Subject Re: ActiveX problem From Rich... <rich@autotraker.com> Date Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:38:20 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Chances are the ActiveX is at fault. Probably has to do with licensing. Although I don't recall the circumstances at times a ActiveX will be added to the control Palette. If there is something wrong with the ActiveX, it could screw up the IDE from even loading. The solution is to open the INI file and remove that ActiveX from the the Palette (Sorry I don't recall the sections name) or rename the entire INI. Since some ActiveX files can be so picky about how they are accessed, I make it a habit to make sure they are never added to the  control Palette. There probably is nothing wrong with the ActiveX itself. Maybe a reinstall of that ActiveX is in order. Don't forget that all ActiveX controls are not compatible with all versions of dBASE. If you are using the free socket tools that was distributed a few years ago with PLUS 11, that may be the issue. And various PLUS versions such as 2.62 or 2.80 had very specific ActiveX issues. You didn't mention which ActiveX nor the version of PLUS which might help when you go back to trying out Ken's code. Rich... "Mervyn Bick"  wrote in message news:ohMtNpyvSHA.3848@ip-AC1E04A7... On 2017-04-27 7:17 AM, Ken Mayer wrote: > On 4/26/2017 2:09 PM, Charlie wrote: >> This is a very serious problem!!!  It doesn't resolve after >> uninstalling then installing dbase.   I couldn't be the only person >> this has happened to?  It involves Ken's ActiveX source code from >> Chapter 12.  Please doesn't anyone have any suggestions?  I am >> completely unable to open navigator!!! > > Charlie, this has nothing to do with the ActiveX controls or the code in > that chapter. It may have occurred due to something that you did, but > honestly, you're grasping at straws. Yes, I agree, it's a problem, but > seriously this is not my code. > > It doesn't happen on my machine, has never happened on my machine, and > others have worked with it as well. > > The only suggestion I have is to find the Plus.ini file that is being > used by dBASE (not the one in the C:\Program Files folders, but the one > that is really being used: >    C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\dBASE\Plus11\Bin > where "UserName" is the one you use for your user in Windows, and > "Plus11" would be "Plus9", or "Plus10" or even "Plus11" depending on > your version of dBASE), make sure dBASE is closed, and rename "Plus.ini" > to "OldPlus.ini", and try restarting dBASE. > ? _app.inifile   in the command panel will give you the file you need to rename. Mervyn.