Re: VS.Net 2005: Uses regsvr32 with undocumented options and fails to register

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I also forgot to mention that since I am using W2K+SP4, VS IDE should know
that so why does it issue the /c option?

David

"Heinz Ozwirk" <hozwirk.SPAM@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "David F" <David-White@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> > 1. Neither of the options /s & /c are documented as available options
for
> > regsvr32.exe
> > See: "Explanation of Regsvr32 Usage and Error Messages"
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;249873
>
> At least /s will be described if you try "regsvr32 /?". /c has been used
to
> redirect output to a console window, but that is not available in W2K and
> XP. (s. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;288373)
>
> >
> > 2. "errorlevel 1" is not even mentioned in the "Error Messages" in the
> > above
> > article.
>
> "errorlevel 1" simply tests whether regscr32 returned anything different
for
> 0 (actually greater than or equal to 1)
>
> >
> > 3. Except the above article, I could not find even a trace of the
> > regsvr32.exe utility in any of several
> > very relevant books I have.
>
> Whatever books are relevant to you... Searching http://msdn.microsoft.com
> will show you lots of references. Faster and cheaper than most books.
>
> HTH
> Heinz
>
>


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