Microsoft KB Archive/884878

= FIX: You receive a &quot;You do not have a license to use this ActiveX control&quot; error message and you may not have design-time access to the Visual Basic 6.0 Hierarchical FlexGrid control in Visual Studio .NET =

Article ID: 884878

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Academic Edition

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, when you add the Microsoft Hierarchical FlexGrid Control 6.0 (OLEDB) control (Mshflxgd.ocx) that is included with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to a Visual Studio .NET form, you may receive the following error message:

You do not have a license to use this ActiveX control



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Visual Studio .NET 2003 does not include a design-time license for the Microsoft Hierarchical FlexGrid Control 6.0 (OLEDB) control.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Visual Studio .NET service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Size   File name --  23-Aug-2004  13:12  4,469  Vb6controls.reg



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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