I am using an ActiveX control within my application. It work fine on my development PC in develop mode and runtime mode (EXE). However, I am getting the error with a question mark:
OLE error code 0x80040154 Unknown COM status code. OLE object is being ignored. Record number 27.
I checked with the screen table the record 27 and it is effectively pointing to the ActiveX (OCX). I did registered that activeX on that "other PC" with REGSVR32 successfully. I di check within the Expert Exchange database but found only solutions regarding "Class not registered" which is not this case (Unknown Code Status Code). Need help... I made it 500 points because it is mainly urgent and, obviously, I have no idea on how to fix it.
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Are you working in another language? I ask this because sometimes these ActiveX controls have dependencies on other files (DLLs) where the latest three letters of the DLL are the language identifier like ENU for English, DEU for German, I presume, etc. If the dependent DLL doesn't find the file it wants, it can't be successful at loading when you ask it to load.
And one more thought it to check the date and version of other MS common OCX files that may come into play. Sometimes, the file COMCTL32.OCX can come into play, although I know nothing about your particular OCX file. But, it wouldn't hurt to check that MS supplied common controls are the latest (and the same) version across PCs so you know you are working with apples and apples in your troubleshooting.
I was referring to the language of the dependencies, and not your base OCX. We are on the same page on that. So, if your user has a French based language on that PC, that certainly could enter into the mix. I'm not totally sure-- but it is worth a look. Also, I would never solely depend on Windows Updates for having the files there you think it should have as the latest, if you are having problems. I use Windows Update all of the time as well, and I think it does a great job in most cases. But, if there is any confusion at all in the signatures of file versions it looks for, it won't necessarily always do the right thing, especially in the area of dependent DLLs.
I am no expert on getting to dependencies. I'm fairly good at VFP, but not as skilled on all of the nooks and crannies that VFP must work in along the way. <s> In my last InstallShield exercise (I'm still trying to figure that monster distributable builder out), I recall seeing that it allowed me to check for dependencies. However, I am not using the LE version that ships with the VFP CDs. I have upgraded and I am using InstallShield X Express Edition.
Maybe this link will help you figure out what, if any, dependies exist:
How to determine dependencies with InstallShield Express
http://support.microsoft.c
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by: CarlWarnerPosted on 2005-11-18 at 11:26:27ID: 15322331
I hate those "Unknown" messages from errors. They don't give us much to go on. Fortunately, you had other information reported along with that.
That error code typically is a registration problem, whether it says it or not and whether you think you got it successfully registered or not.
Try to actually uninstall that same registered ActiveX control from the "other PC" first. Once you get a good uninstall indication. Go ahead and install it as though you were doing it for the first time.
[Make sure you're paths are pointing to the right place on either or both of these to be sure the right thing is getting done.]
regsvr32 <your ActiveX full filename> /u
regsvr32 <your ActiveX full filename> /u
There just are some occasions where a new install gets in the middle of some remnants in the registry that don't get things done completely, even though a successful install is reported at the end. I've personally tracked that phenomenon on occasion and it is absolutely annoying and time consuming. But, that's what I find every time I venture out of native standard databasse operations in VFP, which it does very well. I have these quirks come up when I add other MS technologies into my VFP environment.
If that doesn't work, we'll try to go from there.