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References not working? urgent

OK I am just messing around in visual basic looking at all the possible .dll files I can reference and I find some interesting ones...ok I can add the reference and I can declare the refrences but I always get an error saying the it failed...I added a link of a video you can watch of what I am doing..can someone tell me why this isnt working or what I am doing wrong and maybe tell me how to do it the right way??


'This is the link to the video you can watch me in real time...

http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/optonline/vbhelp/ref.wmv

Thanks!
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hi
try to add Media Player Control to ur form
and try
Probably AOL just adds a check to see what program is using the control and raises an error if it isn't their client program.  It isn't unusual for businesses to add restrictions to active x components to ensure that they only run in the context they want them to run in.
So there no way I can use these references?
I even tried declaring as Objects but it dont work
I notice you're adding a reference to a type library.  You might try adding other references or components to the project and experimenting with them.  But I'm betting AOL has coded them so that they do not work in your VB client.
Its not just AOL library's im trying to reference..i tried yahoo references for the messenger I tried alot of program references but I get the same error and in some cases I get Active X cant create object..i suppose i need specific rights to access these DLL files. just curious if i was doing something wrong..
Paul Hews..almost always the reference without Type library work sometimes..and sometimes they cant be referenced at all? what is the difference betweeen a type library and the other references?
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