PRB: IROT::IsRunning() Returns S_FALSE for OLE 1.0 Servers

ID: Q109544

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft OLE Libraries for Windows and Win32s, version 2.01
• Microsoft OLE Libraries, included with:

      - Microsoft Windows NT, versions 3.5 and 3.51
      - Microsoft Windows 95
  

SYMPTOMS

When an OLE 2.0 container application calls IRunningObjectTable::IsRunning() on the moniker for a linked OLE 1.0 object, IsRunning() returns S_FALSE even if that OLE 1.0 object is already running.

CAUSE

OLE 1.0 objects do not register themselves in the running object table while they are running.

RESOLUTION

Calling IMoniker::IsRunning() on the moniker for a linked OLE 1.0 object correctly returns S_OK if the object is indeed running.

As noted in the OLE SDK version 2.01 documentation for IRunningObjectTable::IsRunning(), clients of a moniker should not call IRunningObjectTable::IsRunning() directly; instead, they should call IMoniker::IsRunning().

Additional reference words: 2.01 3.50 4.00 irot KBCategory: kbole KBSubcategory: LeTwoLnk

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1995