A dll file is not an Active X control and therefore is not listed in the components. dll are registered in the references section.

If the dll registration failed do a search for regsvr32.exe once you have located it go to a dos prompt window and execute the command from the directory where regsvr32.exe is located and give the full path of the dll.
eg
C:\windows\system>regsvr32.exe "C:\windows\system\riched20.dll"

On the menu Bar in your VB project (the one using the dll) select Project then select References in the list you should see your new dll. tick the box and the whole thing should work.

[Edited by charliecatney on 11-03-2000 at 05:17 AM]