Project References

[Doug]

In Word O2K, XP, 2003, is there a way to avoid the
hassles of orphaned References?

For example: I have created a DOT file on a development
workstation. I have added several custom DLL references.
Each of these references should be in the same place on
the production workstations, but sometimes they are not.
Keep in mind, all of the DLL files are registered on the
production workstations.

If I go to a workstation that does not have the DLL files
in the same place as the development workstation, the DOT
file will fail.

Is there a way to avoid references based on file
locations and only rely on the registry? So if my
development workstation thinks the files sit in
C:\Temp1 but the production workstations think the files
are in C:\Temp2 I would like my DOT to acknowledge the
new location and just use those files in C:\Temp2. Is
this possible?

I would just include the DLL files in my install package
and place them in a specific folder, but these DLLs are
part of a bigger package that is already installed on the
workstations.

Thank you!

Doug

 

[DA]

Hi Doug
Do your DLL paths sit in the registry?
If so, you could try and read out the data using The
GetSetting() function.

Another suggestion (this wouldn't be very efficient
though), you could do a Dir() to try and find where your
DLLs are hiding.