How do I create a TypeLib for UDTs in VB6?

[Schmidt]

I'm not sure, whether all participants in this thread are aware, that the acknowledged rule:
"You don't have to ship a *.tlb along with your compiled Binaries" only holds true for typelib-infos,
which are *not* related to UDT-definitions in said *.tlb.
If a given *.tlb does contain UDT-defs - and when these UDTs in turn are used either:
. 1) in Variants (forcing IRecordInfo to kick in)
. 2) as Arguments in Event-Definitions (same reason as above)
. 3) as Arguments in Method-Signatures on Public COM-Interfaces
...then the vbRuntime will be forced to perform extra-registry-lookups at runtime
(no matter if the tlb-info was known at compile-time)...

And whilst #3 above is only relevant for ActiveX-Exes, Dlls or OCX-Binaries -
the points #1 and #2 are relevant also for normal "Standalone-Exes"...

That means, that a created TypeLib (which defines a "Variant-capable UDT"),
*has* to be shipped along with the Executable in question and it needs registering as well -
(when points #1 and #2 above are true).

So, this means that "bothering with *.tlb-creation the hard way" is not really necessary, because
it's easier and much more straight forward, to define the "Public, and Variant-capable UDT-Def"
inside an ActiveX-Dll project (which can then also contain other useful Helper-Classes) -
and then simply use SxS-manifests, to be able to ship the Standard-Executable (along with the
compiled ActiveX-Dll) as a portable App.

Olaf