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Q176428: PRB: MSRDO20.OCX Not Registered When Running Application Setup

Article: Q176428
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVBDB
Last Modified: 09-JAN-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When running an application that uses Remote Data Objects (RDO) the following
errors may occur:

  "MSRDO20.OCX Not registered."

  No errors were encountered when installing the application.

  -or-

  An error occurred while registering the file MSRDO20.DLL MSRDC20.OCX

CAUSE
=====

In order for RDO to be properly registered, ODBC must be installed prior to
installing the Visual Basic application.

RESOLUTION
==========

Install ODBC prior to installing the Visual Basic application that uses RDO. On
the Visual Basic Product CD-ROM in the \ODBC directory is an application that
will install ODBC. For Visual Studio, Disk One \VB\ODBC is the location. The
ODBC installation program and it components are re-distributable.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Visual Basic 5.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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This problem also occurs in Visual Basic 4.0 when using MSRDO32.DLL. ODBC must
be installed first.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Create an application that includes MSRDO20.

2. Run the application Setup Wizard to produce setup images.

3. Install the application on a computer that does not have ODBC installed.

4. Run the application.

REFERENCES
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For Visual Basic 5.0, the "Programmer's Guide", Chapter 17 "Distributing
Applications" pages 799-800.

Additional query words: kbdse

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVBDB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB500
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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