PATCH: WCELoad.exe Fixes ActiveX Control Hanging Problem on Palm-size PC

ID: Q240435

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, version 1.0
Microsoft Windows CE version 2.11 for the Palm-size PC

SUMMARY

WCELoad.exe is a patch that fixes a problem affecting the Palm-size PC devices running Windows CE version 2.11. The devices hang or reset during the self-registration process of ActiveX controls when they are installed through a packaged Application Install Wizard CAB file.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

WceLoad.exe

Release Date: Aug-27-1999

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

FileName	Size
Wcelupd.exe	33KB
Wce10003.bin	49KB
Wce4000.bin	60KB
Readme.txt	2KB

Target Device

Palm-size PCs running Windows CE version 2.11

Problem Description

Palm-size PC devices running Windows CE version 2.11 hang or reset during the self-registration process of ActiveX controls when they are installed within an Application Installation CAB file. This behavior occurs because the device-install program WCELoad.exe was not invoking CoInitializeEx before the self-registration process.

Update Package Description

This package silently installs the fixed WCELoad.exe file to a connected Palm-size PC device. If the connected device is not a color Palm-size PC, or the device already has the fixed file, then the package exits immediately with a successful return code.

Usage

Your desktop setup program needs to perform the following before invoking CEAppMgr to install the CAB files:

Prompt the user to connect the device.

Run the WCELupd.exe file and wait for it to complete.

Examine the return code and handle it appropriately. In most cases, the only error return code that needs to be handled is the "device disconnected" return code 1.

Files to Redistribute

The following three files comprise this update package, and must reside in the same directory:

WCELupd.exe
WCE10003.bin
WCE4000.bin

Return Codes

Following are the possible return codes from WCELupd.exe:

0 - Success
1 - Device disconnected
2 - Unsupported color Palm-size PC processor
3 - ActiveSync RAPI error
4 - Windows CE Services or ActiveSync not installed
5 - General error

Additional query words: VBCE PsPC PPC

Keywords : kbfile kbpatch kbAppSetup kbDeployment kbToolkit kbVBp600 kbGrpVB kbWinCE211 kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.11
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo