Q138064: Search Order for OLE Servers

Article: Q138064
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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A Visual Basic OLE server can be of three types:

- 32-bit InProc Server (32-bit .dll)

- 32-bit Local Server (32-bit .exe)

- 16-bit Local Server (16-bit .exe)

This article summarizes the order in which OLE servers are searched when a client
makes a call to a server that has all three possible types registered on the
computer. This search order depends on whether the client was a 32-bit or a
16-bit Windows-based application. The first type of server found in the search
order is the one that is started

MORE INFORMATION
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Search Order for a 32-bit Client
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32-bit InProc Server
32-bit Local Server
16-bit Local Server

Search Order for a 16-bit Client
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32-bit Local Server (Only on a 32-bit Operating System)
16-bit Local Server


Additional query words: 4.00 vb4win vb4all

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbVB16bitSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0

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