Re: Including a VB DLL in PL/SQL code - won't work on some machines but will on others

You have to use VB setup program to install comdlg32.dll ActiveX.

Using regsvr32.exe is not enough, I think.

Hope this helps.

Tony Brown wrote:
>
> We have an intriguing problem with a VB dll (comdlg32.dll) which has us
> all stumped here.
>
> We have incldued the dll on a particular form and compiled the form OK.
>
> We are using the dll to allow us to browse the file system for a file.
>
> The target machines are all Win95.
>
> When we run it on some machines it works OK.
>
> When we run it on other machines it fails with a 41344 eror - OLE
> container empty. We guess that it cannot find the dll, although other
> programs (in VB) can see it and use it with no problems.
>
> We have tried to include \windows\system in the path in autoexec.bat and
> we have also copied the dll into orawin95\bin and the source directory
> with the forms.
>
> We think there is some windows/setup/environment problem but noone has
> yet spotted what is missing from the machines that don't work.
>
> All help gratefully accepted.
>
> Preference for response is via email as this newsgroup is not monitiored
> that frequently.
>
> TIA
>
> Tony
> Tony Brown
> Arete Software Limited
> Tel : +44 (0) 1344 867706
> Fax : +44 (0) 1344 867714
> Email : tb_at_arete.demon.co.uk

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