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GetFileFromProgID – The file that implements a COM component with given ProgID

' Get the name of the DLL or EXE that contains' the class whose ProgID is passed as an argument'' Remote servers aren't taken into account'' NOTE: Requires GetRegistryValueFunction GetFileFromProgID(ByVal ProgID As String) As String    Dim clsid As String    Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000    ' get the CLSID from the registry, exit if not found    clsid = GetRegistryValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, ProgID & "CLSID", "")    If Len(clsid) = 0 Then Exit Function        ' try to read the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{...}InProcServer32 value    GetFileFromProgID = GetRegistryValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, _        "CLSID" & clsid & "InProcServer32", "")    ' exit if found    If Len(GetFileFromProgID) Then Exit Function        ' try to read the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{...}LocalServer32 value    GetFileFromProgID = GetRegistryValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, _        "CLSID" & clsid & "LocalServer32", "")    End Function

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