Activex Strike

[chicho_chicho]

Hello, When Deploying an application, all the windows that have an Activex that I created with VB6 do not appear. Ive checked and they only go throught the Init event of the form, after that it does nothing. The Activex is loaded but it does work in my machine pretty well.
Help Please
Thanks
Chicho

[kedaman]

by ActiveX do you mean OCX, EXE or DLL?

[chicho_chicho]

It is an .ocx with a TDBGRID, ActiveBAR, and a Class I use it for ABC's The strange part is that in some computers does work but still dont know why.
Thanks!
Chicho

Did you remember to register it?

[chicho_chicho]

I used Wise Instalation software, the .ocx had self-registered checked on. Is there a manual way to register it?

[kedaman]

Private Declare Function GetSystemDirectory Lib "Kernel32" Alias "GetSystemDirectoryA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long
Private Property Get systemdir$()
    Dim str As String * 256, length&
    length = GetSystemDirectory(str, 256&)
    systemdir = Left(str, length)
End Property


'You shell RegSrv32.exe in system directory:
Shell systemdir & "\Regsvr32.exe /s " & YouOCXpath

[dsy5]

Originally posted by kedaman

Private Property Get systemdir$()
    Dim str As String * 256, length&
    length = GetSystemDirectory(str, 256&)
    systemdir = Left(str, length)
End Property

I'm trying to learn some of this, so be patient. Why the $ in your property "Get systemdir$()"? What does
the "Dim str As String * 256, length&" do? and what is the reasoning for the ampersand after "length&"?

Also, why the ampersand after 256 in the following line -
" length = GetSystemDirectory(str, 256&)" ?

I'm assuming that there is a ")" where the smiley is - maybe
it would be a good idea for us to disable smileys when
posting code ;)

[Edited by dsy5 on 08-09-2000 at 07:44 PM]

[parksie]

Appending a symbol sets the type:

Dim str$
Dim str as String

are identical. It works the same way for functions.

Using Dim str as String * 256 limits the length to 256 characters (and sets the buffer up).

Appending a & sets it as a number (I think a Long).

[dsy5]

Originally posted by parksie
Appending a symbol sets the type:

Dim str$
Dim str as String

are identical. It works the same way for functions.

Using Dim str as String * 256 limits the length to 256 characters (and sets the buffer up).

Appending a & sets it as a number (I think a Long).

Muchas gracias, I suppose a good book would be in order -
I'm used to VBA, there was such an abundance of help in Office. Any suggestions?

[parksie]

Hardcore Visual Basic is supposed to be quite good.