Struggling to Install the Type Library

[fdorfman]

First-time user here. I just installed from ImageMagick-6.9.3-8-Q16-x64-dll.exe onto a Windows 10 machine.

The install is okay as far as command-line usage.

Now I want to import the Type Library (ImageMagickObject.dll) into Delphi (v10 Seattle Update 1). I don't think my problem is Delphi-specific.

When I go to Import Component, the list of Registered Type Libraries (which is quite extensive) doesn't list IM.

If I go to Add one, upon selecting ImageMagickObject.dll, I get an Error loading type library/DLL (80029C4A).

During installation, I selected:
-Install development headers and libraries for C and C++
-Install ImageMagickObject OLE Control for VBScript, Visual Basic and WSH

From the research I've done/Additional notes:

*http://imagemagick.org/script/api.php#pascal states PascalMagick a Pascal binding for the MagickWand API and also the low-level MagickCore library. It works with Free Pascal / Lazarus and Delphi.

*I've tried placing the DLL in C:\Windows; I've tried placing the ImageMagickObject.dll location on the Path.

*I did a fair amount of research, and still I know of no other way to see the list of all the Registered Type Libraries on my system than inside the Delphi IDE. If I knew of one, I'd certainly look there. Although, my strong sense is that it isn't there.

Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

Ultimately I want to make IM calls from within a Delphi (OO Pascal) program.

I thought (still think?) the easiest way would be to import the IM Type Library. I've done the with Excel, Word, and some very specific third-party tools.

http://wiki.freepascal.org/PascalMagick makes it seem like this should (practically) be a breeze. And yet I'm stuck at the starting line.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Free Dorfman

[dlemstra]

Did you register the DLL after installation? I am not sure if the installer does that.

[fdorfman]

Apparently the installation did NOT register it. I did.

After copying the IM dll file into C:\WINDOWS\system32, I executed:

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C:\WINDOWS\system32> regSvr32 ImageMagickObject.dll

and RegSvr32 responded with

DllRegisterServer in ImageMagickObject.dll succeeded

.

And that seemed promising.

BUT:

(1) I still don't see it in the Delphi list.
(2) The ImageMagickObject.dll file is NOT visible to me in Windows Explorer. I can see it in DOS and attrib returns "A".
(3) Now (after RegSvr32-ing it), if I go to Add it inside Delphi, I'm seeing the same 80029C4A error.

Arggh!

Any more thoughts?

[fdorfman]

From a response on the Embarcadero forums (https://forums.embarcadero.com/thread.j ... dID=210660)

Know nothing about that library, but Delphi is a 32-bit development
environment, it will not recognise 64-bit DLLs. So you need to install
a 32-bit version of ImageMagick to get the type library.

Delphi will generate 64-bit applications that will load 64-bit DLLs,
just be careful to match platforms.

That did it. Was it Delphi? Was it me?

Perhaps a lethal combination of 'em both.

Thanks.