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."
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So now I should be able to use L8 afterall. Thank you to Sherry and all those
who responded.
Prescott Smith presku...@yahoo.com
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From: Sherry/Support [she...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 09:45 AM
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Black On Black
The Note windows in Legacy are based on Windows setting. You can
change the font style and color in Options > Customize > Fonts 10.1
but not the background color.
In the past, the black windows have been related to a faulty
Richtxt32.ocx file, as shown in our KB article
<http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00378/11/Error-Messages-Problems/Black-Screens-in-Legacy.html>
Did you try those steps?
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:28 PM, grayscot2 <graysc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> I've described the problem earlier but there seems to be no solution
> available: All the Notes portions of views in 7.5 and now 8 are black
> backgrounds with apparently only black type available. Technical support
> can't help. Otherwise the program seems to be working fine. This is true for
> Geoff's sample file as for my own.
>
> Is there anything in the color or font options that might alter this? I've
> tried some combinations but nothing--anywhere--seems to change, so apparently
> I don't know how these work. I just need to change the Notes field screens
> themselves not the whole panel or view.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Prescott Smith graysc...@gmail.com
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