Installation Issues

You may encounter one of the following error messages when trying to start IFS Construction Kit or try to access help from within the program.

1. Component COMDLG32.OCX or one of its dependencies is not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid

To fix this, first check to see if you have a copy of COMDLG32.OCX in your windows\system32 directory or your winnt\system32 directory, depending on your operating system. Be sure to check extensions as there is also a file called COMDLG32.DLL. The file you need is type "ActiveX control." If you do not have the file, then download COMDLG32.OCX and move it into the appropriate system32 folder. Try to start IFS Construction Kit again.

If the program gives you the same error message, then open the dialog box Run... from the Start menu and enter the command

regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\comdlg32.ocx

or

regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\comdlg32.ocx

depending on the name of your windows directory. If you still get the same error message when trying to start IFS Construction Kit, send me an email.

2. Component MSCOMCTL.OCX or one of its dependencies is not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid

This file must also be in your system32 folder. Try the web site http://www.pcalmeglio.com/winoverboost/faq_en.htm#faq2 which discusses this issue for another Windows program. From the website you can download a setup program that installs and automatically registers mscomctl.ocx.

3. A required .DLL file (e.g. MSVBVM60.DLL) was not found

Please download the VB Runtime Library from Microsoft and install it on your computer.

The file vbrun60sp5.exe is a self-extracting executable file that installs versions of the Microsoft Visual Basic run-time files required by all applications created with Visual Basic 6.0. Go to the Microsoft download site for more information.

4. Navigation to the webpage was canceled

This is due to a Microsoft security update that changed the way the compiled html help files are treated by Internet Explorer in various "security zones" when you download a help file from the internet. If you get this message when trying to access help from within the program, right click on the IFS Help.chm file and choose properties. At the bottom of the General tab you should see a button that says "Unblock". Click this button, then click Ok to close the dialog box. The help file should now load.