How To Distribute an ADOCE 2.0 Application to a PsPC Device (242312)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
This article was previously published under Q242312

SUMMARY

When creating a setup for a Windows CE Toolkit for a Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VBCE) application targeting Palm-size PCs, the install wizard does not include ADOCE 2.0 in the setup; this results in errors after the installation. This article discusses the steps necessary to ensure that the application is successfully installed.

MORE INFORMATION

To resolve this problem, the distribution package can be manually changed to include the ADOCE 2.0 support files. The steps below make the assumption that the VBCE project has already been created and compiled to a .vb file.

Step by Step Example

  1. Create the installation package using the Application Install Wizard. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    194837 How To Distribute a Visual Basic Windows CE Application

  2. Copy the necessary support files for ADOCE 2.0 from each of the processor specific directories. For example, copy the files from "Windows CE Tools\wce211\ms palm size pc\adoce\mips39" to "package path\Mips 3000 (4K) v2.11."
  3. Modify the INF file as follows to include the ADOCE 2.0 support files. (The INF file for Project1 would be Project1.inf.) Change all the processor specific sections for CESelfRegister, SourceDisksFiles, and the Source list at the end of the file. The following is an example of the Mips3x section:
    [DefaultInstall.Mips 3000 (4K) v2.11]
CopyFiles=Files.Mips 3000 (4K) v2.11
CESelfRegister=vbscript.dll,pvbhost2.dll,pvbform2.dll, adoce.dll, 
adocedb.dll, adocereg.dll, adoceres.dll, adosync.dll

[CEDevice.Mips 3000 (4K) v2.11]
ProcessorType=4000

[SourceDisksNames.Mips 3000 (4K) v2.11]
3= ,"Mips 3000 (4K) v2.11 Files",,Mips 3000 (4K) v2.11

[SourceDisksFiles.Mips 3000 (4K) v2.11]
pvbhost2.dll=3
pvbload.exe=3
vbscript.dll=3
vbsen.dll=3
pvbform2.dll=3
adoce.dll=3 
adocedb.dll=3
adocereg.dll=3
adoceres.dll=3
adosync.dll=3

[Files.Mips 3000 (4K) v2.11]
pvbhost2.dll,,0x80000000
pvbload.exe
vbscript.dll,,0x80000000
vbsen.dll
pvbform2.dll,,0x80000000
adoce.dll 
adocedb.dll
adocereg.dll
adoceres.dll
adosync.dll
  4. Repackage the .cab files using cabwiz.exe as described in the readme.txt file in the package directory.
  5. Copy the resulting .cab files to the CD1 directory.
  6. Test the setup. The CD1 directory now contains a distribution including the required ADOCE 2.0 file.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

238947 FILE: Msadoce2.exe Installs ADO for Windows CE SDK

240435 PATCH: WCELoad.exe Fixes ActiveX Hanging Problem on Palm-size PC

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/19/2005
Keywords:kbhowto kbToolkit KB242312
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