Registry Free Object Instantiation using DirectCOM & RC6

[Schmidt]

A couple of questions:
1. Since I am already using SxS for Krool's VBCCR, an anchor control, and Eduardo's NewTab, can I include RC6 to the SxS as well?
2. Can this method be used to replace the components listed in #1?
3. I'm regrettably not using Cairo on this project, so can I leave the those off the list and only include RC6.DLL and DirectCOM.dll ?

1) Yes.
2) No.
3) Please always include all of the Dlls of the RC6-package in your deployment

Olaf

[taishan]

1) Yes.
2) No.
3) Please always include all of the Dlls of the RC6-package in your deployment

Olaf

Would you recommend putting all the controls and DLLs into a .res resource?

[Schmidt]

Would you recommend putting all the controls and DLLs into a .res resource?

No, because your executable then runs a higher risk, to be flagged as a "false positive" by virus-scanners.

There's nothing wrong with a honest \Bin\ Subfolder (which contains all libraries and ocxes your exe needs) -
sitting beside your MyApp.exe (in a simple deployment-zip).

Olaf

[jpbro]

Would you recommend putting all the controls and DLLs into a .res resource?

I do not recommend this for the DirectCOM reg-free approach described above. While others report success with the .res approach, I can only recommend that if you use anything that I've written here, then you should put all your DLLs in the folder that "PathAppSystem" points to.