| This tip was submitted by Xeros
Aqua.
After reading Amys Article on
Com*.dll load errors it clued me in to the solution to my problem.
I kept getting errors
when opening my project on different computers, saying that VB was unable to
load a:\comctl32.ocx, resulting in every control of that ocx
turning into a picturebox.
The article clued me to check the version in the frm and vbp headers, and sure
enough. what I did was on the computer on which I was having trouble loading
that control. I created a dummy project, with the components and references I needed
microsoft common dialog controls, microsoft common controls 6.0
microsoft flexgrid control, microsoft internet controls. Then created a dummy form, with
flexgrid, cmndlg and a toolbar for
comctl32, saved the project, and compared the vbp and frm headers
to my headers and found out a HUGE difference, the dummy projects
headers read:
Object = "{831FDD16-0C5C-11D2-A9FC-0000F8754DA1}#2.0#0"; "MSCOMCTL.OCX"
whereas my headers were reading
Object = "{831FDD16-0C5C-11D2-A9FC-0000F8754DA1}#1.3#0"; "COMCTL32.OCX"
not only that, but after that was fixed, the ocx's loaded, but i was still
getting errors. I tried out the toolbar control on the dummy form, and dblclicked it to
see some event code and saw a problem.
Private Sub tlbMain_ButtonClick(ByVal Button As MSComctlLib.Button)
whereas the same event on mine read
Private Sub tlbMain_ButtonClick(ByVal Button As ComctlLib.Button)
not only the version of the ocx was different, but its internal
structure was different, I had to manually with notepad go through the file
and change every "comctllib" to "mscomctllib". even though
in the components, they are the same version, the ocx is not the same on
every system.
If you could post this some how to the public, to save someone else the
headache of dealing with this bug, someone out there would be forever
grateful,
Xeros Aqua.
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