// return true if ok, false otherwise
inline bool wxOleInitialize()
{
- // we need to initialize OLE library
+ HRESULT
#ifdef __WXWINCE__
- if ( FAILED(::CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED)) )
+ hr = ::CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
#else
- if ( FAILED(::OleInitialize(NULL)) )
+ hr = ::OleInitialize(NULL);
#endif
+
+ // RPC_E_CHANGED_MODE indicates that OLE had been already initialized
+ // before, albeit with different mode. Don't consider it to be an error as
+ // we don't actually care ourselves about the mode used so this allows the
+ // main application to call OleInitialize() on its own before we do if it
+ // needs non-default mode.
+ if ( hr != RPC_E_CHANGED_MODE && FAILED(hr) )
{
wxLogError(_("Cannot initialize OLE"));