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- COM Explorer
- Explore, Manage and Fix ActiveX Controls, DLL & EXE Servers.
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- COM Explorer is a unique tool specifically designed to help developers
- and system administrators to explore, manage and fix ActiveX Controls,
- EXE Servers (Out-Proc) and DLL Servers (In-Proc). An Explorer like GUI
- allows developers to browse registered COM objects and view information
- such as CLSID, TypeLib, version information, dependency information,
- file information and more.
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- Misbehaved objects such as objects with missing files left as junk in
- the registry are clearly marked. A Registry editor is fully integrated
- allowing to view and edit COM settings. COM Explorer is integrated into
- Windows Explorer allowing to quickly register, unregister, compare and
- view COM Controls using a pop-up menu.
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- One of the most powerful features is report generation. HTML or comma
- delimited text reports are easily generated . These reports include
- a list of the COM objects installed. Strong filtering and customization
- capabilities are provided as well.
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- COM Explorer substantially reduces the complexity of identifying COM
- related problems developers and system administrators face every day.
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- What's new in version 1.5
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- The success of COM Explorer version 1.0 and the excellent feedback
- we have received from end users and press has proven the superiority
- and uniqueness of our product. To further improve the product we
- integrated new features and capabilities based requests and
- suggestions we have received from our users. Version 1.5 introduces
- new support for a DLL dependency viewer. This powerful feature
- enables you to easily detect missing DLL files that are required for
- the proper operation of your EXE server, DLL server or ActiveX
- Control. "Bad" installations can easily be detected and fixed.
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- COM Explorer includes the following enhancements:
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- 1. A new DLL dependency viewer is integrated into the main screen
- allowing for quick detection of missing DLL files. Information
- about each DLL is displayed showing the version, location,
- file size and other important attributes.
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- 2. The Inventory report was enhanced to include the list of DLL
- dependency files.
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- 3. A new dialog (Find Missing Dependency Dialog) was added to
- allow you to scan all ActiveX Controls, EXE & DLL servers
- and to mark all the objects that are missing at least one DLL file.
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- 4. The "View Object Details" option in the Windows Explorer popup
- menu was enhanced to include a full view of the Registry,
- Dependencies and general object attributes.
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- 5. The main user interface was enhanced to allow better resizing
- capabilities.
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- Why COM Explorer is a "Must have" tool?
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- 1. Track problems
- Many of the bugs applications produce end up being DLL/OCX version mismatch.
- A bad install program (that does not check the OCX version) can hurt a lot
- well behaved applications. COM Explorer allows you to view the attributes of
- any registered ActiveX Control, EXE or DLL server. Information like file version,
- file size or date can help you track down what went wrong. Detecting missing
- DLL dependency files is made easy as COM Explorer clearly marks missing DLL files.
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- 2. Easy to use & quick
- Anyone working with ActiveX Controls (OCX/DLL files) knows that getting them
- registered and unregistered can be a hassle. Both developers and system
- administrators often need to quickly register one version of an OCX and
- seconds later a different version of the same control. Working with REGSVR32
- for these kind of operations is OK but tends to be time consuming and is not
- very informative (to say the least). COM Explorer is integrated into Windows
- Explorer allowing you to very quickly register/unregister controls, view control
- and DLL details (Registry, dependencies & attributes) and to compare between two
- versions of COM files.
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- 3. Cleanup the Registry
- Registering an ActiveX Control and then deleting the file leaves the Windows
- system in a mess. Visual Basic for example will display the control in its
- "Component List". The user might think this is a legitimate control. Applications
- that use this control will crash finding the entry in the registry but not the file.
- COM Explorer clearly marks out these misbehaved controls.รก Even better it allows you
- to cleanup the "dead" entries that were left in the registry.
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- 4. Reports
- The reports feature allows system administrators and developers to create a
- database of all the controls installed on a specific workstation. This is a
- very useful feature if you need to make sure that multiple machines all have
- the same set of OCX files.
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- SUMMARY
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- Developers and system administrators that work with ActiveX Controls and DLL/EXE
- servers on a daily basis need a tool that will enable them to manage COM files.
- They need a better way to track and fix problems than browsing the registry with
- REGEDIT. Anyone that has worked with Active/COM knows the feeling of trying to find
- out why a certain installation does not work only to find that the wrong MFC40.DLL
- was used or is missing altogether. Tools like REGEDIT or REGSVR32 are just not enough.
- COM Explorer will enable you to quickly solve these problems by allowing you to
- actually view, detect and fix the different errors. It is a unique tool anyone dealing
- with ActiveX/COM should have in his arsenal.
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- For information on how to order COM Explorer go to:
- http://www.4developers.com/com/register.htm
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- Contact Information:
- 4Developers,
- 912 E. Evelyn Ave.
- Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA.
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- Support: support@4developers.com
- On The Web: http://www.4developers.com/com/
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- Other 4Developers Products:
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- Registry Crawler - http://www.4developers.com/regc/
- ActiveX Manager - http://www.4developers.com/xmgr/
- Other Products - http://www.4developers.com
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