I am trying to use a activeX DLL to populate a label with text, but i am unable to get it to work. The DLL is referenced in the project. Below is the code. Any help would be great.

Dll Code

Public Sub Get_Text ()
   form1.label1.Caption = " Hello World"
End Sub

Form Code

Option Explict

Dim a As testtext 'testtext is the class in the activex dll

Private Sub Form_Load ()
   Set a = New testtext
   Call a.Get_Text
End Sub

well, is form1 a form in the DLL propject or in the main project?
Remember that only forms belonging to the same project can be accessed.

Marco

The form is part of the main program. I found that in debugging, you can only access forms within a project. How can I make this work?
I need to try and keep them separate, for updating reasons. I want to be able to make changes only to the DLL, and the main program retrieve the information.

I am creating a program that needs to be updated without having to re-compile the entire program.
Thanks

you are making it the wrong way.
The dll should be a gui-less component, that reads data (from wherever it is, database, file, internet) and exposes it via properties. The dll should be completeley ignorant of any user interface, so in this way the same dll can be used by more than one app. The main app creates an instance of the dll, and populate its form[s] with the data collected in the dll. There is no reason to recompile anything as long as the data is read on run time:

Option Explict
Dim a As testtext 'testtext is the class in the activex dll
Private Sub Form_Load ()
   Set a = New testtext
   Me.Caption = a.GetFormCaption
End Sub

Marco

Ill give that a try, and go from there. Thanks