Re: Automation error compiling with VB6

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One component to add would be the Null Device Driver component. I have had to do make sure it was there when install VS on XPe.


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"KM" <konstmor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uO7PLeIgIHA.3780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Raffaele,

Well, theoretically it is indeed possible to have the VS (any flavor) running on XPe. For instance, I had VS2006 and .Net installed and used on XPProEmulation XPe image.

However, if you cannot go with the huge XPProEmulation image and you have to fix your own image, it may take some effort to find out missing components.

The only suggestion I have for you is to try to run C2 with the Filemon/Regmon (Processor Monitor might serve better) running and catching all the system activities. The best approach may be to compare the monitoring tool output on XPe and XP Pro machines. But you may also want to simplify the output by not using the IDE but only the compiler launched with a command line.

Btw, what did you mean by "Perhaps Process monitor could help, but it refuses to run on XPE"? Are you missing component(s) for the ProcMon? Then it should be easy to find out (with DependencyWalker, for instance) and fix because we had the tool running on different XPe images without a problem many times.

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KM


"crus" <crus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%235YTyvCgIHA.4744@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Konstantin,
it's my customer that wants to be able to make changes on field. He reports that he has got systems with XPE from two competitors that compiles without error. Therefore I must find a solution, because one should exists.
Perhaps Process monitor could help, but it refuses to run on XPE.
Regards, Raffaele



"KM" <konstmor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto nel messaggio news:eYUUFY%23fIHA.4684@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Are you saying you are trying to compile the app in VS installed under XPe? Any particular reason you can't compile the app on a development PC?
Perhaps


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"crus" <crus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OckZQ06fIHA.1900@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a XP embedded OS image FP2007 including DOT NET 2.0 and
I have to be able to compile VB6 programs so I installed visual studio 6 ( only VB code)
The IDE is working and I can run programs but when I
try to make the exe I receive the following error:
"automation error the system cannot find the file specified ".
This error already appeared in the NG in a previous post but no solution has been detected.
I checked VB6 with Dependency Walker profiling execution and added two missing DLL to my image ( coming from Outlook express and IE offline Exec and a lot of components required including MediaPlayer!)
Comparing with FileMonitor the execution of the same VB6 program on XP Pro I see the same messages until the compiler C2 is called. On XPE only a query is done on C2.EXE and the error message is given, on XP PRO instead, C2 and LINKare opened and executed.
Thank you for any help. What kind of automation is involved?
Raffaele









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