Re: How do we instal ocx files?

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From: Ken Halter (Ken_Halter_at_Use_Sparingly_Hotmail.com)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:14:20 -0800

<Benton> wrote in message news:e5pDZruDFHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I am not sure exactly how we install ocx files. When I load

ActiveX components (dlls and ocx's for the most part) need to be registered.
If they're not registered, the app doesn't "know" how to deal with them. If
you're trying to get an app working on someone elses PC, create some kind of
setup package (the package and deployment wizard can help with that)... if
this is (these are?) just some components you've downloaded, you'll need to
register them. You can do that by opening a DOS window and browsing to the
folder where they're stored, then type Regsvr32 <the name of the ocx/dll>...
an easier way is to browse to the folder where they're stored, double click
on one of them. The Windows "Open With" dialog should pop up. Browse to your
System32 folder and tell windows to open that ocx with Regsvr32.exe (be sure
to place a check in the box that says "Always use the selected program to
open this type of file")... from then on, just double click any ocx to
register it. Do the same thing with DLLs. Note that running regsvr32 on a
non-activeX dll will show an error dialog. No big deal as it just means that
it's not an activeX dll. 

-- 
Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com
Please keep all discussions in the groups..

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