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No Design License for COMMON CONTROLS
Applies to : VB5
Level : Basic
Submitted By : Steve Butler - 31/07/98

Microsoft, in their wisdom, decided not to include some of the controls for VB5 that were available in version 4. These include the GRID32, GRAPH32 and Common Controls.

As a result, VB may complain that you do not have the design-time license for these controls.

To fix this, do the following :-

Look in the TOOLS\CONTROLS directory on the VB5 CD.

Do you see the file called VBCTRLS.REG ??

Ok....from the Start Menu, choose RUN and enter the following
command line :-


	REGEDIT D:\TOOLS\CONTROLS\VBCTRLS.REG

	(where D: is the drive letter for the CD-ROM).


Your controls are now registered for use !!!