Uninstall ActiveX

[lanmicro]

Hi Guys,

My customer is having a problem with the ActiveX being uninstalled by something. I'm guessing its the Microsoft updates.

So that they don't have any problems, I want to create a batch file that uninstalls (if it is there ) and then reinstalls the ActiveX.

I cannot find any documentation that outlines how to do an uninstall. Any clues?

[John - Tracker Supp]

Hi,

Assuming you are using the installer we supply (PDFXV_dev.exe) for you to distribute to your end users (and we strongly reccomened you do!) then there will b e an uninstall exe located in the installation folder - usually named something like : unins000.exe

You can call this (using the /SILENT or /VERYSILENT switch if preferred) and that should be enough - or perhaps you mean you need to re-register the ActiveX''' ?

In this case - there is no need to uninstall - you can simply re-register the ActiveX - for example ..

For a 32 bit system :
"c:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Viewer\PDFXCview.exe" /RegSever regsvr32 "c:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Viewer\PDFXCviewAx.dll"

Or on a 64 bit system :
....regsvr32 "c:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Viewer\win32\PDFXCviewAx.dll"


In most circumstances - the latter 2 command line options should be enough for your needs

HTH

[lanmicro]

My only concern with

"c:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Viewer\PDFXCview.exe" /RegSever regsvr32 "c:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Viewer\PDFXCviewAx.dll"

is does it create entries in the registry? Will re-registering it like this create duplicate entries?

I don't want problems with multiple entries being create wherever regsvr32 is saving it's information.

[John - Tracker Supp]

Hi,

No need to be concerned - as a 'common object' the old old entry would be overwritten in the event it already exists.

HTH

[lanmicro]

Thanks

[John - Tracker Supp]

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