Could not load VBA errors - ABD 593

We have one Vista laptop here which we get a bunch of "Could not load vba..." errors when we try to run Aecosim.  Any ideas what could be causing this?

John K.

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  • There was an ST in previous versions of building apps related to Microsoft Office (might also include MS Windows) security patches rendering MSVBA COM control inaccessible.  It produced similar errors to what you've encountered, as well as errors utlizing specific VBA tools in ABD and other building products.

    Not sure if it's related, but may be worth a try to implement. 

    "ST Description: user is unable to draw pipe/bar joist

    Product:

    Keyword:

    Our V8i SELECTseries2 BIM applications were not tested with Office 2010

    installed, so there may be an issue with how our VBA tools behave with this

    combination. We are hoping to have this resolved in the upcoming AECOsim

    Building Designer release, but in the interim it is recommended to use Office 2007

    instead which has been fully tested against our applications.

    Workaround:

    Currently, Structural VBA macros throws VBA interface errors when ABD is

    installed with MS Office 2010.

    The workaround is to manually register MSCOMCTL.Ocx. 

    Win7 (32-bit):

    "regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\MSCOMCTL.OCX"

    Win7 (64-bit):

    "regsvr32 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSCOMCTL.OCX"

    1. To register it right click that file and choose ‘open with’  ‘select

    program from list’  click ‘browse’ and browse to the following file

     C:\WINDOWS\system32\ and double click on the ‘regsvr32.exe’ file. You will

    get a message that it was successfully registered.

    Additionally there is Microsoft documentation and Fix it applet related.

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2597986

  • Just a general question related to all that VBA stuff.

    It seems that Bentley has a tremendous problem supporting all those different Office versions. The only supported version it seems is Office 2007, while testing with Office 2010 is going on at the moment. The version we have on our latest PC's is 2013.

    As far as I know Microsoft wants to abandon VBA in its Office products and wants to move over to something more adapt. A step overdue, if you ask me.

    That said, I wonder what the strategy for Bentley is regarding that.

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  • Just a general question related to all that VBA stuff.

    It seems that Bentley has a tremendous problem supporting all those different Office versions. The only supported version it seems is Office 2007, while testing with Office 2010 is going on at the moment. The version we have on our latest PC's is 2013.

    As far as I know Microsoft wants to abandon VBA in its Office products and wants to move over to something more adapt. A step overdue, if you ask me.

    That said, I wonder what the strategy for Bentley is regarding that.

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