HOWTO: Make a Typelib (.TLB) File for ActiveX Components
ID: Q161272
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0
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Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0
SUMMARY
When you create an ActiveX component (OLE server) using Visual Basic, a
separate typelib (.TLB) file is not generated automatically. By default,
the type library for the ActiveX component is compiled into the .EXE or
.DLL file. If you are using the Professional or Enterprise editions of
Visual Basic 5.0, you can create a typelib file for any non-private ActiveX
.EXE (out-of-process OLE server) and any non-private ActiveX .DLL
(in-process OLE server).
MORE INFORMATIONStep-by-Step Example
- Open your ActiveX EXE or ActiveX DLL project. (If you need to
create an ActiveX EXE or ActiveX DLL project for the first time, see
the "Component Tools Guide," "Creating ActiveX Components," "Creating an
ActiveX DLL," or "Creating an ActiveX EXE Component" for more
information.)
- From the Project menu, click "<ProjectName> Properties..." where
<ProjectName> is the name of your project.
- Click the Component tab. Check (select) the option for Remote Server
Files. Note that this option is enabled only if you are creating an
accessible ActiveX component (OLE server) with your current project;
that is, only if you have at least one Class Module in the project whose
Public property has been set to True.
- Click OK.
- From the File menu click "Make <ProjectName>.exe..." or "Make
<ProjectName.dll...".
When you compile your ActiveX component (OLE server), a .VBR file (which
is a modified .REG file) and a .TLB file will be created in the same
directory as the ActiveX component.
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