Use ActiveX controls and DLL without installing an application 1

[PocketB]

Hi!
Is it possible to use ActiveX controls and dynamic libraries without installing an application, by simply running EXE file?
Thanks!

 

[whosrdaddy]

Can you be more specific? delphi always produces a single EXE file, if you are not using runtime packages.

so you only need to deploy the EXE + the non windows native dll's (and ocx's).

/Daddy



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[PocketB]

I've a few 3rd party DLLs used by my application during runtime and I would like to protect them. so how to use it without extracting into TEMP directory?

PocketB

 

[whosrdaddy]

you can store a dll inside your exe, but you still have to extract it before you can use it .

an example:

http://delphi.about.com/od/windowsshellapi/l/aa012103c.htm

/Daddy

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[PocketB]

Found! The utility is called BoxedApp Packer. It is converting apps for directly using ActiveX controls and DLLs from memory buffer without using temporary file.

whosrdaddy: thank you

 

[whosrdaddy]

never heard of it, but it looks like it could come in handy some day.

here's the link:

http://www.boxedapp.com/boxedapppacker/

star for you PocketB!


/Daddy



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