7 replies to this topic

[mayur]

Hi All,

What kind of files(.dll,.ocx,.exe,.vbx,.tlb..etc) can be selfregistered using selfreg table and Selfregmodules stanadard actions.

Thanks and Regards
Mayur

Edited by mayur, 12 June 2006 - 17:46.

[Stefan Krueger]

I think the same files that you could regsiter using regsvr32, i.e. any file that exports a DllRegisterServer function.

[mayur]

Thanks Stefan.

Do you know or have experienced whether .tlb and .Vbx file can be registered with regsvr32? Becoz I am facing error during installation of one .tlb and one .vbx file which are registered using selfreg table in the vendor Msi.

I know that .exe file does not get registered using selfreg table.


Regards
Mayur

Edited by mayur, 13 June 2006 - 09:50.

[Stefan Krueger]

Don't know about vbx but tlb is a type library which I don't think can be registered that way. Why do you think you need to register it? tlb can be installed using the TypeLib table.

To test yourself:
Start > Run: regsvr32.exe your.vbx
This might even give you a meaningful error message if it fails.

[mayur]

Thanks stefan.

Mayur

[Glytzhkof]

As far as I know tlb files are just external versions of data already embedded in the EXE. Hence registering it would be redundant and duplicate if the EXE file is already being registered.

[VBScab]

Use the freely-downloadable Microsoft tool REGTLIB.EXE.

[Zweitze]

Why don't you use the TypeLib table? It is designed for registering tlb files.