From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-05-18T12:07:35+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby in WinXP as an automation tool

Alexey Verkhovsky wrote:
> James Britt wrote:
> 
>> Good question.  The DLL is going to get loaded, I think, by the 
>> WIN32OLE wrapper, no?  So it needs to know where t look, or the dll 
>> has to be someplace it knows to look.
> 
> 
> That's my question, in a more pointed version: how do I tell win32ole to 
> look at my_project/ext?

I believe win32ole is going to want to find the COM automation info in 
the registry, and you'll need to run

regsvr32.exe AutoItX3.dll

as part of the installation process.  But the DLL can go wherever you 
like; the location is stored when it gets registered.


James


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