InstallShield

[rupertsantos]

I am trying to use Installshield 5.5 to make a set up of my program.. Can anyone tell me how you can find out if a file is self-registering or not so I can group them in the file groups appropriately

Generally we treat everything in the vb world as non self registering. Its safer that way.

Having said that, all MS controls/dlls/activeX we have run up against tend to register themselves successfully, except MS Agent.

[Ruxpin]

Easiest way to find out if something needs registering is to try and register it manually.

regsvr32.exe something.dll

[dj4]

Look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/service...on/dllinfo.asp

-Dj4

[rupertsantos]

do you mean that it is better to put "NO" under the file group window under self-register in installshield 5.5?

We are a beta site for a new install product. It automatically tries to register dlls etc, if the control is all ready registered the product by-passes without issuing error warnings, you would think most install products would work the same way.

Mind you, haven't got it too work with MS Agent yet, even after a couple of updates.

Go ahead and try it on a spare PC, you cannot really damage anything.