From: antony.clements@optusnet.com.au   
      
   yes there is actually, when you use the package and deployment wizard you   
   can add files like comdlg32.ocx to the package so that when the application   
   is installed all relevant ocx and dll files are installed on the client   
   machine as well. alternately, if the destination machine also has the VB6   
   runtime libraries on it, then you can just port the EXE and it will work   
   fine because all the OCX and DLL files would already be on the machine.   
      
   "Wog George"  wrote in message   
   news:6b9ih.10947$HU.2692@news-server.bigpond.net.au...   
   >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?   
   >   
   > --   
   > George   
   > "You can just hang outside in the sun all day tossing a ball around, or   
   > you can sit at your computer and do something that matters." - Eric   
   > Cartman - 4 October 2006   
   >   
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