registering an .ocx control on WinXP sp2

[Philip Leduc]

Question,

I have been using in one my access applications the (I thought so) "very
common" common dialog box control: comdlg32.ocx
Usually every computer I have been working on has this file installed.
At a customer sight, somebody got a new win XP sp2 computer, and I could not
find the control so I copied and pasted it,
and registered it through using REGSVR32 [/u] [/s] filename

I get a windows error message now that I need a license for this control;
If not how do I get rid of this problem,
if yes where and how do I buy a license for a "standard" windows ocx control
and how do I "register" the fact that I bought it?

thanks for your help!!

 

[Tom Wickerath]

Hi Philip,

Better to ditch the common dialog control and use API code instead. This means there will be one
less possible missing reference to worry about. You might want to check out the following:

API: Call the standard Windows File Open/Save dialog box
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0001.htm

Sorry, I don't know the answer to your question about how to buy a license...

Tom
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Question,

I have been using in one my access applications the (I thought so) "very
common" common dialog box control: comdlg32.ocx
Usually every computer I have been working on has this file installed.
At a customer sight, somebody got a new win XP sp2 computer, and I could not
find the control so I copied and pasted it,
and registered it through using REGSVR32 [/u] [/s] filename

I get a windows error message now that I need a license for this control;
If not how do I get rid of this problem,
if yes where and how do I buy a license for a "standard" windows ocx control
and how do I "register" the fact that I bought it?

thanks for your help!!

 

[Tony Toews]

I get a windows error message now that I need a license for this control;
If not how do I get rid of this problem,
if yes where and how do I buy a license for a "standard" windows ocx control
and how do I "register" the fact that I bought it?

You need to purchase the Office Developers version. As Tom states
lose the control and use the API solution. Much less troubles.

Tony
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