Registering COMDLG32.OCX

[swambast]

Fellow Programmers,

Not to beat a dead horse, but...
I have seen many, many methods of registering the COMDLG32.OCX or any other OCX for that matter. Can someone please provide me with what they feel is the shortest, most efficient and effective source code to accomplish this task. Your assistance and knowledge sharing is greatly appreciated! And thanks for your time.

Steve

[Asterix]

I always use Regsvr32

[pooni]

Found on this site


How to register and un-register ActiveX Controls

This tip describes how ActiveX controls can be registered and unregistered directly from Visual Basic. Every ActiveX control contains two functions that can be called that will instruct the OCX to either register or un-register itself with the system. These functions are DLLRegisterServer and DLLUnregisterServer. The following tip demonstrates how to register and un-register the Microsoft Common Controls OCX, ComCtl32.OCX.

Declarations

Copy the following code into the declarations section of your projects.

Declare Function RegComCtl32 Lib "ComCtl32.OCX" _
Alias "DllRegisterServer" () As Long
Declare Function UnRegComCtl32 Lib "ComCtl32.OCX" _
Alias "DllUnregisterServer" () As Long
Const ERROR_SUCCESS = &H0

Code

To register the Microsoft Common Controls, use this code:

If RegComCtl32 = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
MsgBox "Registration Successful"
Else
MsgBox "Registration Unsuccessful"
End If

If UnRegComCtl32 = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
MsgBox "UnRegistration Successful"
Else
MsgBox "UnRegistration Unsuccessful"
End If

Note: Each DLL function call may take up to 5 seconds.