Help with licencing and installer

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   Hi
I'm running VB.Net 2003 and have created an application using these ActiveX controls. I now want to distribute the application but am having some problems.
I make an installer using Visual Studio and it installs fine on my test PC, but when I try to run the program it errors going on about licencing.
Do I need to include the licences inside the program? If so, can someone provide an example of how best to do this (in VB.Net)?
Also, my installer includes not only the OCX files for the components, but also the DLL's... should it need the DLL's or not?
Many thanks

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glennj Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 February 2006 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote glennj Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Help with licencing and installer Posted: 24 February 2006 at 7:57am
	Hi I'm running VB.Net 2003 and have created an application using these ActiveX controls. I now want to distribute the application but am having some problems. I make an installer using Visual Studio and it installs fine on my test PC, but when I try to run the program it errors going on about licencing. Do I need to include the licences inside the program? If so, can someone provide an example of how best to do this (in VB.Net)? Also, my installer includes not only the OCX files for the components, but also the DLL's... should it need the DLL's or not? Many thanks

glennj Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 February 2006 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote glennj Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 February 2006 at 9:09am
	Ok, I've got this working finally! Turns out I was doing two things wrong... 1) The OCX components should have been set to "Self Register" (vsdrfCOMSelfReg) 2) I needed to include the licence in the program... example as follows for those also try to do this. ---------------------------------- Public CalendarGlobalSettings As XtremeCalendarControl.CalendarGlobalSettings Public CommandBarsGlobalSettings As XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarsGlobalSettings Public DockingPaneGlobalSettings As XtremeDockingPane.DockingPaneGlobalSettings Public PropertyGridGlobalSettings As XtremePropertyGrid.PropertyGridGlobalSettings Public ReportControlGlobalSettings As XtremeReportControl.ReportControlGlobalSettings Public ShortcutBarGlobalSettings As XtremeShortcutBar.ShortcutBarGlobalSettings Public SuiteControlsGlobalSettings As XtremeSuiteControls.SuiteControlsGlobalSettings Public TaskPanelGlobalSettings As XtremeTaskPanel.TaskPanelGlobalSettings #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'Register Components CalendarGlobalSettings = New XtremeCalendarControl.CalendarGlobalSettings CalendarGlobalSettings.License = ID.CJ_LIC_1 CommandBarsGlobalSettings = New XtremeCommandBars.CommandBarsGlobalSettings CommandBarsGlobalSettings.License = ID.CJ_LIC_2 DockingPaneGlobalSettings = New XtremeDockingPane.DockingPaneGlobalSettings DockingPaneGlobalSettings.License = ID.CJ_LIC_3 PropertyGridGlobalSettings = New XtremePropertyGrid.PropertyGridGlobalSettings PropertyGridGlobalSettings.License = ID.CJ_LIC_4 ReportControlGlobalSettings = New XtremeReportControl.ReportControlGlobalSettings ReportControlGlobalSettings.License = ID.CJ_LIC_5 ShortcutBarGlobalSettings = New XtremeShortcutBar.ShortcutBarGlobalSettings ShortcutBarGlobalSettings.License = ID.CJ_LIC_6 SuiteControlsGlobalSettings = New XtremeSuiteControls.SuiteControlsGlobalSettings SuiteControlsGlobalSettings.License = ID.CJ_LIC_7 TaskPanelGlobalSettings = New XtremeTaskPanel.TaskPanelGlobalSettings TaskPanelGlobalSettings.License = ID.CJ_LIC_8 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() ---------------------------------- Where ID.CJ_LIC_1 etc are your licence strings.. Glenn