Check if ActiveX is installed on a target machine

Problem/Question/Abstract:

How to check if ActiveX is installed on a target machine

Answer:

Solve 1:

Use the CLSIDFromProgID method:

{ ... }
var
  strOLE: string;
begin
  strOLE = "YourCOMServer.Application" {your ProgID}
  if (CLSIDFromProgID(PWideChar(WideString(strOLE), ClassID) = S_OK) then
    begin
      { ... }
    end;
end;


Solve 2:

Check the registry:

{ ... }
const
  cKEY = '\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\%s\InprocServer32'
  var
  sKey: string;
  sComServer: string;
  exists: boolean;
  Reg: TRegistry;
begin
  Reg := TRegistry.Create;
  try
    Reg.RootKey := HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
    sKey := format(cKEY, [GuidToString(ClassID)]);
    if Reg.OpenKey(sKey, False) then
    begin
      sComServer := Reg.ReadString('');
      if FileExists(sComServer) then
      begin
        { ... }
      end;
    end;
  finally
    Reg.free;
  end;
end;