Teechart.NET in VS 2005 under Windows 7 (solved?)

[Michael Breu]

Hi,

We have upgraded all our development machines to windows 7 (64 bit).

We have to maintain a legacy project under Visual Studio 2005 based on Teechart.NET.

I have installed VS2005, including SP1 and a patch to run it under windows 7. It seems to work fine.

However we have problems to install / use the latest TeeChart.NET version 3 Build 3.5.3498.27368 .
The Installation process pops up two windows (which disappear after some seconds)

• The application Toolbo~2.exe does not work any more (The German is "Die Anwendung Toolbo~2.exe funktioniert nicht mehr")
• The application TeeGofer ... does not work any more (again the message is originally in German)

However the installation seems to succeed. At least there remains just the information box with the release notes.

The real problem comes when building the project. The compiler shows the message

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Error	1	Exception occurred creating type 'Steema.TeeChart.TChart, TeeChart, Version=3.5.3498.27368, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=9c8126276c77bdb7' System.ComponentModel.LicenseException: Eine Instanz vom Typ Steema.TeeChart.Chart wurde erstellt, und für den Typ Steema.TeeChart.Chart konnte keine gültige Lizenz erteilt werden. Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie vom Hersteller der Komponente.

(The German part means: An instance of type Steema.TeeChart.Chart was created, and there couldn't a valid license for type Steema.TeeChart.Chart issued. Further informations can be obtained by the manufacturer)

removing the license.licx file makes the compilation succeed, however the execution fails with an incorrect license.

Is there any resolution for this problem?

Thanks

Michael

[Narcís]

Hi Michael,

You can check that your developer license is correctly installed in your machine and correctly set in your project as described here.

Hope this helps!

[Michael Breu]

Hello Narcis,

Thank you for your prompt reply.

No there is no HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Steema Software - Key in the registry.

I cross-checked it with an old Wind-2003 Server installation. There I have a correct entry.

Does that mean that the software is not properly registered under Windows7. What can I do to enforce correct registration?


Michael

[Narcís]

Hi Michael,

In that case you can try running TeeRegister tool, available at the client download area, in your development machine.

[Michael Breu]

Hello

just as an addendum. I managed to solve this problem by copying the missing registry entries from the win2003 server to the windows 7 instance (and adapting pathes).

This works.

However: Can it be so easy to recreate a correct license by this cheap trick?

Michael

[Narcís]

Hi Michael,

However: Can it be so easy to recreate a correct license by this cheap trick?

No, TeeRegister tool does more than that. If this has worked for you it means your designtime license was partially installed. Anyway, I recommend you to run TeeRegister tool in this machine to check the license is correctly installed.