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OCX Updating. Why need to remove, save, then re-add to make work each time

By Slayer_ ·
So I am making some OCX's. Primarily to wrap the date picker, progress bar and listview. 3 controls Microsoft keeps wrecking on us in our VBA environment. I have compiled them into a VB6 generated OCX.

However, each time the OCX is recompiled (feature creep). The properties of the control just disappear. You need to go into the VBA project, delete and re-add the custom controls for them to work again. Is there a reason this is so, can I fix it? Maybe something I need to set in the VB6 compiler to make them properly update older versions?

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Never done this but my guess would be

by Tony Hopkinson In reply to OCX Updating. Why need t ...

It's decided the reference is out of date or broken.
Build number, or guid probably

or that you need to unregister and register the ocs around each build.

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I am trying to keep as much as possible the same per build

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Same version number etc. Tried un-registering and then re register, tried just re-registering.

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Project Properties ... Requires

by oldbaritone In reply to OCX Updating. Why need t ...

It's been a long time, but I vaguely remember something you can set in project properties, and when you use "old version" calls, it needs to be explicitly added into the project.

Last time I did something like that was way back in the 98/98se days - SE was when the NTVDM was brought into the 9x model, and old DOS PEEK/POKE and INP/OUT calls didn't work any more, unless you jumped through some major hoops.

It's been a long time. My age is showing....

Pass the Geritol

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Properties in VBA or in the VB6 OCX?

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