Adding Microsoff Winsock Control 6 in Access 2003 License

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I am trying to add a Microsoff Winsock Control 6 onto a form in Access 2003
but when I try it says "you don' have a licence to use this activex control".
Does anyone know how to fix this BUG, or know of a good third party control
that works!
 
Hi,


That is not a bug, that is an "ownership" mechanic. An ActiveX, which is
a DLL, can be use by the end user of an application, that end user is
unaware of the presence of the ActiveX, generally, and under that mode, you
need the ActiveX dll file (and eventually registration in the registry).
ActiveX are also some "code" and if you use one, inside code, you insert
some "code", in the end, and that code can be "licensed", restrict to the
users having "bought" the control, or a development application, like Visual
Studio 6, that has the control. So, to use these controls in a new
application you are writing, as developer, you need the "license" (from the
control, or from the development environment supplying it). It is not a bug.


I don't know of any free stand alone Winsock control. In another thread
you mention you need it because you want send mail and you have code to do
it, but the code uses Winsock control. Rather than doing it the hard way,
why not looking for code that will allow you to send mail WITHOUT the
Winsock control. It seems you are locking yourself out of a working
solution, focusing on a, one, particular solution.



Vanderghast, Access MVP
 
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