Dependency through Api

[amitabh]

Can I know th list of dependency files through any api call?

[plenderj]

I don't know off-hand if there is an easy way of doing it, but you could always just use the Depends utility that comes with Visual Studio

[amitabh]

I know you can use the Depends utility, but I need to know it through my code. There must be a way through VB because P&D Wizard does it.

[plenderj]

The P&D wizard does it by looking at the source code
The list of required ocx's etc. (if any) are at the top of your .vbp file

[amitabh]

Okay, so it chooses the easy way out. But then Installshield and others do have a way to know the dependencies. BTW, have you ever used the Dumpbin utility. It also provides you with a waay to know the dependencies.

[plenderj]

Well you would look at the compiled exe and see what dlls its referencing. But I've no idea how to do that

[amitabh]

Just got a link at PSC. i will look at it and respond later http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/s...31828&lngWId=1

[plenderj]

As far as I can tell it just runs through the file and looks for references written in

[amitabh]

Yes, more or less it does the same. Returned tonly MSVBVM60.dll for an exe created with VB6.