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Register a OCX file with a vbscript. - 11/23/2005 5:18:29 AM   
  Woodzter

 

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Status: offline 		I need to register a OCX file, I havefound out on the below how to do it but would like to do it in a vbscript. Is there anyway the below could be put into a vbscrip to enable this to be done?

if you are receiving errors about an ocx file, registering the file may solve the problem. To register an ocx file simply follow the simple steps below.

1.Locate the file using windows explorer or My Computer. Alternatively search for the filename.

2.Hold down the shift key and right click on the file. Then click 'Open With...' from the menu.

3.An 'Open With' dialog box should appear. Click the button 'Other...'.

4.Navigate to your windows\system32 directory and select the file 'RegSvr32.exe'. Do a file search for it if you have trouble locating the exact folder. On Windows 2000 it is typically located in c:\WINNT\System32. Click Open to select the file. Then click OK on the 'Open With' dialog.

5.You should see a message indicating the file was successfully registered. If you see an error message, try restarting your computer and going through the above process again.

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Go to the Run item on the Start menum, and type:
regsvr32 <path & filename of dll or ocx>
 
 
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RE: Register a OCX file with a vbscript. - 11/23/2005 6:26:31 AM   
  Country73


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Status: offline 		This shouldn't be too difficult with vbscript.
First you'll need to write in the code to search for the file itself. There have been several posts out here for locating files, so I would suggest you search for that first; once you've located the code for locating your file you can then use this bit to register the file:

Set oShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
oShell.Run "RegSvr32 /s " & chr(34) & "Path\to\file.ocx" & chr(34)

RegSvr32 switches
 
/u = Unregister server
/s = Silent; display no message boxes
/i = Call DllInstall passing it an optional [cmdline]; when used with /u calls dll uninstall
/n = do not call DllRegisterServer; this option must be used with /i
 
chr(34)
 
Used to add extra set of quotes " around a string. Used when passing to a cmdline or when there are spacing in the path you are using.

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RE: Register a OCX file with a vbscript. - 11/23/2005 8:03:33 AM   
  Woodzter

 

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Status: offline 		Do i need to use the locate file bit?

I know the file exists because i have copied it over in a script

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RE: Register a OCX file with a vbscript. - 11/23/2005 8:52:30 AM   
  ebgreen


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Status: offline 		If you know th file is there then you do not need to do the locate file part. Just do as Country 73 suggested and use the path and name of the ocx that you copied over.

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RE: Register a OCX file with a vbscript. - 11/23/2005 8:57:39 AM   
  Woodzter

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks guys for all your help.

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RE: Register a OCX file with a vbscript. Follow Up How-... - 9/18/2006 11:26:16 PM   
  stephen.wolfe

 

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Status: offline 		After using the 'search' function of the forum I found this smal thread on registering a DLL or OCX, great piece of code, works fine.
However, since I have to do this on 1,100 machines is there a way to check to see if the registration actually occured?

TIA,

Steve

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RE: Register a OCX file with a vbscript. Follow Up How-... - 9/18/2006 11:54:40 PM   
  ebgreen


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Status: offline 		Not a quick and simple way that I know of. What you can do is use something like Regmon or Advanced Registry Trace to determine what registry changes happen when the file is registered then check the machines for those registry indicators.

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RE: Register a OCX file with a vbscript. Follow Up How-... - 9/19/2006 12:21:16 AM   
  stephen.wolfe

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks for the pointer ...

Steve

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RE: Register a OCX file with a vbscript. Follow Up How-... - 8/10/2007 5:15:29 AM   
  ckarlson

 

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< Message edited by ckarlson -- 8/10/2007 5:22:49 AM >

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RE: Register a OCX file with a vbscript. Follow Up How-... - 8/10/2007 5:32:45 AM   
  CondoPC


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Status: offline 		As for whether it is registered or not, couldn't you just try to activate the component? If you can, it registered, otherwise it didn't.

Also, we have a "Send To" shortcut for "unregister" (regsvr32 -u) and register (regsvr32) so that a user can right click on a file and send it to the shortcut.


This seems to be focused around a support function for the application. Wouldn't it make sense to write a support application that could be accessed from the help menu that would verify file registration (activate a component) and register it if missing? Or even in the worse case, just reregister the component anyways. Something like "Repair application files". If it is a helpdesk doing support for users not withtin the organization, would sending them a vbscript file be an acceptable solution? I know that in my company, that would be a definite no-go.

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RE: Register a OCX file with a vbscript. Follow Up How-... - 8/10/2007 5:39:57 AM   
  ehvbs

 

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Status: offline 		Hi ckarlson,

as this is a VBScript Forum, have a look at

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fy81t8yk(VS.80).aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.start(VS.80).aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/53ezey2s(VS.80).aspx

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