>>Well, here we go again with these silly OCX's. I upgraded to VFP 5.0a and now am unable to access my mscomm32 ActiveX controls properly. All of a sudden I get an error when trying to open or close the comm port.
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>>I have tried re-registering the ocx. While it registered fine the applications still don't work.
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>>I have also checked for multiple copies of this. There is only one in the c:\windows\system directory (which is the one I tried to reregister).
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>>If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate the help. I have tried the archives and so far cannot find the solution.
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>>Thanks,
>>George
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>George, here's a bunch of suggestions - the scatter-shot approach to debugging :-)
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>First what is the error message?
Duh, forgot that one. The error message is:
OLE error code 0x800a1f45: Unknown OLE Status Code
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>Second, have you recompiled EVERYTHING after your upgrade? And can you open the form in the form designer with no error?
Yes, I recompiled, cleaned the project....
Yes, the form opens without any problems both for editing and while running the application.
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>Third, did you delete all of VFP5.0 before you installed the upgrade?
I eventually went back and deleted all of VFP 5 after running into problems after upgrading. This seemed to resolve *those* problems (which also involved ActiveX components).
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>Finally, check the archives for the error message. Several are listed with solutions.
I have gone through the archives but will do so again. I see lots of similar problems but no solutions that I have not already tried.
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>Hope one of these gives you an idea.
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>Barbara
Thanks for your help. And the scatter-shot approach is not a bad way to go :)