That is my fault, after I made the changes at the beginning of version 2024 development completely forgot about the Release notes change related to this that I needed to make for the SDK.  We are in the process of making those changes now however the basics are below.

With the possibility of Windows 11 operating systems having Smart App Control turned on the Threed32.ocx control is being blocked however the newer version of the control was able to be installed. We did have to move to a slightly newer control in version 2024.

If you are modifying an application with the SDK that uses one of the affected controls, you will get a message Mentioning that the ActiveThreed control is in Demo Mode.

With this change there are a couple of options.

1. You could purchase a license of the “newer” version of the control. This control is unsupported, but you can still purchase a license at this link:

ActiveThreed Plus (componentsource.com)

2. If you don’t want to purchase a license and your clients are not running with Smart App Control turned on (this is not real common yet):

You can modify your application to use the older version by the following steps.

Not all projects use this control so this may not impact the applications you are working on.

In the VBP file you are customizing you would want to change:

Open the VBP in a text editor and find the following line.

Object={065E6FD1-1BF9-11D2-BAE8-00104B9E0792}#3.0#0; ssa3d30.ocx

Change it to the following line

Object={0BA686C6-F7D3-101A-993E-0000C0EF6F5E}#1.0#0; THREED32.OCX

Open the form files for the above project in a text editor and if the line below exists:

Object = "{065E6FD1-1BF9-11D2-BAE8-00104B9E0792}#3.0#0"; "ssa3d30.ocx"

Change it To the following line.

Object = "{0BA686C6-F7D3-101A-993E-0000C0EF6F5E}#1.0#0"; "Threed32.ocx"

And for the client machine(s) to be able to use that older version you would need to:

Copy the Threed32.ocx from a machine with an old installation.

C:\windows\syswow64\Threed32.ocx (typical location)

And place on a 2024 installation machine in the same location and register it.

If you don’t have a copy of that control (installed with versions prior to 2024) contact support and we can get you a copy.

Again, I am sorry about this oversight,

Kevin

That is my fault, after I made the changes at the beginning of version 2024 development completely forgot about the Release notes change related to this that I needed to make for the SDK.  We are in the process of making those changes now however the basics are below.

With the possibility of Windows 11 operating systems having Smart App Control turned on the Threed32.ocx control is being blocked however the newer version of the control was able to be installed. We did have to move to a slightly newer control in version 2024.

If you are modifying an application with the SDK that uses one of the affected controls, you will get a message Mentioning that the ActiveThreed control is in Demo Mode.

With this change there are a couple of options.

1. You could purchase a license of the “newer” version of the control. This control is unsupported, but you can still purchase a license at this link:

ActiveThreed Plus (componentsource.com)

2. If you don’t want to purchase a license and your clients are not running with Smart App Control turned on (this is not real common yet):

You can modify your application to use the older version by the following steps.

Not all projects use this control so this may not impact the applications you are working on.

In the VBP file you are customizing you would want to change:

Open the VBP in a text editor and find the following line.

Object={065E6FD1-1BF9-11D2-BAE8-00104B9E0792}#3.0#0; ssa3d30.ocx

Change it to the following line

Object={0BA686C6-F7D3-101A-993E-0000C0EF6F5E}#1.0#0; THREED32.OCX

Open the form files for the above project in a text editor and if the line below exists:

Object = "{065E6FD1-1BF9-11D2-BAE8-00104B9E0792}#3.0#0"; "ssa3d30.ocx"

Change it To the following line.

Object = "{0BA686C6-F7D3-101A-993E-0000C0EF6F5E}#1.0#0"; "Threed32.ocx"

And for the client machine(s) to be able to use that older version you would need to:

Copy the Threed32.ocx from a machine with an old installation.

C:\windows\syswow64\Threed32.ocx (typical location)

And place on a 2024 installation machine in the same location and register it.

If you don’t have a copy of that control (installed with versions prior to 2024) contact support and we can get you a copy.

Again, I am sorry about this oversight,

Kevin