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Subject: 
Re: What happened to Spirit.ocx?
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Date: 
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 09:40:40 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Kenny Horn writes:
> Hello..
> 
> I've just upgraded my RIS 1.0 to version 2.0 and it appears Lego have
> stopped using the Spirit.ocx.
> 
> I'm a little confused, I've used the spirit.ocx within Macromedia Director
> in the past to write interfaces and programs to control my RCX. Now I can't,
> can someone tell me if theres an alternative ActiveX contol I can use in
> Director. Or do I have to use Visual Basic or something similar?
> 
> Sorry if this is a simple question, I'm at work so don't really have enough
> time to traul through the posts!
> 
> 
> Thanks, Kenny

Hi Kenny,

Spirit.ocx can only be used with the serial tower. RIS 2.0 contains a
USB-tower, so spirit.ocx doesn't work anymore.

Have a look at this message.
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/?n=1655
Here a replacement for spirit.ocx is announced.

Regards,

Rainer



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(...) Hum...so then how do I get Visual NQC to work? I installed RIS 2.0 on my computer, and try to use Visual NQC and it errors out with a "Component 'SPIRIT.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid" Is (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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  What happened to Spirit.ocx?
 
Hello.. I've just upgraded my RIS 1.0 to version 2.0 and it appears Lego have stopped using the Spirit.ocx. I'm a little confused, I've used the spirit.ocx within Macromedia Director in the past to write interfaces and programs to control my RCX. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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