Thanks,

I will look into this. It turns out that I am referencing a specific version number.

Guy

>I have the version 6.1.83.41. I am on W2K SP2
>
>Look at how your calling the object. If it has "MsComctlLib.SBarCtrl.#", try removing the # to show "MsComctlLib.SBarCtrl"
>The number locks you to a version.
>
>Tracy
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've begun distributing a VFP8 app to customers and I've bumped into a new problem that didn't seem to raise its head in the past.
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>>The problem is the MS Status Bar inside of MSCOMCTL.OCX. On my development machine this file is version number 6.0.88.62.
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>>On some client machines (notably W2K Pro) my app installs properly but when they run it, an error is thrown (class not registered) that I have traced to the attempt to instantiate the status bar.
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>>I have had them manually unregister and reregister that OCX and we get the same results.
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>>Interestingly, some clients report that they can install the same app on other W2K Pro machines and everything works fine. So I'm struggling with a local machine problem.
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>>I thought maybe service packs would be a quick solution but when comparing the failing machines with the successful ones, I'm not so sure. For instance compare these machines:
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>> W2K, sp1 - app works
>> W2K, sp1 - does not work
>> W2K, sp3 - does not work
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>>Can anyone confirm that I have the latest file (MSCOMCTL.OCX v6.0.88.62)?
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>>Are there other dependencies when using this OCX?
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>>Any other ideas?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Guy