Current situation just after installing the components:

A ntservice executable (which runs in current user running space) connects to an activeX exe (using set object = new componentobject) and this works fine. component runs and does what it must do.

An other executable connects to the same activeX exe and also get the correct information from it.

Now it goes weird when I reboot the system and the ntservice program runs in the "system user" space. Its connect to the activeX exe and the component runs and does what it must do.

The problem arise at the moment a user startsup the normal executable. It connects to the activeX exe, but it cannot find it, starts another instance of it, so I have running 2 instances of the activeX exe, while in the first situation only 1 instance is running, which is the situation I like.

Does somebody have tips, or better, an example to retrieve the result that always just 1 instance of the activex exe is running, and not 2 or more??

All 3 execs are written in VB 6 and also have tried the createobject function in several ways to get result



Thnx in advantage

did you try using GetObject instead of CreateObject?
what is the Instancing property of the ActiveX class you connect to?
I never tried to connect to the same ActiveX exe from different users...

Its not possible to connect to an activeX exe using GetObject, because the activeX exe is written in VB6 (why they don't support this is weird to me also). But neverteless, the hardhead i'm, i have try it also, with GetObject(,"Component.Class") and with GetObject("", "Component.Class"), but they both give errors, as documented in the MSDN (cannot find the class and can't create object).

I have 2 classes in the activeX, both are self created, a private class who actually does the functionality, and the other, public (multiuse) is just a connector to the functional class

You are correct in that you generally cannot use GetObject with an ActiveX component written in VB6.

This is because VB6 apps do not register themselves in the ROT (Running objects table).

You can use the API to do this... here is a link that has an example of code for this:

http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonso...w&ixPost=37504

I don't guarantee that this specific code will work, but I have done this in the past (about 5 years ago) and it worked for me.
If I find a better example or can find my old code, I will try to post it.

Woody Z http://www.learntoprogramnow.com

One other thing: You mentioned the program is running under the system user permissions - that seems like it could be part of your problem. Sorry I missed that.

Woody Z http://www.learntoprogramnow.com