This is just a guess but I'll bet it has to do with early binding vs late binding. When you drop the ocx on your form and compile you're early binding and it probably brings in the lic file. When you do the createobject("") you are late binding at runtime and the lic file is needed when the object is created. You can try to early bind it by browsing for the ocx in the references and then doing a set xx = new blabla. That might not be what you want though because you can't dynamically copy in a new ocx file during runtime because it's "bound" to the app. G

Thanks for the added explanation.  I've never worked on deploying an application this way, but I don't understand why you would need the LIC file.  My understanding is that the LIC file allows you to work with the control in a development environment, so I don't see why you would need to deploy it.  I would contact Codejock support.

Sorry I couldn't be of better assistance.

Yes there is a particular reason for this. I am releasing this version of my software (in which I have used Xtreme Pane) as a web update. So, it won't be available to my users as a setup program. I have to ship the "DockingPane.ocx" file through web update along with my exe. So, I gotta check through code that if the ocx file is registered at the user's machine and if not, they should download the update. After which I register it through my exe code at startup. Now if I try registering it without the "DockingPane.lic" file, it throws me an error that ActiveX component can't create object. 

Please comment if I am doing something wrong and if the lic file can be eliminated somehow. And if it is needed, then these 2 are the only files I need to distribute.

Thanks, Farhan 

Is there a particular reason you're using the object this way?  Just drop the object on your form and that's all you need to do.  Take a look at some of the sample projects using the DockingPane.

I have a piece of code in my software where I have created an object of Docking Pane. I used the following code to do so...

Dim objDockingControl As Object
Set objDockingControl = CreateObject("DOCKINGPANE.DockingPaneCtrl.1")

This code is only getting successfull if the "DockingPane.lic" file was present at the time when the "DockingPane.ocx" was getting registered. Otherwise, I get an "ActiveX component can't create object" error.

Any help in this regards?

Hello, can somebody please confirm the list of files needed for the deployment of DockingPane ocx control.

1. DockingPane.ocx
2. DockingPane.lic

Are there any other files as well?