ActiveX Registration?

[wolfpup187]

How do you register ActiveX controls.... and why?

I also get a message when I try to insert some ActiveX controls that says, "The OLE server isn't registered. To register the OLE server reinstall it." How do I do that?

Thanks
Wolfpup

[ADezii]

How do you register ActiveX controls.... and why?

I also get a message when I try to insert some ActiveX controls that says, "The OLE server isn't registered. To register the OLE server reinstall it." How do I do that?

Thanks
Wolfpup

There are basically 2 Methods for Registering ActiveX Controls, a GUI Method and the Command Prompt Method. For the GUI Method:

1. Tools ==> ActiveX Controls ==> Register
2. Select the Control from the File Dialog Box that appears
3. OK

For the Command Prompt Method:

1. Run regsvr32.exe from a Command Prompt or the Windows Start ==> Run Dialog Box, providing the Path to the ActiveX Control (*.ocx) you wish to register
2. The proper syntax is regsvr32 [/u] [/s] [/n] [/i[:cmdline]] dllname
3. Toe view the correct Syntax regsvr32.exe /? <ENTER>

.... and why?

Before you can use an ActiveX Control, you must make sure it is properly registered. What this means is that the correct entries must be made in the Windows Registry to enable the Control's functionality. This is usually, but not always, done by an installation program that automatically installs and registers the Control for you.