Using MSCOMM32.ocx with VB.net

6 Apr 2005 9:15 PM

Kevin

I have a class with a refence to MSCOMMLib in it so I can use
MSCOMM32.ocx. It works fine on the developement machine where I have
VB6 also installed. When I try to run the app on a machine without VB6
though, I get a licensing error issue. So I read about License Compiler
in the MSDN.net files and it says I can create a license file by using
the lc.exe application. I have tried this but am getting errors. If
someone has a decent example of how to create the license file OR
another method of getting around the license issue please post.
thanks
kevin

6 Apr 2005 10:51 PM

Crouchie1998

Its not the license compiler you need to read up on.

When you have VS 6 it comes with the OCX's... They need license files &
registry entries. There is an article on MSDN on what you need to do, but if
you are inexperienced then its a little tricky.

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE

7 Apr 2005 12:05 AM

Kevin

Crouchie1998 wrote:

> Its not the license compiler you need to read up on.
>
> When you have VS 6 it comes with the OCX's... They need license files &
> registry entries. There is an article on MSDN on what you need to do, but if
> you are inexperienced then its a little tricky.
>
> Crouchie1998
> BA (HONS) MCP MCSE
>
>

tricky or not it must be done

6 Apr 2005 10:58 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Kevin" <kbod***@charter.net> schrieb:
>I have a class with a refence to MSCOMMLib in it so I can use
> MSCOMM32.ocx. It works fine on the developement machine where I have
> VB6 also installed. When I try to run the app on a machine without VB6
> though, I get a licensing error issue.

PRB: Errors When You Use Visual Basic 6.0 Controls in Visual Basic .NET
<URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;318597>

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7 Apr 2005 1:06 AM

Kevin

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:

> "Kevin" <kbod***@charter.net> schrieb:
>
>> I have a class with a refence to MSCOMMLib in it so I can use
>> MSCOMM32.ocx. It works fine on the developement machine where I have
>> VB6 also installed. When I try to run the app on a machine without
>> VB6 though, I get a licensing error issue.
>
>
> PRB: Errors When You Use Visual Basic 6.0 Controls in Visual Basic .NET
> <URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;318597>
>
thanks much,

I was able to find the reg entry for the Comm control and add it to my
XPe image with great success
kevin

7 Apr 2005 3:54 PM

Dick Grier

Hi,

The easy way to solve this is to use NETComm.ocx from my homepage. It
wraps MSComm and solves the licensing issue for you. However, there is a KB
article that talks about this, too. Herfried refers you to it.

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