ActiveX DLL's etc.

[hdvb]

Hello Henrik,

Actually it's very simple to make a DLL with VB5 or VB6.

Just make a new project of the "ActiveX DLL" type. You will now get a new project containing only one class.
In this class you can make for example one subroutine which generates a messagebox with an error message. You can use parameters to make the message fit any error.

A short sample could be:

Public Sub Generate_Error(Number As Long, Description As String, Source As String)

MsgBox "An error occurred. Details:" & vbCrLf & "Number: " & Number & vbCrLf & "Description: " & Description & vbCrLf & "Source: " & Source

End Sub

Give the Class module as sensible name, as you have to refer to it later (for example: clsErrorHandler).

If you compile this into a DLL then you can make a reference in an EXE project (Project -> References menu) to you DLL.
Now you declare the clsErrorHandler within the new project:

Public hdErrorHandler As New clsErrorHandler

Now you can call the object in each sub when an error occurs. Example:

hdErrorHandler.Generate_Error Err.Number, Err.Description, "Error happened in sub Main"

Hope this helps...


Hajo Dijkstra