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Ronald - 20 Dec 2003 15:49 GMT

Hi.

Although I copied and registered the comdlg32.ocx with regsvr32 and in
Access I keep on getting 'You don't have the license to use this ActiveX
control'.

What else can I do to get it working?

And on another computer I also get an OLE Server error. What should be done
in that case?

Thanks in advance,

Ronald.

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Douglas J. Steele - 20 Dec 2003 17:08 GMT

What are you using the control for?

If it's for the standard Windows File Open/File Save dialog, there's code
that uses API calls instead at http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0001.htm at
"The Access Web"

If it's for the Windows Color Picker dialog, see
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0060.htm

If it's for the Windows Font Picker dialog, see
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0061.htm

That way, you avoid any issues with redistribution of the control, and you
don't have to worry about the versioning problems that comdlg32.ocx tends to
have, at least when used in Access.

(BTW, in answer to your original questions, where did you get the control
from? Unless it came with VB or with Office Developer, you don't have a
license to redistribute it.)

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Ronald - 21 Dec 2003 13:41 GMT

Thanks for your reply Doug.

It's used for the user to be able to select a photo to put the path into a
(linked photo path) field. So I will use the API call (api0001) instead of
the comdlg control..

Don't worry, I officially own my Office 2000 Developer.
Best regards,

Ronald.

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Douglas J. Steele - 21 Dec 2003 14:06 GMT

I wasn't worried. <g>

It's just that's a common reason why you get errors about requiring the
license when you try to redistribute certain controls.

In any case, the API solution is far superior.

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Richard Krupa - 21 Dec 2003 23:54 GMT

Another reason that you get that error is if you installed the runtime files
of access first then install the full version of MS Access. If you install
the runtime before the full version of access, the activex controls will not
allow you to use them in design as they were intially only registered for
runtime and will spit up that error. (Its a bug in the office setup disks)

You then need to install the Developer Edition Tools and run a fix that can
be found on the microsoft website. The fix will only work if the Developer
Edition Tools is installed.

Regards,
Richard

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