Hi,

I asked this question earlier but didn't get a response so I thought I would try again by rephrasing my question..

When you update/make changes to a dll file, is it okay to just overwrite the old dll file with the new one and expect any application which uses that dll to be able to use it as if it were the original dll?

The reason I ask is that I ran into a situation where I created a dll file for my application. I tested it by calling it from my VB program and everything was okay. Then, I recompiled the dll file without even making changes and then all of a suden, my program refuses to use it..

I'm guessing that every time you create a dll, it get's stamped with a unique number or something and that maybe the program is looking for a specific dll id number..

So do I have to recompile the program every time I recompile a dll? That sounds really rediculous to me and I would hope that there is a way to do this without having to recompile the program..

Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated..

Dan