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Visual Studio 2008 vb.net SHDocVw Windows 7

I have a windows form app that I wrote in Visual Studio 2008 in XP that has a reference to SHDocVw.
I am changing my programming platform over to Windows 7 x64. I cannot add a reference to SHDocVw.dll it gives me
<The system cannot find the reference specified>

Any Ideas ?

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Éric Moreau

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Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger)

Some 32-bits dll cannot be accessed by 64-bits applications.

Try setting the compiler for a 32-bits by specifying x86 as the Target PCU in the Compile tab of the project's properties, under the Advanced Compile Options button.

hes

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emoreau,
My program reads a database and if there is data to be processed navigates to a database and submits the data. With the reference to SHDocVw.dll I was using the .value property to populate the fields. Example
Web1.Document.All("inputfield").Value = "Test just a test folks"
The .value is not a property in the webbrowser control.

James,
Tried that, it is in the IDE that will not see set a reference to the dll

hes

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Ok fixed the populate field problem.
Web1.Document.GetElementById("inputfield").InnerText = "Test just a test folks"

look for a question about how to click a button that is a class

Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger)

It is not listed in the list of COM objects in Windows 7. You have to reference it through Browse.