Cool Bar ActiveX control

[arh]

I'm using the cool bar control in my ActiveX project, it all works fine. However when I use the package and deployment wizard to build an internet package cab file and distribute it via the web my activeX control fails to display. If I then open the VB source code on the machine it failed to display on the cool bar control fails with the error 'license required in design view'. Other machines I try except the download cab file and display my control OK and when I view the source code I get the cool bar on the form as expected. Where do I get the cool bar license from and why does it require one?

many Thanks

arh

 

[swilliams]

The license file is used to protect a companies interests - ie "We developed the control and you can only design with the control if you buy a license..."
If you have a machine where you can view the control in design view of your ocx, then search the machine for .lic files (more that likely in c:\windows, c:\winnt, c:\windows\system or c:\winnt\system32) and make sure this file is installed with your ocx.

Simon

 

[arh]

I thought the cool bar was part of the standard set of controls that shipped with VB6. There is no .lic file on the machine used to develop the ActiveX control, in fact it should be the same build as the machine it fails to display on. Why ship a control the restrict it's use?

 

[swilliams]

The license file should not be needed to view and use the control in a packaged application. It should be needed to use the control at design time. But, if you say there isn't one, then I don't know.

Simon