dll question

I have a dll file that I've used in one of my exe project. I review some
aspects of my dll component and I recompile it. Me exe file now gives me an
error message like this:



Run-time error '429':

ActiveX component can't create object



I know there is way of setting some properties either in dll or in the
project to avoid this type of error, and can't find out where how. Can
someone help me (tell me how) to setup dll or project properties, so dll
file upgrade(s) will not require project recompilation?



Thanks

 

This has been the bane of my existence for some time now. It was explained
very nicely to me why it happens by Frank O but the long and short of it is
that you have to reset the reference to your DLL since the unique ID has
been modified. I've tried creating an add-in to clear missing references and
reset them so I could at least be spared the process of doing this but the
AutoCAD VBA IDE didn't want to perform the
oVBIDE.ActiveVBProject.References.Remove method.

Sorry I can't be of more help. Please let me know If you come up with a
solution.

Best regards,

Dale

 

I was intensivelly testing all option under 'Project Properties' and, one
option worked; although I don't know why anf how. Help on this VB topic
('Project Properties') is very poor and never get changes from VB 5th
version.
I change the 'Version Compatibility' option to 'Binary Compatibility' under
the 'Component' tab. I would like to know the reason why "binary" works and
"no compatibility" doesn't.

 

I found very usefull topic at:
http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0100/versioning/versioning.aspx

 

And here:
http://www.vbsight.com/BinaryComp.htm

 

This is the original post from Frank. It addresses your question.

http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=&rnum=3