Difference between revisions of "VB Component Registration for Distribution"
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You could obtain a copy of mscomctl.ocx and just drop it in the same folder as your executable. However, this is not the correct way of doing things in Microsoft Windows. | You could obtain a copy of mscomctl.ocx and just drop it in the same folder as your executable. However, this is not the correct way of doing things in Microsoft Windows. | ||
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| + | == Windows 2000 / XP == | ||
Place mscomctl.ocx in c:\windows\system32 then register the component with the following command: | Place mscomctl.ocx in c:\windows\system32 then register the component with the following command: | ||
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Which creates an entry in the windows registry and makes the component available to all Windows applications which may require it under Windows XP. | Which creates an entry in the windows registry and makes the component available to all Windows applications which may require it under Windows XP. | ||
| + | == Windows Vista / 7 == | ||
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| + | All Visual Basic 6.0 runtime components are supported under Windows 7. | ||
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| + | When trying to register a component such as MSCOCMCTL.OCX in Windows 7 you get an error such as DLLRegisterserver error code 0x08002801c | ||
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| + | Use the following work around: (you will need administrator privilege account) | ||
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| + | 1. Place mscomctl.ocx in c:\windows\system | ||
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| + | 2. Create a batch file on the windows desktop called runme.bat and put the following command in the batch file: | ||
| + | REGSVR32 MSCOMCTL.OCX | ||
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| + | 3. Copy runme.bat into the c:\windows\system directory (you will be nagged to do as administrator) | ||
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| + | 4. Right click on the runme.bat and choose "Run as administrator" | ||
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| + | Your com object will be successfully registered. | ||
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| + | Reference source: [http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vbgeneral/thread/a6d06695-87b8-4fa6-8b9c-a3547829ab76 Can't figure out how to register MSCOMCTL.OCX in Windows 7] | ||
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[[Category:Computer Technology]] | [[Category:Computer Technology]] | ||
[[Category:Programming]] | [[Category:Programming]] | ||
[[Category:VB6]] | [[Category:VB6]] | ||
Revision as of 00:45, 30 November 2011
For example, you put your VB executable on a system and attempted to execute. An error message stated...
Component 'mscomctl.ocx' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid.
You could obtain a copy of mscomctl.ocx and just drop it in the same folder as your executable. However, this is not the correct way of doing things in Microsoft Windows.
Windows 2000 / XP
Place mscomctl.ocx in c:\windows\system32 then register the component with the following command:
regsvr32 \windows\system32\MSCOMCTL.OCX
Which creates an entry in the windows registry and makes the component available to all Windows applications which may require it under Windows XP.
Windows Vista / 7
All Visual Basic 6.0 runtime components are supported under Windows 7.
When trying to register a component such as MSCOCMCTL.OCX in Windows 7 you get an error such as DLLRegisterserver error code 0x08002801c
Use the following work around: (you will need administrator privilege account)
1. Place mscomctl.ocx in c:\windows\system
2. Create a batch file on the windows desktop called runme.bat and put the following command in the batch file:
REGSVR32 MSCOMCTL.OCX
3. Copy runme.bat into the c:\windows\system directory (you will be nagged to do as administrator)
4. Right click on the runme.bat and choose "Run as administrator"
Your com object will be successfully registered.
Reference source: Can't figure out how to register MSCOMCTL.OCX in Windows 7
