>Hello, all.
>
>We have bought an eMail address validator object which utilizes a licensing scheme using the IClassFactory2 mechanism that is implemented by most existing licensed controls.
>
>We wish to distribute this control with our VFP7 .EXE's. When I run InstallShield Express for VFP, I don't see where I can add the object to the installation. The developer of the control said that:
>

I am not terribly familiar with FoxPro, so I'm not sure if it will do
>the same thing. You would certainly need to use HexValidEmail with
>early binding. Looking at the FoxPro docs, it appears it only
>supports early binding as of version 7. Even then, I don't know if it
>will use the standard COM licensing mechanism. You may just have to
>try it and see. You can tell that HexValidEmail is using a runtime
>key when the Error property and LicensedProcessors properties are
>both 0 after creating an instance.

>
>Anyone have any ideas on how to accomplish this?
>

George,
See MSKB#Q139154. You will probably have to embed the ActiveX control on a form or subclass it. The run-time license information will be embedded in the form/class and used when VFP creates an instance of the control at run-time.

HTH.