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VB 6.0 Program Converting to OLE or DDE

What does it take to get a Stand Alone EXE to become an OLE Server?

I thought about using DDE, but would prefer OLE...

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Its not that simple.
You need to change the type of project, of course, but you also need to build class modules, and methods for each class, according to the functionality that you want to "give" to other apps.

There is not a wizard that will do it for you, you must do it your-self.
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That is what I was afraid of!

I'm going to reject the answer for now to see if anyone else has any other ideas....

If nothing better shows up then I'll ask you to answer it again so you can get the points.

Thanks.
sivanp is right, there is no other way
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I still find it hard to believe that programs like Microsoft Word would have to be done that way...

Unless they wrote that in C/C++ and you can do it differently there....
I really don't think that word was written in VB!!!
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Didn't really think it was either, just saying that I find it hard to believe that to make a program OLE that you have to have two versions of it..
Its not two version!
You are making the OLE/COM objects, and the standalone project uses the same objects, like another application.
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Thank you corvanderlinden, that sent me in the right direction.

I already have some of the things working.