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

...yeah, silly me ...last time I'm going the freebie route with MS controls 
...I'm going to invest in Bennet-tec's T-List control in the ocx and net 
versions ...I just bought their MetaDraw control after a lot of looking and 
am VERY pleased with it.

...I keep trying to convert my work to net but the economy here just isn't 
buying much new right now.

William

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From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:30 PM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
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Subject: Re: [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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