Here's such a DLL manifest from something I was working on. I just hope the xml doesn't get screwed up by going through the email system. In the project this comes from it gets embedded into the dll with resource ID 2. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0"> <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="HccEditScriptingUD_x64" version="1.0.0.1" processorArchitecture="AMD64" publicKeyToken="*"/> <file name="HccEditScriptingUD_x64.dll"> <comClass clsid="{6c89905f-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" tlbid="{6c89905d-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" threadingModel="Apartment" progid="HccEditScripting.HccEdit" description="HccEdit main object" /> <comClass clsid="{6c899062-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" tlbid="{6c89905d-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" threadingModel="Apartment" progid="HccEditScripting.HccEditWindow" description="HccEdit window object" /> <comClass clsid="{6c899064-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" tlbid="{6c89905d-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" threadingModel="Apartment" progid="HccEditScripting.HccEditKeymap" description="HccEdit keymap object" /> <comClass clsid="{6c899066-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" tlbid="{6c89905d-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" threadingModel="Apartment" progid="HccEditScripting.HccEditFrame" description="HccEdit frame object" /> <comClass clsid="{6c899068-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" tlbid="{6c89905d-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" threadingModel="Apartment" progid="HccEditScripting.HccEditWindowsCollection" description="HccEdit window collection object" /> <comClass clsid="{6c89906a-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" tlbid="{6c89905d-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" threadingModel="Apartment" progid="HccEditScripting.HccEditFramesCollection" description="HccEdit frames collection object" /> <comClass clsid="{6c89906c-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" tlbid="{6c89905d-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" threadingModel="Apartment" progid="HccEditScripting.HccEditMinibuffer" description="HccEdit minibuffer object" /> <comClass clsid="{6c89906e-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" tlbid="{6c89905d-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" threadingModel="Apartment" progid="HccEditScripting.HccEditMenu" description="HccEdit menu object" /> <typelib tlbid="{6c89905d-bf76-11e0-a394-005056c00008}" version="1.0" helpdir="" flags="HASDISKIMAGE" /> </file> </assembly> On 1/16/12, Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just noticed that both the CreateObject and CreateObjectEx functions > now include an optional last parameter that supports registration-free > COM. For example, below is the documentation for CreateObjectEx. Does > anyone know of an example of using that parameter in a JAWS script? > From my reading of MSDN, the syntax of such a manifest file is complex > and easy to get wrong, so a JAWS-oriented example would really help. > > Jamal > > Function: CreateObjectEx > Description > In applications such as Internet Explorer or those found in Microsoft > Office, launches an application under the control of JAWS, which is the > automation object. The difference between CreateObject and GetObject is > that GetObject creates a pointer to an automation object that already > exists, whereas CreateObject creates the automation object for the > application. > Returns > Type: Object > Description: The automation object associated with the program. > > Parameters > Param 1: > Type: String > Description: Name of the COM class that can return an automation object. > Include: Required > > Param 2: > Type: Int > Description: TRUE = Same behavior as CreateObject. FALSE = Will always > force the use of CoCreateInstance instead of using GetObjectHelper when > JAWS is running as a service. > Include: Required > > Param 3: > Type: string > Description: name of the manifest file that contains the Registration > Free COM information or the name of a .dll with a manifest embedded as a > resource. Providing this parameter allows creation of an object that > hasn't been registered. This parameter is supported in JAWS 10.0 and > beyond More information can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com by > searching for "Registration Free COM" > Include: Optional > > __________� > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx __________� View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts