DOCUMENT:Q181856  27-FEB-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :PRB: "License Information for This Component Not Found" Error
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:VBKBCtrl VBKBError

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and
   Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to add a control to a form, the following message may appear:

   License information for this component not found. You do not have
   an appropriate license to use this functionality in the design
   environment.

CAUSE
=====

When a control is installed for run-time use only (such as those installed
by an application created with Visual Basic), if the Visual Basic
Development Environment is installed onto the same machine afterwards and
the existing control is of equal or higher version than that from the CD,
the license key for that control is not updated.

RESOLUTION
==========

If the control in question is any of the ones listed below, then find the
file Vbctrls.reg in the VB5.0\Tools\Controls folder on the Visual Basic CD
and double-click the file:

   AniBtn32.ocx
   Gauge32.ocx
   Graph32.ocx
   Grid32.ocx
   KeySta32.ocx
   MSOutl32.ocx
   Spin32.ocx
   Threed32.ocx

This will update the design-time licenses for these controls. For more
information please, refer to the Readme.txt file in the same folder.

If the control in question is not among the controls listed above, please
do the following:

1. Locate Regsvr32.exe on your machine. Note its path.

2. Locate the offending OCX file(s), usually found in the Windows\System
   folder for Windows 95 or Windows\System32 folder for Windows NT.

3. On the Start menu, click Run.

4. In the Run dialog box, type the following:

     <Path to RegSvr32>\REGSVR32.EXE /u <Path to OCX>\OCXFILE.OCX

   For example:

   C:\Devstudio\VB\REGSVR32.EXE /u C:\Winnt\System32\COMCTL32.OCX

   NOTE: If Regsvr32.exe is in the System or System32 folder, the path is
   optional.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each offending OCX.

6. On Control Panel, click Add\Remove Programs.

7. Select Visual Basic, and click Add\Remove.

8. Click Reinstall when the options (Add\Remove, Remove All, Reinstall)
   dialog box appears.

If the problem persists, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181854
   TITLE     : FILE: Vbc.exe Fixes VB 5.0 Control Installation Problem

STATUS
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Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Set up a Windows 95 or Windows NT machine, Machine A, without Visual
   Basic 5.0 installed. Then set up a development machine, Machine B, with
   Visual Basic 5.0 and Service Pack 3 installed.

2. On Machine B, create a Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by
   default.

3. Add the following component (OCX) to the Toolbox:

      Comctl32.ocx

4. Add at least one control from this OCX to Form1.

5. Compile and save the project.

6. Create a setup application using the Visual Basic Application Setup
   Wizard, selecting all default options.

7. Install the application onto Machine A.

8. Install Visual Basic 5.0 on Machine A.

9. Start a Standard EXE project and add Comctl32.ocx to the Toolbox.

Try to add any of the controls from this OCX, and this error message
will appear:

   License information for this component not found. You do not have
   an appropriate license to use this Functionality in the design
   environment.

REFERENCES
==========

For additional information, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q172193
   TITLE     : INFO: List of VB 4.0 Custom Controls Discontinued in VB 5.0

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181854
   TITLE     : FILE: Vbc.exe Fixes VB 5.0 Control Installation Problem

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Keywords          : VBKBCtrl VBKBError
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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