vsFlexGridPro7 how to enter legal lic-code in Win7-64bits

Question

I need to maintain an old vbp (vb6) project that uses the purchased videosoft vsFlexGridPro7 ocx (not the free msFlexGrid included in vb6pro). This was working fine in WinXpPro and even in WinVista.

But my pc has crashed and now the new one runs Win7 64bits.

The original setup.exe from Videosoft (maybe using 16bits) doesn't run, and without running this setup I don't know other way to enter my legal lic code.

Then my vbp shows error (thinking I'm running the unregistered version) when running in vb6IDE or tryng to compile.

So, several related questions...

1.- any way to enter the lic codes without run setup.exe?

2- any way to run setup.exe? (not in an virtual machine....)

These grid don't use DB, "only" the LIGHT version (Vsflex7L.ocx), all code managed.

btw I think videosoft.com is closed, ComponentOne sells an version 8, but is expensive and 1.- not sure if it will be ease the conversion and 2.- if Videosoft is out of business don't appears as a good purchase.

Thanks very much in advance.

Answer 1

I don't think VideoSoft are "out of business". If I remember correctly they merged with another company (APEX) and changed name to ComponentOne, so you may be eligible for an "upgrade version" instead of a full new license.

Answer 2

We also faced exact same problem...our old VB app uses some of very old controls which are developed long time back ( 16 bit setup ). We ended up writing a installer for installing the files ( we ended up using the installsheild to create a setup) we got the list of files from original install locations ( install.txt). As far as license goes you can copy the license.bat file from original install location to c:\windows\system folder. Hope this helps.