Missing comctl32.ocx activeX

[Scott]

I note some workstations have the following errors and found on their
machine without comctl32.ocx but with comctl32.dll.


Microsoft Office Access

The expression Before Update you entered as the event property setting
produced the following error! A problem occurred while Microsoft Office
Access was communicating with the OLE server or ActiveX Control.

*The expression may not result in the name of a Macro, the name of User
Defined Function or [Event Procedure].

*There may have been an error evaluating the function, event or macro."



Can someone advise me the possible reasons not to have the file comctl32.ocx
and possible fixes.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[Tom Wickerath]

Hi Scott,

Those files are associated with the common dialog ActiveX controls. This can
be a real pain with distributed solutions, and for this reason, you are much
better off to substitute the use of API code to open a common dialog. Here is
an example:

Call the standard Windows File Open/Save dialog box
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0001.htm


Tom Wickerath
Microsoft Access MVP

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