FILE: Application Wizard License Not Found (220816)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q220816

SUMMARY

When you attempt to use the Visual Basic Application Wizard in Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition, you receive the following message:
You do not have the proper license to load the VB 98 Application Wizard. You must have the Learning, Professional, or Enterprise edition of Visual Basic installed.
This problem only occurs when both the Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition and the Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition are installed on the same system.

Microsoft has created the following application that allows you to switch back and forth between the Visual Basic 5.0 CCE and the Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Editions. The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Q220816.exe

Release Date: Apr-05-1999

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Install Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows, version 5.0 on the target system.
  2. Install Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 on the target system.
  3. Start Visual Basic 6.0 and select Visual Basic 98 Application Wizard in the New Project dialog. You will receive the specified error message.

Steps to Correct the Behavior

  1. Download Q220816.exe and run it on your system.
  2. You will be presented with the option of using Visual Basic 5.0 CCE or Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edtion with the option set to the currently active configuration. Select the appropriate option and click Exit.
  3. Run the appropriate program and observe that you now have normal functionality.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/5/2004
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