Re: VB6 app cannot copy dll to system32

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"Michael J. Wheeler" <MichaelJWheeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Mike,

I am not hard coding a fully qualified path to the DLL. I am basically
just
doing ' Lib "mydll.dll" '... I've tried having the DLL in the same
directory
as the executable, but it gives me a runtime error 53.. file not found and
my
DLL is listed.


It was just a shot in the dark....but I've seen it before so thought it was
worth bringing up.

I'm not sure about that runtime error though. As I recall, that's not the
error you get if the DLL can't be found for a declared (external) function.
I'll test something real quick....

Nope. That's the error. Here's the code I tested:

-----BEGIN CODE
Private Declare Function GetWindowsDirectory Lib "C:\kernel32" Alias
"GetWindowsDirectoryA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As
Long

Private Function WinDir() As String

Dim sBuffer As String

On Error GoTo EH

sBuffer = String$(260, 0)
Call GetWindowsDirectory(sBuffer, 260)
WinDir = sBuffer

Exit Function

EH:

MsgBox Err.Description & " (" & Err.Number & ")"

End Function


Private Sub Form_Load()

MsgBox WinDir

End Sub
-----END CODE


I coulda sworn it was a different error (at least the number) than VB's
*standard* "file not found" error. Guess I was wrong.

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP Visual Basic



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