.ocx Component problem...help!!

[tanlupchee]

I have make my project to exe file and copy to other computer for testing purpose. But, i got the error message said that the computer lack of some .ocx component. Then, i try to copy the .ocx components to windows system folder and it works.

I have a question..is that possible to call the .ocx components in the application folder but not from windows system folder?? so, i think the program can be executed in other computer as long as the application folder copied and paste on it...pls correct me if i am wrong....=)

thanks in advance...

[Dmorley]

It's best practice to keep OCX and DLL files in the system directory but they don't have to live there.

When you register a component using regsvr, a class key is created in the registry which will have an entry pointing to the executable code. So you could place the file in...

D:\Test\OCX\OCXThing.ocx

...and from command line...

regsvr32 D:\Test\OCX\OCXThing.ocx

Any application that references the OCX would now create the object from the location it has been registered.

[Heulsay]

You can drop your OCXs directly in the .exe folder, like if you want to have a vb autorun on a CD, all required ocx need to be in the same folder as the .exe.