New to Network Programming

[chief7]

I also found this on microsofts site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...sidebyside.asp

can't this DLL/COM redirection be used to avoid client side installation of dlls and ocxs?

[dilettante]

Yes, it can. But it requires that clients be WinXP (preferably SP2) or later (Win2003, Vista).

VB6 programs deployed in this fashion can be run direct from CD, USB flash devices, etc. as well.

I have a small program that can do the work for you if you feed it the target application's VBP file (and of course everything else in the project folder). It hasn't been perfected yet, and it has two small flaws I'm aware of:

• It does not yet handle "nested" ActiveX libraries (i.e. a program using a compiled OCX that uses another OCX or DLL).
• It includes an XP Styles element in the application manifest, so your program must properly call InitCommonControls() very early. "Very early" means prior to your main form loading (and even its Load event). One place to do this is in the form's Initialize event handler.