PRB: Need Design-Time License for Microsoft ActiveX Controls

 Last reviewed: February 17, 1998
Article ID: Q155059
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, version 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

On a machine with Visual C++ installed, when you try to place an ActiveX (OLE) control on a dialog box template, you see a message box stating: 

   The ActiveX control "<The control inserted>" could not be instantiated
   because it requires a design-time license.

CAUSE

There are two known causes for this message being displayed:

  • Installing Visual C++ with USER privileges causes this problem because it prevents the installation of Visual C++ from adding several entries in the Registry.
  • The registry is corrupted.

The controls that may display this problem include: Anibutton, COMMON DIALOGS, Desaware Mlist, Grid, ImageList, Key State, Lead Std, ListView, Microsoft Comm, Microsoft MAPI Message, Microsoft MAPI Session, Microsoft Masked Edit, Microsoft Multimedia, Microsoft Rich Textbox, MSDataCombo, MSDataList, Outline, PicClip, PICS Data Edit, Pinnacle-BPS Graph, ProgressBar, ProtoView Diagramming Control(IDO), Sax Basic Engine Control - Foundation, Sheridan Tabbed Dialog, Slider, SpinButton, Stack, StatusBar, Stylus Visual Voice for TAPI, TabStrip, THREED CHECKBOX, THREED COMMAND BUTTON, THREED FRAME, THREED GROUP PUSH BUTTON, THREED OPTION BUTTON, THREED PANEL, Toolbar, TreeView, VideoPlay.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, reinstall Visual C++. If you are installing on a Windows NT machine, then you must be logged on as an administrator. If your registry has been corrupted, install all software that may have been affected, including the operating system if necessary.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q151804
   TITLE     : PRB: Dynamic Creation of Redistributable Control Fails

Additional query words: Registry lic setup licensed install
Keywords : MfcOLE vc40setup
Technology : kbMfc kbole
Version : Winnet:4.0,4.1,4.2,5.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: February 17, 1998
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