VB Forum / COM / November 2003

Hi All,

I apologise in advance as this is not an intentional cross-post, as I've
already posted this earlier on vb.discussion without realising this
newsgroup existed.

I have developed an activeX exe which simply polls a database in it's own
thread, and alerts the main program using a instantianted class and an event
off of that class.

When I have run different version of the activex exe, lots of different
version have appeared in the references dialog, and I have trouble
identifying the version which is running in it's own IDE for debugging.

So I wonder if someone could answer some questions:

Firstly, why have all the different versions appeared in the references, as
I haven't registered any using regsvr32?
Secondly how can I remove all of the old references (some of which point to
deleted files)??, as these are cluttering up the references, and confusing
me - I only have a mini-brain!!!!!

I've tried "D:\Development\TestFax\FaxPolling.exe" / unregserver
and the reference still exists in the references list in VB6

Everything works fine on my development machine when I can get the correct
instance of the activeX exe referenced in the main program project.

Now when I come to install it in the live enviornment, I get automation
errors as each component, isn't finding it's references......
How do I register my activeX exe, so that I can put it somewhere and let the
main program pick it up from the registry???

I should add, that ideally I'd like my main program to pick up the
references from the same folder the main app is running in......
I understand that this is one of the places it looks when the first up
reference path is broken???

I've also tried moving the ActiveX exe to another directory, and
doubleclicking to register it.
I then go back to my main program and change the reference to where I've
moved the activeX exe.
I close the reference screen, save the project, compile the main program,
and it doesn't work.
I then open the project, look at the reference, and it has reverted back to
the previous location of the activeX exe, which obviously isn't there!!!

What is the references dialog doing?????

Thanks

Alex Stevens