Using COM components

[Guest]

Hi All,

Would anybody be able to help me on how to use COM components in vb.net?

I have a dll and would like to use the functions of the dll. Here are the
steps that I followed:
1. Register the dll
2. Add reference to the dll in the solution explorer

Is there a need to add import statement for the dll in code? Is the
following statement correct?
import <dllname>
or should it be
import <libname>

Thanks.
kd

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]]

Imports are not needed, they are just to have the code more readable saving
the need for fully qualified type names. The statement is

Imports <namespace>

where <namespace> for COM DLLs is its ProgID
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Carlos J. Quintero

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[Guest]

Thanks Carlos for your reply.

How do I get the ProgID of the COM DLL?

kd

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]]

It is the one that you see in the Object Browser of VB6 when you add the
reference to a VB6 project, there is a combobox to filter ProgIDs.

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Carlos J. Quintero

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