Re: Help with OLE2 object in Forms

Dr. John B. Matthews wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to use one of the Common Dialog (comdlg32.ocx) controls
> on a form under Dev2K 1.4W and Windows 95 (v4.00.950B). I've cleaned
> my registry. I've checked that all the required DLLs are available.
> I've installed the the control using "regsvr32 comdlg32.ocx" at the
> DOS prompt, and the control shows up in regedit. I've created a new
> OLE object as described in the relevant white paper from Oracle (ie.
> my OLE object in not the first navigable item in the block). I right
> click on the object to insert the control, and Common Dislogs
> appears in the list; but when I say OK, the object is not inserted.
> At runtime, attempting to get a handle to the object fails, saying
> that the object does not exist.
>
> The frustrating thing is that the the whole thing works just fine on
> another machine running Windows 95 (v4.00.950A).
>
> Any clues why comdlg32.ocx would be accessible on one machine and
> not the other?
>
> Email or post is good; thanks in advance,
>
> John
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> John B. Matthews, M.D.
> jmatthews_at_nova.wright.edu; john_matthews_at_ccmail.dayton.saic.com
> "Whom the gods would destroy, they first invite to program in C"

I think you'll have to register the ocx on all machines that will run it.

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Robert Christenson
Gazette Technologies
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