How To Install the Microsoft Windowless Controls for VB6 (189950)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q189950

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Windowless Controls must be installed manually. Installation of these controls is not an option in the Visual Basic / Visual Studio 6.0 setup program.

MORE INFORMATION

The files required for the Windowless Controls are located in the folder Common\Tools\VB\Winless on the Visual Basic CD-ROM. This folder is located on Disk #3 if you are installing from Visual Studio. The following files are present in that folder: 
   MSWLESS.dep
   MSWLESS.reg
   MSWLESS.ocx
   LTWTCT98.chi
   LTWTCT98.chm

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Locate the Common\Tools\VB\Winless folder.
  2. Copy the two help files, LTWTCT98.*, to the Windows\Help folder, and the remaining three files to the Windows\System folder.

    -or-

    Copy all five files to the Windows\System folder.
  3. Register MSWLESS.OCX by either Browsing to it in Visual Basic itself, or manually registering it using RegSvr32.Exe. RegSvr32.EXE can be found in the Common\Tools\VB\Regutils folder. The command line is:
       RegSvr32.Exe C:\Windows\System\MSWLESS.OCX
  4. Register the design -ime license for the control. To do this, double-click the MSWLESS.REG file in Windows Explorer. This will merge the file into your registry. Alternatively, you can merge this file into your registry by running RegEdit.Exe. The command line is:
       RegEdit.Exe C:\Windows\System\MSWLESS.REG

REFERENCES

For additional information, please click the articles number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

184687 INFO: Lightweight Controls in Visual Basic 6.0

259564 INFO: Windowless Controls in the Mswless.ocx File Are Not Supported

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/3/2005
Keywords:kbCtrl kbhowto kbRegistry kbsetup KB189950
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