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Getting Started in VB


Working with the COM object or ActiveX control

Remarks

Working with the COM object

In order to insert wodAppUpdate COM object in your project, follow these steps:

1. Install the component on your system by starting its setup program.

2. In the Visual Basic IDE, create new project or open existing one.

3. Click on 'Project', then on 'References' menu

4. Find and select 'WeOnlyDo! COM Update COM Object', and click on 'Ok' to leave the dialog box.

5. Open code editor, and at the top, in (General) section add this code:
 
Dim WithEvents Update1 As wodAppUpdateCom
 

6. In Form_Load function initialize the component
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
 Set Update1 = New wodAppUpdateCom
End Sub
 

7. If you have licensed version of wodAppUpdate, then after you initialize the component, set it's LicenseKey property:
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
 Set Update1 = New wodAppUpdateCom
 Update1.LicenseKey = "xxxx....xxxx"
End Sub
 

8. To use notifications (optional) instead of events, please refer here.

9. To free up the resources when your program ends, destroy the component from Form_Unload
 
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
 Set Update1 = Nothing
End Sub
 

10. Do not forget to distribute wodAppUp.DLL when using COM object!

Working with the ActiveX control

In order to insert wodAppUpdate ActiveX control in your project, follow these steps:

1. Install the component on your system by starting its setup program.

2. In the Visual Basic IDE, create new project or open existing one.

3. Click on 'Project', then on 'Components' menu

4. Find and select 'WeOnlyDo! COM Update ActiveX Control', and click on 'Ok' to leave the dialog box.

5. Locate new wodAppUpdate icon on Toolbox toolbar

6. Do not forget to distribute wodAppUp.OCX when using ActiveX control!