msmapi32 licensing?!?!?!?

[JeanBaptiste]

Hello, using VB .NET

 

(the cheap one, not the whole VS one)

 

trying to add \winnt\system32\msmapi32.ocx as a control. I can do that and I get 'mapimessages' and 'mapisession' over in my tool box.

 

When I try to drag and drop them over to my program I get the message "you do not have a license to run this activex control".

 

the same thing worked fine for me in VS6 (and now im trying to re-write a VB6 program into .NET)

 

I really hope its not just because I have the cheap version of VB.NET. I cant believe because of that they would restrict licensing of something like MAPI.

 

:confused:

 

Thanks, anyone reading this... oh and type slowly, im kind of a beginner...

 

:confused:

[PlausiblyDamp]

It's really nothing to do with VS.Net licensing as those controls do not ship as part of VS.Net but VB6.

To get them to work you will need to install VB 6 on the system you are developing with, however I'm really not sure what the legal issues are with shipping them.

[JeanBaptiste]

It's really nothing to do with VS.Net licensing as those controls do not ship as part of VS.Net but VB6.

To get them to work you will need to install VB 6 on the system you are developing with, however I'm really not sure what the legal issues are with shipping them.

 

Thanks for the reply

 

I thought that msmapi32.ocx would be included/installed with outlook express/outlook, rather than vb6..... cause I never have had vb6 on this machine I am working on, and I do have that ocx file... i was thinking I wouldnt have to ship and dlls, they would already be there (this is a limited distribution of this software, and we have some control over the destination PCs)

 

thank you