Vista and axtiveX registration

lars1106 · 13th February 2007, 06:52

Hi all
Been searching the forum in vain for a solution to the problem below, which I discovered while testing the Installer on Vista.
It doesnÂ´t register the ActiveX control properly.

Here is the source section which creates problems, I hope someone can help out, as I am absolutely not a programmer:

;Register ActiveX?s and DLL?s
UnRegDLL "$INSTDIR\teechart5.ocx"
Sleep 1000
RegDLL "$INSTDIR\teechart5.ocx"
Sleep 1000

The whole script wo. files section is attaced.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Lars

lars1106 · 13th February 2007, 06:54

Ps.. the problem is solved manually by creating a CMD on the desktop as run as administrator. But then the whole idea by using an installer falls away, right

lars1106 · 13th February 2007, 06:56

FIle attached

Anders · 13th February 2007, 07:47

try RequestExecutionLevel

lars1106 · 13th February 2007, 08:05

Hi Anders,
Sorry I do not quite understand you, as to where I put this statement in the script. I looked a bit in MSDN and technet, but got just more confused :-(
Can you give an example of use

/Lars

onad · 13th February 2007, 13:35

1) add to your script the line:

RequestExecutionLevel admin

using "RequestExecutionLevel" Should however not really be needed since Vista "Sees" it is an installer and sets the Executonlevel accordingly.

2)
Try not to use RegDLL anymore it's the OLD way.
Use: InstallLib

e.g.

!insertmacro InstallLib REGDLLTLB NOTSHARED REBOOT_NOTPROTECTED "${whereverethefilercomesfrom}\yourocx.dll" "$MYINSTFOLDER\yourocx.dll" "$SYSDIR"

Good luck with your TeeChart library installer!

PLUGGING: Consider using the Delphi Source version, you do not need to install any OCX then...

tsn · 22nd February 2007, 09:09

I am using a cab file which will be downloading the dll from the inf file into the local pc and registers it as i have given RegisterServer = yes.

But this does not allow me to perform in VISTA because of UAC.

Is there any other way that i can register the dll without disabling UAC?

Can someone help me out in this..

Thanks for all of your help!!

Sample content of inf file
-----------------------
; needed DLL
[sysTest.dll]
file-win32-x86=thiscab
FileVersion=6,0,8972,0
DestDir=11
RegisterServer=yes
----------------------

Regards
NST

onad · 22nd February 2007, 12:35

Yes, see above... to register a DLL you NEED ofcourse certain rights.

13th February 2007, 06:52	#1
lars1106 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 25	Vista and axtiveX registration Hi all Been searching the forum in vain for a solution to the problem below, which I discovered while testing the Installer on Vista. It doesnÂ´t register the ActiveX control properly. Here is the source section which creates problems, I hope someone can help out, as I am absolutely not a programmer: ;Register ActiveX?s and DLL?s UnRegDLL "$INSTDIR\teechart5.ocx" Sleep 1000 RegDLL "$INSTDIR\teechart5.ocx" Sleep 1000 The whole script wo. files section is attaced. Thanks in advance for any assistance. Lars

13th February 2007, 07:47	#4
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 5,449	try RequestExecutionLevel IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

13th February 2007, 13:35	#6
onad Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Turkey Posts: 447	1) add to your script the line: RequestExecutionLevel admin using "RequestExecutionLevel" Should however not really be needed since Vista "Sees" it is an installer and sets the Executonlevel accordingly. 2) Try not to use RegDLL anymore it's the OLD way. Use: InstallLib e.g. !insertmacro InstallLib REGDLLTLB NOTSHARED REBOOT_NOTPROTECTED "${whereverethefilercomesfrom}\yourocx.dll" "$MYINSTFOLDER\yourocx.dll" "$SYSDIR" Good luck with your TeeChart library installer! PLUGGING: Consider using the Delphi Source version, you do not need to install any OCX then... "Just do it"

22nd February 2007, 09:09	#7
tsn Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1	Unable to register dll in VISTA I am using a cab file which will be downloading the dll from the inf file into the local pc and registers it as i have given RegisterServer = yes. But this does not allow me to perform in VISTA because of UAC. Is there any other way that i can register the dll without disabling UAC? Can someone help me out in this.. Thanks for all of your help!! Sample content of inf file ----------------------- ; needed DLL [sysTest.dll] file-win32-x86=thiscab FileVersion=6,0,8972,0 DestDir=11 RegisterServer=yes ---------------------- Regards NST

22nd February 2007, 12:35	#8
onad Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Turkey Posts: 447	Yes, see above... to register a DLL you NEED ofcourse certain rights. "Just do it"

13th February 2007, 06:54	#2
lars1106 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 25	Ps.. the problem is solved manually by creating a CMD on the desktop as run as administrator. But then the whole idea by using an installer falls away, right

13th February 2007, 08:05	#5
lars1106 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 25	Hi Anders, Sorry I do not quite understand you, as to where I put this statement in the script. I looked a bit in MSDN and technet, but got just more confused :-( Can you give an example of use /Lars

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