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Q190207: INFO: Satellite DLL Directory Search Patterns

Article: Q190207
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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Add-Ins for Microsoft Visual Basic may use satellite DLLs that contain resources
such as localization information. This article describes the search patterns
used by an Add-In to locate the satellite DLL.

MORE INFORMATION
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When loading an Add-In, Microsoft Visual Basic attempts to look for a Satellite
DLL in the following order:

1. <Path To Add-In>\Resources\<LocaleID>

  The LocaleID identifies the locale language that the current Operating System
  is running under. Visual Basic will look for a satellite DLL first in the
  LocaleID directory.

2. <Path To Add-In>\Resources\1033

  Visual Basic will search for an English directory (1033 is the LocaleID for
  Standard English).

3. <Path To Add-In>\

  The directory where the Add-In is installed will be searched last.

REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q190193 HOWTO: Use a Satellite DLL to Localize an Add-In

For more information about LocaleID, refer to "Language Identifiers and Locales"
in the MSDN.

Additional query words: kbDSupport KBDSS kbVBp kbVBp600 kbAddIn

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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