Article ID: 163184 - Last Review: April 1, 2005 - Revision: 5.0 You receive a warning message in the Setup Wizard when you use Office 97 Developer Edition Tools to create a custom application that includes ActiveX controlsThis article was previously published under Q163184 Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
On This PageSYMPTOMS
When you use the Microsoft Office 97, Developer Edition Tools to create a
custom application that includes an ActiveX control and its supporting .dll
file(s), and you click to select the Run-Time check box on the Database
Shortcut Properties tab, you may receive the following warning message when
the Setup program starts to create your disk images:
File 'C:\Windows\system\ComCat.dll' is also required by a Microsoft Access-provided component. Some properties you have set may be modified. If you have not included this file in your Setup program, it may be one of the files needed by an ActiveX control you have added. CAUSE
The ODE Setup Wizard will display this message whenever an ActiveX
control's supporting file, Comcat.dll is added to the Setup program, and
you specify that the Run-time option be included as well. This behavior
occurs because the Comcat.dll file is used with the .dep file and the Run-
time option.
MORE INFORMATION
When you include the Run-time option, Comcat.dll is automatically included
behind the scenes but is not added to the Add Files List. When you add
an ActiveX control (.ocx) file on the Add File page of the ODE Setup
Wizard, the Setup Wizard searches for the dependency (.dep) file for this
control. If it finds the .dep file, the Setup Wizard will automatically
add the supporting file(s) specified in the .dep file to the List Of Files
list on the Add Files page. Comcat.dll will be included in this list for
most of the ActiveX controls included in the ODE. So if you are including
the Run-time option and an ActiveX Control whose .dep file includes
Comcat.dll, Comcat.dll is really being included twice. This is why you
receive the warning message described in the "Symptoms" section.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
REFERENCES
For more information about .ocx files and their supporting .dll files,
search the Microsoft ODE Setup Wizard Help Index for "supporting files for
ActiveX controls."
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