I imported a Form object from a text file. When I try to compile it I get the following error message:
This message is for C/AL programmers:
The OLE control or Automation Server identified by 'Microsoft Common Dialog Control 6.0 (SP3)'.CommonDialog requires a design time license. This license cannot be obtained. Make sure that the OLE control or Automation server is installed correctly with an appropriate license"
I am developing in Dynamics NAV using a developer license. The OCX is registered correctly, gets listed in NAV's "Custom Controls" as pointing to "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\comdlg32.ocx".
Why am I not allowed to compile the object?
The license in question is, as you said, purely for using the CommonDialog component in design-time environments. This has nothing to do with your NAV license or your customers being able to run code that uses the component. The design-time license (which is nothing more than a key in your system registry; not an actual license file) used to get installed with e.g. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 or older versions of Microsoft Visual Studio.
If you have access to VB6.0 or VS2005, you can use VB6Controls.reg on the installation disk as described here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318597.