CommonDialog

[yanivoliver]

Hey,

I'm using the CommonDialog object to load a dialog which allows the
user to select the files they want to upload. This solution works
perfectly on computers that have some Visual Studio applications
installed, but on those without any, it won't work since it doesn't
have the required file registered.

The code I'm currently using:

ComDlg = new ActiveXObject(" MSComDlg.Common Dialog");

ComDlg.Filter = "All Files(*.*)|*.*" ;
ComDlg.FilterIn dex = 1;
ComDlg.Flags = 0x200 | 0x1000 | 0x80000;
ComDlg.MaxFileS ize = 512;

ComDlg.ShowOpen ();
Does anyone have a way I can still use the CommonDialog object on
computers that dont have comdlg32.dll registered correctly? I have no
problem putting the comdlg32.dll file on the users computer, but how
can I register it/use it without registering it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Yaniv

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

ya*********@gma il.com wrote:

Does anyone have a way I can still use the CommonDialog object on
computers that dont have comdlg32.dll registered correctly? I have no
problem putting the comdlg32.dll file on the users computer, but how
can I register it/use it without registering it?

You cannot. There is either support for this control or there is not.
There is no between. And since you have correctly identified the problem
to be not script-related, why are you insisting on posting in to this
newsgroup dealing with _J(ava)Script/ECMAScript_?
PointedEars

[Duncan Booth]

ya*********@gma il.com wrote:

I have no
problem putting the comdlg32.dll file on the users computer, but how
can I register it/use it without registering it?

You certainly should have a problem with putting comdlg32.dll on the users'
computers as you don't have a license for that. You may only redistribute
those files which Microsoft list as redistributable and they are quite
explicit that comdlg32.dll is not redistributable .

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q216368/

[VK]

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

You cannot. There is either support for this control or there is not.
There is no between. And since you have correctly identified the problem
to be not script-related, why are you insisting on posting in to this
newsgroup dealing with _J(ava)Script/ECMAScript_?

Maybe because JScript is used as a tier to access system resources?

To OP: do not pay attention to <Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn> - he's
trying to be local spooky man, but he's not spooky at all really. Just
say him "grrrh" out loud and he will run away. :-)

Presuming you have all rights in your LAN:

First you have to install free Microsoft .Net Framework package on each
computer.

Patch .Net Framework with 1.1 patch (if needed).

To start using a .dll library first you need to register it in GAC
(Global Assembly Cash). The simplest way I've found so far is using
Windows Explorer:
1. Run two instances of Explorer.
2. In the first Explorer navigate to the folder where your dll is
located
3. In the second Explorer navigate to the folder <Windows>\assem bly
4. Drag and drop dll from the first Explorer window to the second one.
5. It should work now.

NB: it must be Windows Explorer, not a folder window, otherwise the
bird will not fly.

[VK]

Duncan Booth wrote:

You certainly should have a problem with putting comdlg32.dll on the users'
computers as you don't have a license for that. You may only redistribute
those files which Microsoft list as redistributable and they are quite
explicit that comdlg32.dll is not redistributable .

Damn right! But a wait a second... comdlg32.dll is not a package
library, it native to Windows XP SP2

To OP:
What OS are you running on other machines?

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

VK wrote:

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

You cannot. There is either support for this control or there is not.
There is no between. And since you have correctly identified the problem
to be not script-related, why are you insisting on posting in to this
newsgroup dealing with _J(ava)Script/ECMAScript_?

Maybe because JScript is used as a tier to access system resources?

You have not understood that his is not a question very likely to be
answered here since it is off-topic despite the fact that JScript is
the used interface language: it is not a language problem but one of
the underlying system configuration. He could have used VBScript and
any other interface language and nothing changed.

There is a group dealing with ActiveX-specific _configuration_ issues.
It is not this one.
PointedEars

[Robert]

ya*********@gma il.com wrote:

Does anyone have a way I can still use the CommonDialog object on
computers that dont have comdlg32.dll registered correctly? I have no
problem putting the comdlg32.dll file on the users computer, but how
can I register it/use it without registering it?

Registering it without registering it?
Isn't that impossible by definition?

Anyway can't you distribute it like any other activex on the web?
But even then it still needs to be registered.

[web.dev]

ya*********@gma il.com wrote:

Hey,

I'm using the CommonDialog object to load a dialog which allows the
user to select the files they want to upload. This solution works
perfectly on computers that have some Visual Studio applications
installed, but on those without any, it won't work since it doesn't
have the required file registered.

The code I'm currently using:

ComDlg = new ActiveXObject(" MSComDlg.Common Dialog");

ComDlg.Filter = "All Files(*.*)|*.*" ;
ComDlg.FilterIn dex = 1;
ComDlg.Flags = 0x200 | 0x1000 | 0x80000;
ComDlg.MaxFileS ize = 512;

ComDlg.ShowOpen ();
Does anyone have a way I can still use the CommonDialog object on
computers that dont have comdlg32.dll registered correctly? I have no
problem putting the comdlg32.dll file on the users computer, but how
can I register it/use it without registering it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Yaniv

Must you really use the active x object to achieve what you want to do?
There is another way. Users can also upload files through a form.
For example:

<form>
....
<input type = "file">
....
</form>

[rf]

VK wrote:

Duncan Booth wrote:

You certainly should have a problem with putting comdlg32.dll on the users'
computers as you don't have a license for that. You may only redistribute
those files which Microsoft list as redistributable and they are quite
explicit that comdlg32.dll is not redistributable .

comdlg32.dll by itself is not redistributable but it *is* redistrubitable
as part of other other redistributable objects, the reason being
comdlg32.dll and comctrl.dll (for example) go together. Change only one of
them and your system will break.
Damn right! But a wait a second... comdlg32.dll is not a package
library, it native to Windows XP SP2
Where did you get that idea?

comdlg32.dll has been around since before windows 95. It shipped as part of
win32s, the 32 bit addon to windows 3.1, about eighteen years ago.
To OP:
What OS are you running on other machines?

Indeed. I doubt that comdlg32.dll would install on a Mac :-)

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[Duncan Booth]

rf wrote:

Duncan Booth wrote:

You certainly should have a problem with putting comdlg32.dll on the
users' computers as you don't have a license for that. You may only
redistribute those files which Microsoft list as redistributable and
they are quite explicit that comdlg32.dll is not redistributable .

comdlg32.dll by itself is not redistributable but it *is*
redistrubitable as part of other other redistributable objects, the
reason being comdlg32.dll and comctrl.dll (for example) go together.
Change only one of them and your system will break.

Do you have evidence for this? Everything I can find says comgld32.dll is
not redistributable .