Introduction

On a few systems, the 'grid' control used for dialogs such as Spacings, Styles and the Component Editor may not be fully installed along with the rest of the software, or may not operate properly.

How to restore the grid control

The procedure involves re-registering the grid control file (Flexgrid) with the operating system, so that when Easy-PC tries to create a grid, the operating system knows where to go to find the code to do it.

• From the Start menu, choose Run
• Type CMD (or on Windows 95/98/ME, type COMMAND), and click OK
• Change directory to the folder containing your Windows system by typing:
     CD  \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32
  and pressing Enter. On some systems your Windows files may be somewhere different, such as \WINNT, or \Windows\SysWow64
• Type REGSVR32 MSFLXGRD.OCX and press Enter.
• You should get a message telling you that the control has been registered.
• If not, perhaps if the OCX file is not there, you may need to use the Windows 'Search' facility to locate this file and try again.

If you get an error message when running regsvr32, perhaps suggesting that although the Flexgrid control is present but cannot be registered, it is worth checking the date and version of the MSFLXGRD.OCX file on your system. There are several different varieties of this OCX file in the field, some of them quite different in size and date but showing the same version number. One version that we know should generally work with Easy-PC is available in our Support Tools download area (headed 'MS Flexgrid Control').