Do we have a way to return an instantiated object from a standard DLL, and then use it early-bound?

I'm thinking the answer is "no", but I thought I'd ask anyway. Visions of a dummy-class or a typelib with the object's interface in it are swirling around in my head.

Also, if this is figured out, I need to make sure the COM object's RefCount goes to zero and uninstantiates when the IDE's stop button is clicked.

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Why would I want this? I just think standard DLLs are nicer than ActiveX DLLs in that we don't have to register them nor mess with our manifest to use them in a "SxS" fashion.