MSComDlg.CommonDialog problems

[Alex Glass]

I am trying to use the CommonDialog control but every time I try and insert
the ActiveX control onto a form I get a message saying I dont have a license
to use the control. Since this is a publicly available control by created
by microsoft why should I need a license? I have also tried to create the
control via CreateObject() but receive an error stating "ActiveX component
could not create object". There are two files:
C:\windows\system\comdlg32.ocx and C:\windows\system\comdlg32.dll which i
have tried registering and unregistering to try and get this to work.
Neither helped, I also downloaded different versions of the files and got
nowhere. I am able to create other objects using different progId's but I
cant create this one.

Any ideas how I can get around this licensing problem?

 

[Tom]

Alex

look at http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0001.htm - a lot less hassle

Tom

 

[Alex Dybenko]

Hi,
CommonDialog is not publicly available, in order to insert it into access
form you have to purchase corresponding developer edition of office.
so best is to follow Tom's advice

 

[Alex Glass]

Thanks for the help Tom, I will not bother with office developer edition.

 

[Jeff Grundy]

I am having the same license problem with the common dialog. I currently use
the common dialog controls on many forms. I do not want to rip it out and
replace it with the api call that everyone seems to be pushing. The Access
application was developed in access 2000 but when I try to modify the
application using access 2003 all the common dialog controls are replaced
with the empty placeholder. When I try to insert the control that came with
Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003 I get the license error. As far
as I know this is the developer edition of Access 2003. If I create a brand
new database with Access 2003 and add a form and drop the "Microsoft Common
Dialog Control, version 6.0" on the form I get the error "You don't have the
license to use this ActiveX control.

How do I get the license to use this ActiveX control?

 

[Alex Dybenko]

Hi,
i don;t think Office Professional Enterprise Edition include developers
tools, look here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/technologyinfo/devtools/default.aspx

 

[Jeff Grundy]

I have now installed "Office Access 2003 Developer Extensions" and "Visual
Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System 2003".

I am still getting the "You don't have the license to use this ActiveX
control." message.

How do I get the license to use this ActiveX control?

 

[Alex Dybenko]

try to use this article advice:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;172859

 

[Jeff Grundy]

That fix only applies to Office 97 Developer tools. I tried to run the
utility anyway and it said that office developer tools not found. That is
correct I do not have Office 97 Developer tools installed. I am running
Office 2003.

How do I get the license to use this ActiveX control?