Exe prematurely exiting with revised activex dll

[griv]

Hi,

I have written a simple exe that uses an ActiveX dll that I have also written.

For historical reasons the ActiveX dll uses (declares) a type as well as its class interfaces.

If I run the exe with the original dll all is fine. If I make a change to the code in the dll and recompile the exe no longer runs. It will do something (an hour glass flashes) but then it exits cleanly.

If I compile the dll with binary compatibility all is ok.

I have tried to debug the exe using Visual Studio. A few dlls are loaded but then the program exits (cleanly with a return code of 0) before the form_load sub.

In the globals of the exe I have declared :

Public value1 As New ClassDefinition
Dim value2 As vbreference.embeddedtype

In the form_load sub I instantiate the object.

Set value1 = New ClassDefinition

My guess is that the program is failing on one of the global statements. I am uncertain how I can confirm this.

How do I trap the error in the exe on the odd case I use a dll that has not been compiled with binary compatibility?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Daniel.

 

[merlinx]

Take a look at this,

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=25490&lngWId=1

 

[griv]

Merlinx,

Thanks for the link. It looks like it may be workaround. I'll try it.

Daniel