[dba-Tech] Fw: Open File Dialog Box Call Fails

Stuart:

Thanks, will forward to the client.  I am using the API call in the code. 
The thing with the OLE registration not directly related but thought it 
might be a clue.  Maybe it's a whole other problem.

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Fw: Open File Dialog Box Call Fails


> On 22 Jun 2005 at 8:06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote:
>
>>
>> I haven't worked on the app for several months and it's been very stable 
>> until a couple of weeks
>> ago when this call began to fail with no error message.  Just didn't open 
>> the dialog box.  Then
>> it failed on another computer.  Then on another one.  Now no computer in 
>> his place runs this
>> api.
>>
>
> With that sort of progressive failure, I'd suspect something spreading
> through his network like a virus of trojan.
>
>> If we try to drop the common dialog control onto a form in design view 
>> from
>> the additional tools list in the toolbox we get a message that says the 
>> OLE
>> server isn't registered.
>>
> That's different, you are using the OCX there which requires registration.
> That's one of the advantages of using the API and DLLS - no registration
> required when you put your app on another machine.
>
>
> Check the date, size and version info of comdlg32.dll on the machines and
> replace if necessary. Also search the computer for more than one
> copy/version of this dll.
> -- 
> Stuart
>
>
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