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Old November 14th, 2003, 05:04 PM
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Conditional installation of ActiveX components
I'm writing an application in VB.NET that uses various 3rd party
ActiveX components. My problem is that if I register these ActiveX
components (using COMSelfRegister) during the install and later
uninstall my application, the ActiveX components are removed -
breaking any other applications that still need them. If I don't
register the ActiveX components, and they are not already installed on
the computer, my application will not run.

The solution appears to be some sort of Custom Install step where I
determine somehow whether each component is installed, then install it
if it is not.

Does anyone have experience with a similar problem, or examples of how
to build a custom installation that can selectively install ActiveX
components?
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Old November 14th, 2003, 07:11 PM
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I don't know about NET, the visual studio installer with VB6 has a property setting that lets you leave components on the target computer if you uninstall.
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Old November 15th, 2003, 04:37 AM
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U can try other install maker as Setup factory,installshield..They can custom which file or component will be install!!..
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