Re: .Net Interop With COM and ActiveX error

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From: Phil Wilson (Phil.Wilson_at_unisys.spamcom)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:34:10 -0700

The VB6 DLL is still a legacy COM server that needs registering on the
client system. .NET COM Interop still means that the original COM DLL needs
registering with regsvr32 or equivalent. 

-- 
Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer]
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"JC" <JC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:82DF2A5A-98D0-4EFB-8A75-37DB1A3CE821@microsoft.com...
> On my development PC, which is the machine that i 'build' my .net project,
I
> have successfully exposed my .net dll to my vb6 application.
>
> I have then used regasm to register my .net dll on another PC (#2) that
has
> the .net framework and the VB6 project(regasm myProject.dll /tlb:
> myProject.tlb).  I am able to reference the .tlb in my vb6 application.
I'm
> able to see it's methods and write my code.  But when I run the vb6 app on
> this #2 PC, I get "ActiveX component cannot create object" error when i
try
> to invoke any of the methods of my .dll.
>
> I've run the the Tutorial offered by Gene Trussell "Step-by-Step:
Implement
> Interoperability for a .NET DLL" and confirmed my .net dll is setup
correctly
> and I'm registering it correctly.
>
> I'm just spinning my wheels and I bet there's a simple
> answer.!!??
>
> Thanks for any and all help.
> JC
>
>

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