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Gallimaufry Support

Frequently Asked Questions

1. I purchased the ActiveX Gallimaufry. When I try to use the dwTaskbr.ocx in VB, I get the message: "dwSpyVB.dll is not licensed for this environment."

2. When I tried to use the MDI Taskbar control on a MDI Form, no taskbar buttons appear when I loaded the MDI child forms and an error was raised (error '9' subscript out of range) when I closed the MDI parent form. I noticed this behavior only when the MDI Child's WindowState property was set to 2 - Maximized or when I tried to change it to that value in the Form_Load event.

3. Where are the dependent files for the Gallimaufry controls/components?

4. I have Gallimaufry 2.0. When I added the MDI Task Bar (dwTaskb6.ocx) to a form in my VB 6.0 project and then ran the project, I recieved the following message: "dwspyvb6.dll is not licensed for this environment."

5. When I try to run the HexSample application using VB 6, I get 2 errors: "dwCmnDlg.dll and dwFileOpenSave are not licensed in this environment."

This is a bug with version 1.2 of the dwTaskbr.ocx file that may appear on some systems. There is a newer version of the dwTaskbr.ocx file that fixes this problem. You can run the "Gallimaufry Component Update" utility (GlmUpdat.exe) to install the latest version, or contact Desaware for the latest file.

2.  When I tried to use the MDI Taskbar control on a MDI Form, no taskbar buttons appear when I loaded the MDI child forms and an error was raised (error '9' subscript out of range) when I closed the MDI parent form. I noticed this behavior only when the MDI Child's WindowState property was set to 2 - Maximized or when I tried to change it to that value in the Form_Load event.

This is a known issue with the MDI Taskbar control. A workaround for this is to set the MDI Child's WindowState property in the Form_Resize event. For example:

Private Sub Form_Resize()

Static runonce As Boolean

     If Not runonce Then
          runonce = True
          Me.WindowState = vbMaximized
     End If

The dependent files should be installed into the same directory as the Gallimaufry controls and components. The dependent files were left out of the initial release of the Gallimaufry 1.0. You can retrieve these files from ftp://ftp.desaware.com/Gallimaufry

There was a licensing error with the dwTaskb6.ocx file. You can run the "Gallimaufry Component Update" utility (glmupdat.exe) to get a new version of the MDI Taskbar - select the "Verify VB 6 editions" option button before verifying the components, or contact Desaware for the latest file.

The project file was not updated correctly to reference the VB 6 edition of the dwCmnDg6.dll. The license for the VB 5 edition was probably not installed if you just selected the VB 6 option. You can replace the dwcmndlg.dll reference in the HexSamp.vbp file using notepad to the following:

Reference=*\G{28030CBA-6399-11D2-B58C-
00AA00A8122A}#1.0#0#DWCMNDG6.DLL#Desaware Gallimaufry Common Dialog,
 vb6 edition