Visio ComAddIn Problem

[kippi]

Hi everybody,

I developed a Visio ComAddIn ("flashvisio") for flashing shapes and to
continue them rotate. This dll (in-proc-server) has an interface to
the control program (to say what shapes have to flash and to rotate)
and an another interface to Visio 2003 / 2007 to accomplish the shapes
operations. After dll registration by "regsvr32 path\flshvisio.dll"
everything is running as I wish.
BUT:
After dll deregistration by "regsvr32 -u path\flashvisio.dll" and a
new registration the dll is not loaded by Visio. When I copy the same
file "flashvisio.dll" from the developer directory to the goal
directory (where it was registered) or I boot the machine it works
again.

Is there any explication for this behavior?

Many thanks,
Kippi

 

[Paul Herber]

Hi everybody,

I developed a Visio ComAddIn ("flashvisio") for flashing shapes and to
continue them rotate. This dll (in-proc-server) has an interface to
the control program (to say what shapes have to flash and to rotate)
and an another interface to Visio 2003 / 2007 to accomplish the shapes
operations. After dll registration by "regsvr32 path\flshvisio.dll"
everything is running as I wish.
BUT:
After dll deregistration by "regsvr32 -u path\flashvisio.dll" and a
new registration the dll is not loaded by Visio. When I copy the same
file "flashvisio.dll" from the developer directory to the goal
directory (where it was registered) or I boot the machine it works
again.

Is there any explication for this behavior?

I think it's likely that that is correct and normal behaviour. If you
are using an msi installer then you can specify that you want to
reboot during/after the install process. You might get a better answer
in the installer newsgroup "microsoft.public.platformsdk.msi"

 

[Chris Roth [Visio MVP]]

Hi Kippi,

I don't understand 100% what you're doing, but it sounds to me like it
might be a security issue.

Although...

I do remember developing COM Add-ins and having them stop loading all of
a sudden, but I don't remember the fix - clearing out ALL the registry
settings that I had created, or building a new copy of the project with
a different add-in name just to see if it works...

Sorry I'm not much help...

--
Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP


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