I need to know a way that I can have my user register my commercial controls.

I could use the registry or an ini file, but the problem would be on the computer of a user that uses their program. I'm going to have msgbox popup saying "This control is not registered." everytime it is initialized, except for after they register.

Is there a way I can store inside the .ocx whether or not it's registered, like in some kind of resource file that's part of the .ocx?

Or does anyone have a better idea?