Thanks for letting me know - I'll get the KB corrected. The version of Windows dictates where you would save the file to. Windows Vista and later won't let you save files to the System32 folder. The SysWOW was added in v7 so you can save files there.
Glad it worked! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:10 AM, grayscot2 <graysc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sherry, > > OK, the solution was to get a different richtx32.ocx, put that in > system32 and syswow64 and register both (perhaps you only need one if you're > running Win7, 32 bit; L8 is 32 bit but runs in my 64 bit Win 7. Which is the > required one or do you need both anyway. > > The version of richtx32.ocx I originally had from Windows and later > from Legacy was much larger than the 199 or 200 kb than I found by googling. > > There is no source for downloading it in the Legacy article you > quote, Sherry, and there is a typo in the command given for registering in > system32--written as systemS32. > > Following is the source of the Richtx32.ocx that worked: > > "Fix for RICHTX32.OCX Component Error When Running a Program > > © Ramesh Srinivasan | Windows Vista, Windows XP | 22nd July 2008 > > When you run an application which was created in Visual Basic 6.0, the > following error message may occur and the program terminates. > Component ‘RICHTX32.OCX’ or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: > a file is missing or invalid. > > This happens if the program uses Rich TextBox ActiveX Control (RichTx32.ocx), > but does not include the ActiveX file in the setup package. > > To resolve the problem, download RichTx32.zip. Unzip the archive and extract > the file RichTx32.ocx to the Windows\System32 folder. > > Note that the VB6 run-time distribution package from Microsoft does not > include the RichTx32.ocx ActiveX Control." > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > So now I should be able to use L8 afterall. Thank you to Sherry and all > those who responded. > > > Prescott Smith presku...@yahoo.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
