INFO: Troubleshooting Application Wizard Error Messages (197117)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q197117

SUMMARY

When you use the Application Wizard in Microsoft Visual Basic, the following errors might occur:
60: Object variable or with block variable not set


60: Method '~' of object '~' not found


CreateChildForm: License information for this component not found. You do not have the appropriate license to use this functionality in the design environment.

MORE INFORMATION

These errors are caused by ActiveX Control registry problems. To resolve the error, it is important to isolate which control is causing the problem and make sure that the control is properly registered.

Step-by-Step Procedures

  1. Use the list below to determine which component is not registered correctly:
          Object  50      : ComDlg32.ocx
      Object  60      : MSComCtl.ocx
      Object 165      : RichTx32.ocx
      CreateChildForm : MSStdFmt.dll
  2. Unregister the component using RegSvr32.exe. To do this, go to the Windows Start menu, click Run and type the following command:
          RegSvr32 /u C:\Windows\System\COMDLG32.OCX
  3. Re-register the control using RegSvr32.exe. To do this, go to the Windows Start menu, click Run and type the following command:
          RegSvr32 C:\Windows\System\RICHTX32.OCX
  4. Run the appropriate license utility (see the References section of this article) to make sure that the licenses for Microsoft Visual Basic are installed properly.
  5. Run the Application Wizard to make sure that the problem is resolved.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194751 : FILE: VB6Cli.exe Fixes License Problems with Visual Basic 6.0

181854 : FILE: VB5cli.exe Fixes Visual Basic 5.0 Control Installation Problem

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/13/2003
Keywords:kbAppWizard kbCtrl kberrmsg kbinfo kbLicensing kbRegistry kbwizard KB197117
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