Problem:        You may receive an error locating third party PocketPC extensions when loading a project that uses the extensions, or you may see the extension listed in the extension manager but it is greyed out and unavailable for use.

Solution:        Starting with Satellite Forms 6.0, there has been a minor change in the format of the extension INF file for PocketPC extensions.  SatForms 6.x will not read the INF file properly for older PocketPC extensions, and therefore cannot load the extension when the project loads. The extension INF files for extensions included with Satellite Forms were updated to use the new INF format, so they are loaded properly.

Fortunately, it is easy to fix this problem for older third party extensions:

1. Close App Designer.

2. Make a backup of your PocketPC extension INF files.  They are located in \Satellite Forms\Extensions\{manufacturer}  where {manufacturer} would be something like PalmDataPro.  Set the file extension of the backup to something other than .INF.

3. Open the INF file in a text editor, locate the line that starts with "Target=".

4. Change the string "PPC_2002_ARM" to "PPC_ARM".

5. Save the modified INF file.

6. Rename the \Extensions\{manufacturer}\PPC_2002_ARM folder to PPC_ARM.

7. Restart App Designer and your project should find the extension properly.

Keywords:      extension, PocketPC, INF, error

KB ID: 10012 

Updated: 2005-11-17

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