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by Mark F. » Sun, 23 Oct 2005 07:43:35 GMT

Hello All,

I would like to learn how to create self-registering activex controls.
Can I convert existing controls I created into self-registering type?

Thanks.
Mark

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com >> ActiveX control registration

by Ken Halter » Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:14:56 GMT






All VB ActiveX controls/dlls are support Self Registration. That may not
mean what you think it does. All it means is that the dll/ocx exposes
DllRegisterServer and DllUnregisterServer methods and the contents of those
methods setup/remove information from the registry.

Self Registration for Controls
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/com/html/0fff07e5-10bb-4052-8eb1-021efcb66d6c.asp

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