ActiveX EXE & Package & Deployment

[wvcstephens]

We have a small project that is really just a launching site for the main code that is in several different ActiveX exe. Some is called directly, others are called by ActiveX's that are called by other ActiveX's.. In testing the whole thing works magnificently & we patted ourselves on the back & puffed out our chests.
Then we went to package & deploy our marvolus masterpeice.. And hit a wall.. When in the package it points to only the ActiveX that the main program calls and says the following...

"Missing Dependency Information"
"Below is a list of files for which dependency information could not be found. To proceed without the dependency information for the files(s), click ok. To permanently mark a file as having no dependencies, select its checkbox."

And in test it is proved to be missing Crystal report dll's & flexgrid dlls.. And any of our other ActiveX that we created & are called not in the main program, but in other ActiveX peices.

Major blow to our super puffed up egos!...

We know we "could" put all that is needed into our main program.. but that would defeat the purpose.. I mean we know what they are.. But what if we were creating these activeX's for other people to use & then they would not know.. They would just trust that what our ActiveX needed would come bundled into the Package & Deploy.. So we do not want to take this cheater's way out. So how do you do it.?
Thanks,
Wenda & Ann

[Edneeis]

You have to make dependency information for each of the ActiveX Exes in your project first then make the setup for the main project. Just select dependency file instead of standard setup package in the p&d wizard and it will add one extra file in the same folder as the ActiveX Exe project. That should do but you may also have to point you main programs setup to the dependency files (if it still says the info is missing).

[wvcstephens]

We are trying that now.. Thanks..

We do have to search out some dlls & exe that this dependency wants but strangely we do not have.. Any idea what they are or why our packaged product needs them when they run fine on our systems with out them.. Or where we should look for them..?

Autmgr32.exe
Racmgr32.exe

Thanks again.. You got us off our dead end feeling.. We are in search of stuff.

Wenda and Ann