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| From | GS <gs@somewhere.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.basic.visual.misc, microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion |
| Subject | Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? |
| Date | 2014-05-09 22:33 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lkk366$eur$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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> On Fri, 09 May 2014 19:48:24 -0400, GS <gs@somewhere.net> wrote: > >> For clarity... >> >> After looking deeper (encouraged by your comments<g>)... >> >> Since this is for MS Office VBA projects, that precludes that the >> 'Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0'(SP6) lib *will exist* until >> such time that M$ no longer installs it with MS Office. My only >> intent here is to have a backup strategy in place *if it's >> missing*. In this case, my version of mscomctl.ocx IS SP6 and so >> there's no reason why I can't/shouldn't put it in the SysWOW64 >> folder and leave it registered there if need be! > > Personally I would avoid going into the business of updating ms > 'common' (pun intended <g>) components. > > Microsoft provides an update package: > http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10019 > > I would simply check for "missing" or error then either supply the > URL or include the package in your install package. (Didn't see a > non-distribute notice - but didn't look all that hard.) > > -ralph Thanks, Ralph. That's good advice! As discussion continues with my Excel app dev piers.., we collectively have arrived at a similar solution; Even though my version of mscomctl.ocx IS what installs with MS Office, it's (as Mike suggests) a bad idea to do this for one ocx since it's likely not the only component missing from the user's MS Office install. What I do with my VB6 apps (including the VBA frontloader.EXEs) is check for all necessary runtime files/deps and notify user of 'Startup Failure!' with recommendation to reinstall, then shutdown or abort startup. This is how I should handle this particular project even though it's only an addin utility (no VB6 frontloader). I normally write startup failures to a 'log' file with the info about the failure. This is not the usual type of project for me. My apps use their own automated instance of Excel and so the use of the VB6 frontloader.EXEs. This project will be opened directly in the user's instance of Excel and so no pre-startup checks happen. In this case I'll use the normal frontloader code to check if the other deps exist along with the VBA Project References for it 'MISSING'. The user is notified of the findings (if any) along with suggested remedies. In the case of the ocx missing I can simply redirect the user to the link you posted. Do you think it would be prudent to offer to do the update 'on the spot'? This saves me from messing with reg/unreg and that just suits me fine since that's the main reason I started using manifests. In summary, since this is a MSO project AND since it uses controls installed by MSO, it's not my place to fix a user's MSO install regardless of why it's 'broken'. I downloaded the update and will put a copy in my URL/downloads folder! Thanks again!<g> -- Garry Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org Classic VB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion
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What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-08 14:14 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? "MikeD" <nobody@nowhere.edu> - 2014-05-08 15:38 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-08 17:08 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-08 17:19 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-08 15:30 -0500
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-08 15:49 -0500
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-08 17:17 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-08 21:09 -0500
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-09 00:12 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-09 08:15 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-09 16:00 -0500
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-09 18:06 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-09 19:26 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-05-12 09:00 +0100
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-12 18:51 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-09 19:55 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? "MikeD" <nobody@nowhere.edu> - 2014-05-09 18:09 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-09 18:52 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-09 19:48 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? ralph <nt_consulting@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-09 20:34 -0500
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-09 22:33 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? "CoderX" <coder@x.com> - 2014-05-12 15:40 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-09 20:44 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-09 22:47 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-10 19:55 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? "Peter T" <askformy@gmail.com> - 2014-05-12 16:19 +0100
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-12 19:07 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? "Peter T" <askformy@gmail.com> - 2014-05-13 12:38 +0100
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-13 15:40 -0400
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? "Peter T" <askformy@gmail.com> - 2014-05-14 16:40 +0100
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-05-14 17:13 +0100
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? "Peter T" <askformy@gmail.com> - 2014-05-14 17:47 +0100
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-05-15 08:59 +0100
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? "Peter T" <askformy@gmail.com> - 2014-05-15 12:55 +0100
Re: What's the reason for comctl32.dll + comctl32.ocx in Win7 SysWOW64 folder? GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2014-05-14 13:00 -0400
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