Using non-registered ActiveX libraries via DLL possible?

[Guest]

Hi all.
I am experimenting with a freeware ActiveX library (ebcrypt -
www.ebcrypt.com). It has many VB examples, but all these need the library to
be registered on the host system... I am wondering whether it is possible to
utilise the library by creating the relevant objects from the DLL directly (I
can do this with a 3rd party C-based language, for example, but 'opening' the
DLL, then creating objects from the library with a command similar to VB(A)
CreateObject().)
CreatObject usually requires that the relevant activex library be registered
- but is it possible to load the DLL and create the objects from it in VBA ??
Any 'pointers' greatly appreciated

 

[NickHK]

What do you have against registering the DLL on the host?
That's the way COM is designed to work; reading registry entries etc.

The C-based DLL are probably not ActiveX/COM, so registering them is not
possible and standard declares are used.

You can register it before use and unregister it after I suppose :
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Visual_Basic/Q_20178412.html

NickHK

 

[Guest]

Hi NickHK
Thanks for reply. I have nothing against registering the library... sadly
some systems are locked down such that user cannot write to %system% or
modify registry etc - and thus registering DLL fails... there are various IT
departments involved, and the time to 'script' the library into these systems
can take forever (over a year in one case). The owners have no issues with
having the library registered, but the 'wheels' turn slowly... hence an idea
of looking into non-registering DLL use...