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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 (...) (22 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. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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