DOCUMENT:Q197305 11-JAN-2001 [vbwin] TITLE :BUG: Error with Std EXE Converted from ActiveX Control Project PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbActiveX kbCtrl kbCtrlCreate kbDatabase kbVBp500bug kbGrpDSVB ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If you convert an ActiveX control project to a Standard EXE project when the RequireLicenseKey flag is set, the following error message appears when you run it as a compiled EXE: System Error &H80004002: No such interface supported. CAUSE ===== The RequireLicenseKey flag is still present and set. RESOLUTION ========== To work around this problem, do one of the following: - Turn it back into an ActiveX control project, open the Project Properties dialog box, clear the Require License Key option, and turn the project back into a Standard EXE project. - Open the .vbp file, and remove the RequireLicenseKey flag. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION ================ Steps to Reproduce Behavior --------------------------- 1. Open a New ActiveX control project. UserControl1 is created by default. 2. From the Project Menu, click Project Properties, select the Require License Key option, and click OK. 3. Again, from the Project Menu, click Project Properties and click Standard EXE in the Project Type list box. Notice that the Require License Key option is cleared. Click OK. 4. Click OK on the error message that appears. 5. Close the UserControl designer. 6. From the Project menu, add a new Form to the project and place the UserControl on the Form. 7. From the File Menu, click Make .EXE to compile the project. 8. Run the .exe. RESULT: The following error occurs: System Error &H80004002: No such interface supported. Additional query words: requirelicensekey ====================================================================== Keywords : kbActiveX kbCtrl kbCtrlCreate kbDatabase kbVBp500bug kbGrpDSVB Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500 Version : WINDOWS:5.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.