
   // etc.
}
//  etc.

~~Bonnie

>You must have only one declaration of:
>>

>>XceedZipLib.XceedZipClass loZipper
>>

>>
>>The best way is to declare it at most local scope level - at the same level with statements, which use it.
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>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.
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>- Brian