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understanding the Type Library Import utility
Remember that you always use Type Library Import (TLbImp) for components, not for controls. 
Before you can use TLbImp, you need to know a bit more about it. Here’s the command line syntax 
for the tool:
TlbImp TypeLibName [Options]
The 
TypeLibName
argument is simply the filename of the COM component that you want to use to 
create an interop assembly. A COM component can have a number of file extensions, but the most 
common extensions are 
.DLL
, 
.EXE
, and 
.OCX
.
The TypeLibName argument can specify a resource identifier when the library 
contains more than one resource. Simply follow the filename with a backslash 
and the resource number. For example, the command line 
TLbImp MyModule 
.DLL\1
 would create an output assembly that contains only resource 1 in the 
MyModule.DLL
 file.
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You can also include one or more options that modify the behavior of TLbImp. The following list 
describes these options.
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/out:
FileName
: Provides the name of the file you want to produce as output. If you don’t 
provide this argument, the default is to add 
Lib
to the end of the filename for the type 
library. For example, 
WMP.DLL
becomes 
WMPLib.DLL
.
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/namespace:
Namespace
: Defines the namespace of the classes within the interop assembly. 
The default is to add 
Lib
to the filename of the type library. For example, if the file has a 
name of 
WMP.DLL
, the namespace is 
WMPLib
.
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