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

ID: Q221083

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++ 5.0
The Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) 2.1, included with:
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 5.0
The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), included with:
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

Inserting a WCE ActiveX control onto a dialog box in the Resource Editor causes the following error:

The ActiveX control {XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX} is not registered on this computer. Register control and try again.

CAUSE

The Resource Editor is looking for a desktop (x86) version of the control.

RESOLUTION

Right-click the dialog box in the Resource Editor and select the option Insert WCE ActiveX Control. Select the control and it will be inserted onto the dialog box. This resolution still causes the same error message to appear when you open the dialog box in the Resource Editor, but the message is harmless and can be ignored.

To avoid the error message altogether, you can build a desktop version of the control and insert this version instead of the WCE version. You'll need to create a Win32 build configuration:

From the Build menu, click Configurations.

Click Win32 (WCE x86em) Release.

Click Add.

Select Win32 from the Platform drop-down list.

Click OK to create the new configuration.

Select the Win32 Release configuration and rebuild the control. You also need to register it by clicking Register Control from the Tools menu. To insert the desktop version of the control, just select it from the list of Registered ActiveX Controls instead of Registered WCE ActiveX Controls.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

From the Project menu, click Add To Project, then Components and Controls.

Select the control under Registered WCE ActiveX Controls.

Select the control in the Controls toolbar.

Click the dialog box to insert the control.

REFERENCES

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

Q229579 PRB: CE ActiveX Control Is Not in List of Insertable Controls

Additional query words: mfc atl


Keywords          : kbActiveX kbATL kbCtrl kbCtrlCreate kbMFC kbResourceEd kbVC500bug kbWinCE 
Version           : WINDOWS:2.1,5.0; winnt:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 16, 1999