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A while back, I (probably foolishly) installed VB6, SP6. So far no problems.

Now I need to distribute an app that uses the ListView. My particular app

doesn't allow the columns to be reordered in report mode, so the

XP/SP6-Listview bug doesn't bite me. But I don't want to distribute a faulty

mscomctl.ocx file that might break some other app the end-user has

installed.



I really don't want to uninstall VB and everything just to get back to SP5.

I'm seriously considering just bundling the SP5 version of mscomctl.ocx

along with my app and the rest of the SP6 standard VB runtime files.



Any thoughts on whether this sounds like a good idea or not?



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Call ms technical support and mention your problem, and that you require the

hotfix for the listview columnheader problem. There is no charge for the

tech support, and once you install it you can distribute your app as it

updates mscomctl32 and possibly related files to resolve the problem.



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Randy Birch

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"Tim Rude" <timrude@NOSPAM.hotmail.com>wrote in message

: A while back, I (probably foolishly) installed VB6, SP6. So far no

problems.

: Now I need to distribute an app that uses the ListView. My particular app

: doesn't allow the columns to be reordered in report mode, so the

: XP/SP6-Listview bug doesn't bite me. But I don't want to distribute a

faulty

: mscomctl.ocx file that might break some other app the end-user has

: installed.

:

: I really don't want to uninstall VB and everything just to get back to

SP5.

: I'm seriously considering just bundling the SP5 version of mscomctl.ocx

: along with my app and the rest of the SP6 standard VB runtime files.

:

: Any thoughts on whether this sounds like a good idea or not?

:

: --

: Tim Rude

:

: timrude@NOSPAM.hotmail.com

: (remove NOSPAM. for correct email address)

:

: [Please reply via the newsgroup so all can benefit]

:

:

:



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"Randy Birch" <rgb_removethis@mvps.org>wrote in message

Man that's annoying. Where's the SP6a? I recently found out there's a

"hotfix" to cure the "sendkeys causes numlock to flash" bug too (I usually

use the API but still). I just can't think of a good reason to leave all

(there must be more we won't find out about until something breaks) of these

"hotfixes" out of the SPs?!?! Arghhh!



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"Tim Rude" <timrude@NOSPAM.hotmail.com>wrote in message

Don't do it without testing. Once you compiled your app that referenced a

newer version of an ocx, you're app will expect that newer version. It'll

look at the typelib versions and look for any changes at all in the

interface. If even one thing is out of whack (a new

property/method/event/anything), the app will fail.



It's not guaranteed to fail but it's best to test.



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Hi Ken ...



I agree!



I've not gotten a decent response to my question as to why this hotfix is

not a download. Best ms can offer is something like "they want to track it's

use". I offered to host it at my site if getting a download link was the

problem.



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Randy Birch

MS MVP Visual Basic

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"Ken Halter" <Ken_Halter@Use_Sparingly_Hotmail.com>wrote in message

: "Randy Birch" <rgb_removethis@mvps.org>wrote in message

: news:uBxw1%23ppEHA.3520@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

:>Call ms technical support and mention your problem, and that you require

: the

:>hotfix for the listview columnheader problem. There is no charge for the

:>tech support, and once you install it you can distribute your app as it

:>updates mscomctl32 and possibly related files to resolve the problem.

:

: Man that's annoying. Where's the SP6a? I recently found out there's a

: "hotfix" to cure the "sendkeys causes numlock to flash" bug too (I usually

: use the API but still). I just can't think of a good reason to leave all

: (there must be more we won't find out about until something breaks) of

these

: "hotfixes" out of the SPs?!?! Arghhh!

:

: --

: Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - www.vbsight.com">www.vbsight.com

: Please keep all discussions in the groups..

:

:



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Hello,



Has anybody got this patch from Microsoft?

I read that the call is free of charge... Is it true?

Does anybody know if we can download it elsewhere (web site)?



Thanks



Steph





Randy Birch wrote:



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