loading a COM assembly (.tlb)

I am trying to load one of these, but it says, in the VB module:

Import failed Could not load file or assembly 'file or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest.

I tried to convert the tlb to a dll with tlbexp but that says:

TlbImp : error TI1029 : Type library was exported from a CLR assembly an
d cannot be re-imported as a CLR assembly.

The tlb can be used in VBA/Excel but I want to access it directly from GH.

Is there a way?

Thanks

Permalink Reply by Raul Matagringo on December 6, 2013 at 3:05am

Hi,

as it says. For VBA it is the *.tlb file. For modern applications you need a *.dll file.

Permalink Reply by Steve Baer on December 6, 2013 at 9:43am

It sounds like you already have a .NET DLL to work with and should not need the type library at all. You would need to add the .NET DLL reference.

Permalink Reply by Mihai Pruna on December 6, 2013 at 9:54am

I don't think the DLL is available, I asked the software's provider about it.

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