I have purchased Visual Basic .net Standard edition to modify Visual basic 6
code, of which I think that I have been sent all the necessary source code
that I require.

When I try to open the original project I am taken to the upgrade wizard to
convert it to .net format. I have read through the instructions with regard
to editing the registry to add the vb6 info. from the install CD, but I now
get the following error message

Upgrade failed: Exception occurred: Could not load reference components:
DBLIST32.OCX(1.1.0)
DBGRID32.OCX(1.0.0)
It is recommended you install VB6.0, with all referenced components, and
ensure that the application compiles and runs before upgrading.

From this message it seems that I should have purchased VB6 instead of .net
but as far as I can tell you cannot buy vb6 new anymore (is this true?).

If this is so, is the only way around this problem to buy a used copy of VB6
install it and run the upgrade wizard again and hopefully it will convert
everything correctly.

As an aside, I would have thought that the only thing that should stop a
version upgrade is if you are trying to convert a professional version in
say vb6 to a standard version in .net.

Any help thank you can give would be appreciated.

TIA.

Graham.

You can still buy VB 6, at least as of a few weeks ago.

Try www.atomicpark.com.


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"Graham Willsher" <graham (AT) grahamwillsher (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Hi Graham,

The problem is you need the design time licenses for these controls. The
following KB article shows you how to install those from your VB.Net
Standard CD

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318597


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John,

Thanks for the reply.

I had already read that KB article and installed the VB6 registry entries as
documented.

I have also tried copying the dbgrid32.ocx into the windows\system32
directory, but I still get the same error message.

Any other ideas?

TIA,

Graham

"John Hart [MSFT]" <JohnHart (AT) Online (DOT) Microsoft.com.> wrote

I also tried the MS article in John Hart. It resolved the error about
unlicensed but not about DBLIST32.ocx
Need a solution!

Bob Alston

bobalston9 AT aol D O T com

Hi Bob,

There are two reasons why you would receive the "Could not load referenced
component" error message when upgrading a VB6 project. Either the
component is not installed and registered on the machine or you do not have
the design time licenses for the componenet.

I double checked the .reg file and it appears the license entry is there.
Do you have the same version of the DBList32.ocx that the vbp file is
referencing installed on the machine you're upgrading the project on?
There were two versions 5.0.37.14 and 6.0.81.69.

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