COM obj Registered?

[Billg_sd]

I need a way (in a VB.Net app) to determine if a COM obj is registered on a
user's PC. I can determine if the dll exists (where it was copied to by the
installl app). If not I can simply call regsvr32.

MSDN has tons of info on late binding, but assumes you have the COM obj as a
reference in your project. Any thoughts?

--Billg_sd

[Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant]

I think you can try to create an object and if it works, it's registered.
Don't know of a better way, but I haven't had to do it. Look at this
article. Listing 3.4 shows how to use VB version of CreateObject the VB.NET
way.

http://www.informit.com/articles/art...=25857&redir=1

Hope it helps.
Chris
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I need a way (in a VB.Net app) to determine if a COM obj is registered on a
user's PC. I can determine if the dll exists (where it was copied to by
the
installl app). If not I can simply call regsvr32.

MSDN has tons of info on late binding, but assumes you have the COM obj as
a
reference in your project. Any thoughts?

--Billg_sd

[Patrice]

Try to instantiate it using late binding or read the registry ?

Patrice

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I need a way (in a VB.Net app) to determine if a COM obj is registered on a user's PC. I can determine if the dll exists (where it was copied to by the installl app). If not I can simply call regsvr32.

MSDN has tons of info on late binding, but assumes you have the COM obj as a reference in your project. Any thoughts?

--Billg_sd