DOCUMENT:Q187299  01-SEP-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :SAMPLE: Persist.exe Persists Class Objects with VB6
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:kbVBp600 kbActiveX kbfile kbsample

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
   for Windows, version 6.0
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SUMMARY
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Persist.exe is a self-extracting compressed file that demonstrates how to
persist objects in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. For the purpose of this
article, if you can answer "yes" to the following question, then you have
object persistence:

   Can I save this object for later use?

When an object is created in Visual Basic (by instantiating a Visual Basic
class), that object exists in memory and is destroyed when the application
that created it is closed. This article demonstrates how to write the
property values of an object to a file, in other words, "persist" the
object. The object can later be recreated from the disk file, even if the
computer has been shut down and restarted. Visual Basic version 6.0
introduces the capability for persisting objects in this manner.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software
Library:

~ Persist.exe

Release Date: Aug-31-1998

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software
Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

When you run the self-extracting file, the following files are expanded:

   PersistClient.exe       : Compiled Client Application
   Projects.dll            : Compiled ActiveX Component
   PersistClient.vbp       : Source Project for Client Application
   Form1.frm               : Client Project Form
   Projects.vbp            : Source Project for ActiveX Component
   ApprovedProject.cls     : ActiveX Component Class
   Readme.txt              : Information

Running the Sample Application
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1. Register Projects.dll using RegSvr32.exe. For example:

      Regsvr32 c:\mydirectory\Projects.dll

2. Run PersistClient.exe.

3. Modify the data on the form, and click Save Object.

4. You can now load, modify, and save the object.

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbDSD kbActiveX
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Keywords          : kbVBp600 kbActiveX kbfile kbsample
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

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