FIX: "Unknown COM status code" With ActiveX Conferencing Control

ID: Q221629

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

You attempt to create or run a form that contains the ActiveX Conferencing Object control. When adding the control to the form in the Form Designer, or running the form, you may see one of the following errors under Visual FoxPro 5.0:

OLE error code 0x80040200: Unable to impersonate DCOM client.
-or-
OLE error code 0x80040200: Unknown OLE status code.
Performing the same tasks under Visual FoxPro 6.0, it may work without error, or you may see the following error:
OLE error code 0x80040200: Unknown COM status code.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed


MORE INFORMATION

The ActiveX Conferencing Object is an ActiveX control that installs with Microsoft NetMeeting.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create a new form.


  2. Add a new OLE Container Control.


  3. In the Insert Object dialog box, select the Insert Control option. After this list populates, select ActiveX Conferencing Object from the Control type list, then click OK.


(c) Microsoft Corporation 1999, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Jim Saunders, Microsoft Corporation.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbActiveX kbVFp500abug kbVFp600 kbVFp600bug kbVS600fix kbGrpFox kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: June 22, 1999
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