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WSpell behaves like evaluation version

Problem: I had tried the WSpell evaluation version, then I purchased the retail version of WSpell. It still behaves like the evaluation version: a message reading "For evaluation only -- Not for production use" pops up each time I try to check spelling.

Discussion: WSpell is a licensed ActiveX control. WSpell uses licensing information to determine whether it is an evaluation version or commercial version. In "design mode," WSpell obtains this licensing information from a disk file on your development computer. When you use WSpell in an ActiveX control container such as Visual Basic or VC++, the control container asks WSpell for a copy of its licensing information at design time. The control container stores the licensing information somewhere, and gives it to WSpell at run time for validation. When you use the evaluation version of WSpell, the evaluation license information is stored by the control container. If you later purchase the retail version of WSpell, sometimes the control container continues to use the evaluation license information, causing WSpell to think it is still an evaluation version. (This licensing protocol was designed by Microsoft; it is common to all licensed ActiveX controls, not just WSpell.)

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