Code Centralization

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:29:46 -0700

Code must reside in the vb editor. DLL's are data link
libraries meaning that they just hold reference data for
programs like colors, fonts, other. I do so wish i could
put all the code i have written and stick it in one place
and be able to call it when i want and run it where i want
but it just don't work that way. sorry.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have many custom functions that I have written over the
past year, and
>many versions of the same functions distributed across
various files
>depending on when I wrote the file. This is bad. I
would like to be
>able to update all of those functions with the most
current version.
>However, doing that is very hard. And writing a program
to go through
>all the code of all the projects in a particular
directory and prompting
>to update with the new version is tedious.
>
>I think a better approach is to have all the common
functions that I
>like to use in some central place. However, I do write
code for Access
>and Outlook, so I can't just store all of my code in
an .xla file.
>Perhaps a VB6 DLL or VB.NET addin. But other people in
the office also
>use these files, in which case they would need to install
the DLL or
>downloaded the .NET framework. I have experience writing
in those
>languages with the editors, so that would not be a
problem should I
>choose to do that. However, I have no experience
distributing DLLs or
>..NET compiled code, and I am afraid that pain might
outweigh the costs.
>
>Is there an option I am missing? If not, can someone
with experience
>with the above tell me just how difficult the
distribution and dealing
>with updates, etc, can be? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
>
>
>
>Regards,
>Robert Avery
>.
>

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