OBJ or LIB (instead of DLL)

[Gordon Garnsey]

I have a COM addin for Excel and wish to deploy it in the
simplest way possible, as a single dll that is placed in
the users chosen directory. However, it calls third party
dlls for various reasons and it appears I may have to give
the user more complex instructions for installation. Is
there any way I can compile the third party dll into my
COM dll so I end up with only one file to deploy?. Does
this make sense?. (If not then I didn't write this!)

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi Gordon,

I'd say you need to invest in an installation software, such
as WISE or InstallShield.

I have a COM addin for Excel and wish to deploy it in the
simplest way possible, as a single dll that is placed in
the users chosen directory. However, it calls third party
dlls for various reasons and it appears I may have to give
the user more complex instructions for installation. Is
there any way I can compile the third party dll into my
COM dll so I end up with only one file to deploy?. Does
this make sense?. (If not then I didn't write this!)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jan
24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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