[AccessD] SPAM-LOW: Treeview/Listview OCX Disabled by MS

And you think they are going to TELL you they broke comctl in the SP?  Silly boy!

;)

I do so love those kinds of stories though.  Reminds me why I am learning C#.Net.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


William Hindman wrote:
> ...just came too damn close to having a heart attack
> 
> ...I use the mscomctl.ocx (treeview/listview controls) extensively 
> throughout my apps
> especially for my switchboard/menuing system
> 
> ...I'd not worked on an app this week because we have newborn kittens whose 
> mother can't feed them
> (trust me, it's a round the clock operation)
> 
> ...so this morning a client needed something and I reluctantly (and 
> blearily) fired up the app on my laptop
> 
> ...and the switchboard pops up saying a control couldn't be found ...into 
> design mode and I get an error msg
> " there was a problem accessing a property or method of the OLE object."
> 
> ...checked my references, nothing missing, reloaded them, still an error
> 
> ...the problem control on the form was the mscomctl.ocx so I looked for it 
> in system32, found it, reregistered it, still no fix
> 
> ...went into my archives and opened the previous version of the app, same 
> error ...uh oh
> 
> ...went to another client's app using the treeview switchboard ...same error 
> ...in fact EVERY app using the treeview or listview was broke
> 
> ...panic time
> 
> ...pulled out my dvd, found the cab, extracted the ocx and replaced it in 
> system32 ...same error
> 
> ...started binging for "mscomctl.ocx" ...turns out MS had used a security 
> update to put the old version (6.01.9782 on the "killbits" fixlist that sets 
> a registry entry to prevent it from running in IE ...but my problem was in 
> Access and the bulletin didn't say anything about it not running there 
> ...but knowing MS, I started looking for the newer version ...but of course 
> the only place I found it was in a VB6 Runtime Extensions update exe that 
> wouldn't install without a copy of VB6 on my system ...more searching and 
> many false leads later, I found the latest version (6.01.9816) as a cab file 
> download at activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/mscomctl.cab
> 
> ...downloaded, extracted, rebooted, and bingo! ...my apps are all working 
> again :)
> 
> ...@#$%^&* MS! ...turned off the auto updates ...going back to vetting each 
> one ...what a pita :(
> 
> William
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