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When you distribute your application that uses an ActiveX control, you need to ship also the control in binary format (usually a .dll or an .ocx). Do not distribute the setup file that comes with the design-time license.

Design-time license

If a control has a design-time license it will usually install a license key when its setup program is run. The license key is usually entered into the registry although it can also be installed in a special file.

Having a design-time license allows you to use the control for developing applications.

Run-time license

When you have built and compiled an executable application that uses the control, you need to distribute this control together with the application so a customer can use it. Most of controls also support run-time licensing for this purpose.

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