Getting the properties and methods available with an object

Getting the properties and methods available with an object

I'm unable to instantiate TLI.TLIApplication from TlbInf32.dll !PLEASE HELP! The answer for how to determine the properties / methods / events available to an object or within a .dll was/is? to use windows\system\TlbInf32.dll by starting off like so: Set oTLI = CreateObject("TLI.TLIApplication") If I do this from my VBScript file, I get the error: Could not locate automation class named "TLI.TLIApplication". Code: 80020009 Source: WScript.CreateObject At the same time, if I go into my VB5CCE and set Project/References to find Typelib Information (which is located for me in c:\windows\system32\TlbInf32.dll on my WinXP Pro, SP 2 system) and then do: Dim foo As TLI.TypeLibInfo Set foo = New TLI.TypeLibInfo MsgBox TypeName(foo) Then VB is happy with that and the MsgBox shows: TypeLibInfo Now, I have neither VB 5 nor the VB 6 development environment installed. All there is, is me and my trusty VB5CCE, and version 5.6 of WScript. Just in case, I closed down VB5CCE to do the test, and I also did Regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\tlbinf32.dll. After that I plied it with /u several times, then a last time without /u, and regsvr32 was continually happy. The tblinf32.dll file itself is dated 1/16/1997 at 132608 bytes and version 1.1.37.15 I hope someone has an idea on this cause I am stumped, Thanks, Csaba Gabor from Vienna Re: Getting the properties and methods available with an object I don't know if this will help, but you might try checking it in an object browser to confirm the details of the object model. Your code should work with the VB6 version (1.10.8169, June, 98) but you apparently have the VB5 version, which could be slightly different. I know that there are incompatibilities between the two versions, (installing v. 6 over v. 5 can reportedly cause malfunctions in software that uses v. 5) but I don't know what exactly those incompatibilities are. Re: Getting the properties and methods available with an object ekkehard.horner wrote: I'd like to thank everyone for their response (Ekkehard, Mayayana, JW). As a result, my biggest problem is solved, but there are still some remnants which it would be good to clear up. Ekkehard, your response reminded me that I have an old machine, and so I looked at it and got it's TlbInf32.inf info from it. It is version 1.1.81.69 (size: 153600, with a date of 14 July 1998). I unregistered the earlier version in c:\windows\system32 and registered the new one (which I had in a different directory). At this point, the sample code below ran as expected. Cool, and thanks. Unfortunately, PHP is not so happy with this setup. Now, I can make things work within PHP by stuffing VBScript into an MSScriptControl.ScriptControl but that's not right. Microsoft says that TlbInf32.dll is redistributable at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/downloads/addins/components/default.aspx so I am hoping that someone will redistribute a more recent version to me so I can see if it is PHP that is buggy, the .dll, or my configuration. Thanks, Csaba Gabor from Vienna Mayayana, thanks for the warnings - I hope that does not account for the behaviour that I am seeing.