Trouble adding an active x component to a VB6 project
I have an app that I created years ago and ran on numerous machines from Win XP to Win 7 with no issues. This app contains a progress bar control. I am trying to open the project file on a win 10 64 Pro machine, but am getting an error message when the form opens:
Line 123: Class MSComctlLib.ProgressBar of control ProgressBar was not a loaded control class.
I tried to add the component from the Project>components menu item in the project editor. A pop up to find the file comes up defaulting to the system32 directory, when I type the name of the control MSCOMCTL.OCX in the file text box it shows up, but the file is not in that folder. If I click on it, the machine hangs. I then searched and found the correct file in the sysWOW64 folder and again tried to open it to add the component control. To my surprise, the machine again hangs...
I do not know what to do next to add this control. Any ideas???
Line 123: Class MSComctlLib.ProgressBar of control ProgressBar was not a loaded control class.
I tried to add the component from the Project>components menu item in the project editor. A pop up to find the file comes up defaulting to the system32 directory, when I type the name of the control MSCOMCTL.OCX in the file text box it shows up, but the file is not in that folder. If I click on it, the machine hangs. I then searched and found the correct file in the sysWOW64 folder and again tried to open it to add the component control. To my surprise, the machine again hangs...
I do not know what to do next to add this control. Any ideas???
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All very helpful. Thank you very much!
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The control is in the SysWow64 folder. Can you please give me the exact syntax to register using regsvr32 and just what and how am I unregistering and deleting everything else?
From my research reading the threads that Martin sent, I think you are on the right track - I actually reached out to the author of one of the posts in the link, but not sure if he is still around - that post was a few years old...