Re: Shell Functions and DOS executables

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Hi,
Check that the WSHOM.OCX file exists and is properly registered in the
System32 directory. Also, there may be additional files. I don't know
exactly which package is used to install this, but I'll look around and see
if I can find it. Or perhaps somebody else around here knows. You may want
to post a new topic asking what you need to install to get that file.

Lance

"VB_Newby" <VB_Newby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:43d55f93$0$73347$892e7fe2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Lance,

<Bunch of discussion about calling DOS exe's, "Windows Script Host
Object Model", Tektronix conversion programs, etc --- all snipped>

I took my program to work today to convert some files and ran into
a problem. It wouldn't run under my (work) W2K PC, but would run
under my co-workers XP PC. Obviously, it works under my personal
XP PC too.

Whilst running under the VB5 IDE, I get the following error at the
first line.
Compile Error: "User-defined type not defined",

The offending line(s) is:
Dim wsh As IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell <<<< here
Dim wshExec As IWshRuntimeLibrary.wshExec
Dim STDErrResults As String
Dim STDOutResults As String

Whilst running the executable (.EXE) I get the following error:

Run-time Error 429: "ActiveX component can't create object"

I did a bit of groups.googling.... and my uniformed uneducated wild
baseless theory is my W2K machine is missing some DLL?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/173407

I've gone back to my Shell32.bas for the time being.

Any comments?

(I'm also starting to wonder if 'keeping it simple' might not be a
good idea. I'd like this program to be as platform independent as
possible.... and I'm not really smart enough to achieve this
without keeping things -really- simple and as little dependent on -
outside- routines as possible.)


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