An Important Note on "The application you have launched requires Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic Runtime to be installed"

http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/windowsmobile/downloads/evb.aspx

After installing an application (for example, Smartsoft PocketCHAT) that uses the eMbedded Visual Basic Runtime (eVB for short) on a WM2003 or newer Pocket PC, you may see the following Web page when you try to run it: click for screenshot Upon clicking the "tap here" link to download the libraries, the page, http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/downloads/eVB, won't exist any more. It's because the link contained by the static Web page (physically, \Windows\evbruntime.htm on the PDA) is dead, even in a brand new WM2003SE device. This is certainly an oversight on behalf of Microsoft – to remove a page that is still referred to many current Pocket PC clients. (I've just found this bug.) Don't worry: you can still download and install the necessary eVB libraries from Microsoft – from another Web page. Go to this page, click the Proceed to Download button (you don't need to fill in anything); on the next page, click I Accept and save the CAB file, msvbppc.armv4.cab. Then, just transfer this file to your PDA and install it by just clicking it from Pocket File Explorer. Please keep in mind that you may install it to alternative (non-RAM) storage to keep the RAM free. Use either CabInstl or File Dialog Changer to install it into there (see this and this on this). An example screenshot of using CabInstl to install eVB to my File Store (named LOOXstore on my Pocket Loox 720): click for screenshot UPDATE (08/08/2006): it seems you can't install eVB onto storage cards under WM5, unlike under previous OS'es. You can, however, install it into the main storage.

This was useful info, but when i try to click on the file I get an error report "There is no application associated with (file name). Run the app first and then open this file from within the app"

What am I doing wrong?

Sorry. Solved it. I was extracting the zip file before syncing with the PDA.

Thanx a ton for your article. You have saved my ass and lot of effort. Works well even on jasjar from imate.

Take care and God bless

you realy helped me

I downloaded it straight to my PPC, and about 1/4 through the install, I get the message "Installation of msvbppc.armv4.cab was unsuccessful". No more information is given. Any ideas?

Any idea what to do on WM5 devices? This just simply refuses to install, says it's incompatible, etc. There are a lot of orphaned software titles out there now!

I had problems with WM6. I tried several times. I made a soft reset. I was not connected to the PC. Suddenly it worked

Thanks This Work great I have put my first program on a PDA ok it only a combo box and list box but its there

know the Database side of it

Great tip! just got it installed on a WM5 JASJAM successfully after a whole day looking around.

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