From: wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com   
      
   "J French"  wrote in message   
   news:458a42c1.1943680@news.btclick.com...   
   > On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:32:18 GMT, "Wog George"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>I need to create an EXE that is truly "standalone".  By that, I mean the   
   >>executable file is all that's required for the application to run.  My app   
   >>has a button that fires up a common control (to select a file), and this   
   >>seems to be my stumbling block.  When I try to run my program on another   
   >>machine, it complains that comdlg32.ocx is not registered properly.   
   >   
   >>Short of creating my own form and writing my own code to browse for a   
   >>file,   
   >>can VB6 create a fully self-contained EXE that uses a common control and   
   >>can   
   >>simply be run without the need for the program to be installed?  It was   
   >>suggested to me that VB6 was what I needed (was using VB5 prior to now),   
   >>so   
   >>I bought an old copy of VB6 Enterprise especially for the occasion.  Have   
   >>I   
   >>been misled?   
   >   
   > You have been misled.   
   >   
   > VB5 is fine for what you are doing   
   > - VB6 is VB5 with a few more bells and whistles   
   >   
   > As others have pointed out, you can use the API   
   > - I ran into exactly the same problem, as I refuse to use OCXes   
   >   
      
   My problem is now fixed using the API, as suggested.   
      
   > Get the downloadable API Guide (packed with examples) from   
   > http://www.mentalis.org/agnet/   
   >   
      
   Thanks for the link.  I'm sure there'll be lots of fun and headaches in that   
   lot.   
      
   > You'll probably find an OpenFile API implementation on Rany's site   
   > http://vbnet.mvps.org/   
   >   
   >   
   The more, the merrier.   
      
   Thanks   
      
   --   
   George   
   "I got such a raging clue that I almost shot clue goo all over Joe." - Frank   
   Hardly - 11 October 2006   
      
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