Using a DLL without registering it

[NPhillips]

I am working in a fairly limited environment, and I do not have any administrative rights to the systems. Period. There is no way, no how, that I will ever be given rights (large governing body between me and the rights).

One of the projects I'm working on needs to use a 3rd party dll (XZip component from http://xstandard.com). But, without being able to register the dll, I can't seem to use the library (Runtime error 429, "ActiveX Component Cannot create object").

I am using sample code grabbed from another post here

Right now, it's an empty DB project, with one form, with a single button. OnClick runs this:

Private Sub Command0_Click()
    Dim cp As New XZip.Zip
    
    'Set cp = New XZip.Zip
    cp.Pack "C:\foo.xls", "C:\foo.zip"
    
    Set cp = Nothing

End Sub

I have added XZip via Tools>References, with no problem.

Also, this DB will be used by multiple persons, on different systems. We all have the same, limited setup.

Thanks in advance,
Nate