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Directory Path for ActiveX

Hi,

I'm interested in know the path that the ActiveX is running. How would I find this out?

Thanks,

That will be the path of the application it is run in.

Or do you mean the path to the dll/ocx that is the code for the ActiveX control?

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I would like to have the path of where the dll/ocx is located

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mahesh1402

Most registerd Activex (ocx) / DLL files are located at windir\system or windir\system32 foler or applications current path but not every.

You may query registry to retrieve path of your activex / dll control If you know CLSID of your control.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CLSID or the component}\InprocServer32 <=== look at this registry path to locate path of your control....where CLSID is CLSID of your ocx control .

You may use GetClassID() or CLSIDFromProgID() to get CLSID of your control. You may use RegOpenKeyEx / RegQueryValueEx functions to open and retrieve registry values.

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mahesh1402

small syntax error in jkr's suggestion :

GetModuleFileName(GetModuleHandle("MyControl.dll"),acControlPath); <== and not MAX_PATH

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