ActiveX DLL - Making encapsulated objects known to other programs

[BlackKnight]

Hi folks,

How do you make the objects encapsulated in an ActiveX DLL available for other programs to use?

Have a good one!
BK [sig][/sig]

 

[sdb510]

To use a DLL object from outside the component, all you have to do is set the Instancing property of the classes to a setting other than Private. The other settings give the class various types of behavior, but as long the class isn't Private, it can be accessed from outside the DLL.

In order to use the DLL in another VB app, you need to go to the references window in the VB app. Your DLL should be in the references list (listed by its project name, not file name). Check the component in the list, click OK, and you can use the DLL.

Have fun!

Steve

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