vb6 “regfreecom” autocreate manifest for ocx file

Question

I think I need to create a manifest file for MSCOMCTL.ocx to use in my VB6 application (reg free)
I will also need to update/create the .res file Then I will need to use M

Answer 1

Here is the entry from the manifest file from one of the VB6 apps I maintain:

...

    
    
        TabDlg.SSTab
    
    

generated from OCS version 6.1.98.39 using https://github.com/wqweto/UMMM using a INI configuration file line like so:

File tabctl32.ocx

This is somewhat different from the one in the question:

• Has a relative path to the file

• Different list of classes

• Various different attributes

Hard to say without experimentation how important those differences might be.

I highly recommend logging your program in Process Monitor and seeing what if any errors you get in the log. This is usually how I identify tricky manifest problems.