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using a .net component in a VB6 exe file...
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ThatRickGuy
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Yes.
Step 1: Build your .DLL
Step 2: Copy your DLL to anywheres you want to access it from a COM app. (IE: your VB6 development machine, and any machines that will be using the VB6 app)
Step 3: Install the .Net Framework on any machines that will use this DLL
Step 4: Use regasm.exe to register your DLL to a TLB from the command line on any machine that will use the DLL:
Step 5: In vb6, add a reference to the .tlb file.
Step 6: Deploy the vb6 app. Again, make sure you regasm the .Net dll to a tlb on every machine that will use it.
-Rick
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I believe in killer coding ninja monkeys.
Step 1: Build your .DLL
Step 2: Copy your DLL to anywheres you want to access it from a COM app. (IE: your VB6 development machine, and any machines that will be using the VB6 app)
Step 3: Install the .Net Framework on any machines that will use this DLL
Step 4: Use regasm.exe to register your DLL to a TLB from the command line on any machine that will use the DLL:
Code:
regasm YourDll.dll /tlb YourDll.tlbStep 5: In vb6, add a reference to the .tlb file.
Step 6: Deploy the vb6 app. Again, make sure you regasm the .Net dll to a tlb on every machine that will use it.
-Rick
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I believe in killer coding ninja monkeys.Begin with
'Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices'
then use GuidGen to generate three GUIDS and add a section like this inside your class...
#Region "COM GUIDs"
Friend Const ClassId As String = "9029E0FE-5554-496c-885B-12F7E8C7D872"
Friend Const InterfaceId As String = "B7FB59F0-76C6-4c0b-8702-A9BCA943E946"
Friend Const EventsId As String = "2A1A8808-FB6A-4aaa-8F99-B3FBB420D993"
#End Region
Then, on the live above your Public Class Class1, include this tag so that it looks like this...
<ComClass(Class1.ClassId, Class1.EventsId, Class1.InterfaceId)> _
Public Class Class1
Then, go into the properties of project/Configuration Properties and check the box for "Register For COM Interop"
Build your DLL, and distribute it along with your app.
James
'Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices'
then use GuidGen to generate three GUIDS and add a section like this inside your class...
#Region "COM GUIDs"
Friend Const ClassId As String = "9029E0FE-5554-496c-885B-12F7E8C7D872"
Friend Const InterfaceId As String = "B7FB59F0-76C6-4c0b-8702-A9BCA943E946"
Friend Const EventsId As String = "2A1A8808-FB6A-4aaa-8F99-B3FBB420D993"
#End Region
Then, on the live above your Public Class Class1, include this tag so that it looks like this...
<ComClass(Class1.ClassId, Class1.EventsId, Class1.InterfaceId)> _
Public Class Class1
Then, go into the properties of project/Configuration Properties and check the box for "Register For COM Interop"
Build your DLL, and distribute it along with your app.
James
ThatRickGuy
Programmer
I've found that using that option will only register it on the development machine, you'll still have to regasm it on any machines it gets deployed to.
-Rick
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I believe in killer coding ninja monkeys.That will create a COM-callable wrapper - a COM component that delegates all calls into your .NET assembly. It will also create a COM type library for the wrapper and register it in the windows registry. After that's all done and he has built his solution, he can switch over to VB6 and his new "COM" compatible object will show up in his references section and he'll even have intellisense.
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James
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James
Left this part out...
And yes, Rick is right, you will still need to RegAsm it on the machines that will be using your VB6 app. Or, you can build a setup package for your app and your COM compatible DLL with get distributed and registered automatically.
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James
And yes, Rick is right, you will still need to RegAsm it on the machines that will be using your VB6 app. Or, you can build a setup package for your app and your COM compatible DLL with get distributed and registered automatically.
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James
ThatRickGuy
Programmer
But the VB6 deployment packages won't load the .Net DLL into the GAC will it? I beat on it a few times and never got it to load correctly. I finally just broke down and regasm'd it.
On the bright side however, as long as you don't change any used signatures, you can copy/paste new versions of the .net dll over the old one. Saves you from having to re-regasm it every deployement.
-Rick
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I believe in killer coding ninja monkeys.
On the bright side however, as long as you don't change any used signatures, you can copy/paste new versions of the .net dll over the old one. Saves you from having to re-regasm it every deployement.
-Rick
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I believe in killer coding ninja monkeys.No, you're right, the VB6 deployment package won't load it into the GAC. Looking back, I used VS.NET to create a distribution package for the object.
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James
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James
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tyreejp did you do the weather module on your site yourself and if yes how. I don't won't it on my site I want it on my windows forms.
Christiaan Baes
Belgium
If you want to get an answer read this FAQ faq796-2540
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tyreejp did you do the weather module on your site yourself and if yes how. I don't won't it on my site I want it on my windows forms.
Christiaan Baes
Belgium
If you want to get an answer read this FAQ faq796-2540
There's no such thing as a winnable war - Sting
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