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Re: Using regsvr32 question

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Mayayana formulated on Thursday :
>> Thanks! I'm just used to registering my own VB6.DLLs via regsvr32,
>> which puts entries for COMAddin.DLLs under HKCU, -OR- using a .reg
>> (regedit4) to write the key. I didn't know how to access where a VB6
>> DLL writes to and so is why I went with regedit4.
>> 
>
>   I don't know anything about MS Office, but it sounds
> like you're talking about two things. RegSvr32 registers
> COM servers, in order to use classes provided by the
> server. You usually have HKCR\Your.addin, HKCR\{...}
> (the CLSID key, with a number of subkeys) and
> HKCR\Typelib. Those are all just part of the system that
> allows software to find the executable path and typelib
> of a COM server and its classes.
>
>     Other functions are separate. For instance,
> a Browser Helper Object gets registered, but that's not
> what makes it a BHO. There are specific Registry entries
> required for IE to load it.
>
>    I don't know whether there's such a thing as custom
> RegisterServer functions for that. I doubt it. There
> certainly aren't for VB DLLs. I install something like a
> BHO by registering it and then adding the BHO keys and
> settings "by hand" during install.
>
>   I'm guessing it's the same with Office add-ins. Which
> doesn't exactly answer your question, but it might help
> you to ask a more accurate question in a VBA group.

Thanks! I didn't know about this and so was unaware of these behaviors. 
Unfortunately, it adds to the conundrum. VB6 provides us a means to 
create COM Addin DLLs targeted for MSO apps. Other languages do similar 
but apparently can be customized as to how they self-reg. I've pretty 
much concluded, though, that the author of the problem DLLs (yes, 
there's 3 for each MSO app<???>) has done what you do in how the 
Registry entries are handled. I'm trying to get them to either make 
their DLLs version-aware and/or put the entries under HKCU<LOL>!

-- 
Garry

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