Error in creating a server object from custom activex dll

I have written an ActiveX dll to perform some work. At the top of my ASP script I place the following line.

<!--METADATA TYPE="TypeLib" NAME="MyClass" FILE="c:\windows\system32\MyClass.dll"-->

I try to create an object using the following line.

Set MyObj = Server.CreateObject("MyClass")

I get the error "Invalid class string " on that line.

What am I doing wrong?

I have never seen a dll included in ASP code in this way... I would say that one of the following problems exists, though - #1... the DLL is not registered on the server where you are trying to run it, or #2... check your instantiation of the class you are trying to use. The way it looks, you have a dll called myclass, and you are trying to set an object variable = to that dll... the only problem with this is that a dll is a type, not a class. it look like you need to create your variable by


Much like creating a adodb connection or recordset, where you might have


What is the METADATA tag for? Could you show me where you saw this form of dll inclusion?

The correct syntax is: server.createobject("MyProject.MyClass")

The meta tag is a reference to the dll that holds the class. Is that what you are asking?

Ok, I guess I can handle that, I've just never seen it done that way - I've always just registered the dll using RegSver32 on the Server, and then simply instantiated a new variable of that dll's class.