Unable to Instantiate MSComDlg.CommonDialog Control

[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?

 

[Penguin]

First see if there are any patches or updates for your version of
Access. If this does not work try this link:
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0001.htm

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

The link you gave is far superior to using the Common Dialog control.

 

[Penguin]

Agreed