Component 'MSDATAGRID.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly regsitered

I've made an 'exe' file of an application I developed in VB6. It's fine on my PC but when I run on a different one it comes up with the following message:

'Component 'MSDATAGRID.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly regsitered: a file is missing or invalid'

These PC's do not have VB installed on them but it should work as it is running as an 'exe' file. Do you know what could be causing the problem?

Runtime dependencies are not compiled to an exe and whilst the VB6 runtimes are shipped with 2000 and greater (i think - don't quote me on it) - any extra dependencies (controls / dlls) will need to be distributed with your app (assuming you have the licensing rights to do that) by using an installer

have a browse of the Application Deployment forum and it's FAQ. You'll find all the info you need there.

You can bring the ocx with the program in the same folder
you can place the ocx filw with extract resource
or you can add the ocx to your compiled program using ThinStall

here's the ocx

Create an Installation package for your app. You cannot just copy the exe and expect it to work with VB.

Copy MSDATAGRID.OCX to c:\windows\system32 or click Start > Run and type regsvr32.exe MSDATAGRID.ocx

press enter

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Originally Posted by zynder

Copy MSDATAGRID.OCX to c:\windows\system32 or click Start > Run and type regsvr32.exe MSDATAGRID.ocx

press enter

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That's not a good suggestion, it's a stop gap measure which will come back to haunt him...