INFO: Satellite DLL Directory Search Patterns

ID: Q190207

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SUMMARY

Add-Ins for Microsoft Visual Basic may use satellite DLLs that contain resources such as localization information. This article describes the search patterns used by an Add-In to locate the satellite DLL.


MORE INFORMATION

When loading an Add-In, Microsoft Visual Basic attempts to look for a Satellite DLL in the following order:

  1. <Path To Add-In>\Resources\<LocaleID>

    The LocaleID identifies the locale language that the current Operating System is running under. Visual Basic will look for a satellite DLL first in the LocaleID directory.


  2. <Path To Add-In>\Resources\1033

    Visual Basic will search for an English directory (1033 is the LocaleID for Standard English).


  3. <Path To Add-In>\

    The directory where the Add-In is installed will be searched last.



REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q190193 HOWTO: Use a Satellite DLL to Localize an Add-In
For more information about LocaleID, refer to "Language Identifiers and Locales" in the MSDN.

Additional query words: kbDSupport KBDSS kbVBp kbVBp600 kbAddIn

Keywords : kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: January 5, 2000
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