PRB: CE ActiveX Control Is Not in List of Insertable Controls (229579)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++ 6.0
This article was previously published under Q229579

SYMPTOMS

After building and registering a CE ActiveX control, there is no way to insert it onto a dialog box in the Resource Editor. The control does not appear in the "Insert ActiveX Control" dialog box. The control also does not appear in the list of controls in the "Components and Controls Gallery."

CAUSE

The Resource Editor and Components and Controls Gallery only recognize desktop ActiveX controls.

RESOLUTION

A desktop/Win32 version of the control must be created and registered, as follows:
  1. Using the project wizards, create a Win32 version of the control project in a separate directory using the same name as the CE project (for ATL projects, you also need to insert the control via the ATL Object Wizard).
  2. Close the project.
  3. Delete all files except for the .dsw and .dsp files.
  4. Rename Xxx.dsw to Xxx_win32.dsw, and Xxx.dsp to Xxx_win32.dsp.
  5. Copy the .dsw and .dsp files to the project directory of the CE ActiveX control.
  6. Open Xxx_win32.dsw as a text file and find the reference to Xxx.dsp. Change Xxx.dsp to Xxx_win32.dsp.
  7. Open Xxx_win32.dsw as a project workspace.
  8. If there are files in the CE project that are not Wizard-generated, you need to add them by clicking Add To Project on the Project menu, and then clicking Files.
  9. Build the project. The Win32 version of the control will automatically be registered and available for inserting in the Resource Editor or Component Gallery.
The Win32 version of the control is only required at design time. A platform-specific build of the control will be used at run time (for example, in emulation, a version of the control built with x86em will be used).

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

"Converting a Windows CE ActiveX Control to a Windows Desktop Version" in "C:\Program Files\Windows CE Tools\Rlnvcce6.htm". This file comes with the CE Toolkit for Visual C++ 6.0.

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

221083 BUG: Can't Insert CE ActiveX Control onto a Dialog Box in the Resource Editor

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/18/2002
Keywords:kbCtrlCreate kbprb KB229579
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