Using Visual Patch to update dll's

[ebeser]

How are dlls and active x controls updated through visual patch. It seems I am missing something here, but I thought some dlls have to be reregistered and not just overwritten. In addition, if the update of software has new ocx controls (not in the previous release), can VP install and register these controls. I didn't see any references to this in the user manual. I want the patch to be lean, and the setup file seems to put a lot over overhead into the file.

[Darryl]

You can find the registering option in the following location:

First add any file to your project.
Double click the file to view it's properties dialog.
Click the ADVANCED tab.
There you will see the "OLE/Active X" section where you have the option to automatically register the file. This will work for controls that properly support the DLLRegisterServer interface.

Hope that helps.