"John Hart [MSFT]" <JohnHart@Online.Microsoft.com.> wrote in message
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> 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 >
>
> --
> John Hart, Microsoft VB Team
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> rights.
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>> From: "Graham Willsher" <graham@grahamwillsher.co.uk>
>> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.upgrade
>> Subject: Visual basic.net upgrade wizard errors
>> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:54:27 +0100
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>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
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