using cdo.dll in vb6 error

I'm trying to build a cdo 1.2 messaging application in vb6. When I have the following code:
Set oSession = CreateObject("mapi.session")

I get the following error when i try to run...
ActiveX component can't create object.

I have included the cdo.dll in my project references.

Visual Basic Classic

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Fraser_Admin

8/22/2022 - Mon

Jim Horn

5/31/2007

{Just as a wild guess}

Do you have this line before your Set statement

Dim oSession as MAPI.Session

Fraser_Admin

5/31/2007

ASKER

hehehe yep. i think the problem may be due to the fact that when outlook was installed the cdo stuff wasn't.

i tried just copying the cdo.dll to the proper directory, but maybe there is more to the installation that needs to be done?

Jim Horn

5/31/2007

>i tried just copying the cdo.dll to the proper directory,
{Another wild guess, I'm on a roll...}
If you just copied the file, you still need to register it. Go to Start button, run, type the below line, hit Ok button (requires some renaming):

regsvr32.exe c:\winnt\system32\wherever_the_heck_you_put_this\cdo.dll

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rwheeler23

Fraser_Admin

5/31/2007

ASKER

i get this when i try to register it. even though it is definitly there.

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RegSvr32
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LoadLibrary("CDO.dll") failed - The specified module could not be found.

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OK
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