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Q190816: PRB: Component Gallery - Installed ActiveX Controls Refresh

Article: Q190816
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 11-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Component Gallery includes an ActiveX Catalog. This is a dynamic catalog
containing either a list of all registered ActiveX Controls or a list of all
ActiveX Controls selected in the Visual FoxPro Options dialog box. After
selecting some controls in the Options dialog box, and refreshing this item in
the Component Gallery, the newly selected ActiveX Controls do not appear in the
list of installed ActiveX Controls.

CAUSE
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The Set As Default button was not selected in the Options dialog box after
selecting the ActiveX Controls. When the Component Gallery refreshes the list,
it reads the registry for the list of ActiveX Controls that were selected in the
Options dialog box. The selections that are made in the Options dialog are not
written to the registry until the Set As Default button is selected.

RESOLUTION
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When selecting ActiveX Controls in the Options dialog box, click the Set As
Default button before refreshing the ActiveX Control catalog in the Component
Gallery.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Select the Controls tab of the Visual FoxPro Options dialog box.

2. Choose the ActiveX controls Option button and select several ActiveX
  controls.

3. Close the Options dialog box (do not click "Set As default").

4. Open the Component Gallery.

5. Right-click the ActiveX Catalog/Controls/Installed Controls item and choose
  Refresh Controls.

The list of ActiveX controls does not include the items that were just selected
in the Options dialog box.

Additional query words: kbVFp600 KBXBASE KBMiscTools

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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