Missing Microsoft Office 8.0 Object Library

[Jim Freeman]

When trying to start the envelope wizard I got a VBA
window and the error: "Compile Error: Can't find project
or library" with the statement "Public objHeloTipBalloon
As Balloon" highlighted.

Here are the steps that I took:

Reinstalled Office XP

Searched knowledge base and found article 283806. Since I
could not access the References table as suggested, I
went to article 209849, Code to view references.

I added a module with the code found in that article.

After executing, I received a list which contained the
following message:

"Missing: Micrlsoft Office 8.0 Object Library"
It gave the expected reference location as,
"c:\winidows\desktop\3229 Debug\MS097D.dll"

I have no such directory or file on my computer.

I was unable to find a download on the Microsoft web
site. Should I remove the reference? or how to I get the
object library??

Thanks for your help
Jim Freeman

 

[Jim Freeman]

For anyone who may respond, I searched on both mso97d.dll
and ms097d.dll.
I'm using Office XP with Word 2002.

Thanks
Jim

 

[Jim Freeman]

For the benefit of anyone who might respond, I searched
for both mso97d.dll and ms097d.dll.

BTY, I'm using Office XP Professional with Word 2002

Thanks for your help

Jim

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Jim,

Does the error occur if you start Word with the /a switch? Go to
Start/Run and run:

winword /a

Note the space before the forward slash.

If the error does not occur (I suspect it won't) then you have a macro
intercepting the Envelopes and Labels command which was created for
Word 97 - not Word 2002. (The Word 8.0 Object Library is from Word 97
and you are currently using Word 10 - that's why you are not able to
find it on your computer.)

Go to Tools/Templates and Add-Ins and see if there are any global
templates or add-ins listed. If so they are located in one of your
Startup folders. The location of the Word\Startup folder can be found
under Tools/Options/File Locations and the Office\Startup folder can
be found in the Office installation path..

Take a look in each folder and if you find more than one file move
them one at a time and try duplicating the error after each file is
moved out of the folder until you determine which one is causing the
problem.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Jim Freeman]

Hi Beth,
Thanks for your quick response.

Unfortunately, the error remains. I was careful about the
space before the /. Also, there are no Global add-ins.

Should I try removing the bad reference??

Jim

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Jim,

It wouldn't hurt - the DLL isn't available anyway.

Although I can't help but wonder how it was added in the first
place...

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Jim Freeman]

Hi Beth,

Well it didn't hurt, I suppose, but didn't help either. I
got what I should have expected: another compile error
telling me that the user defined data type, Balloon, was
undefined.

I wonder if others using Office XP Professional under
Windows XP Professional are having the same difficulty.

I'm fairly sure this is the first time I have tried to
use the Envelope wizard on this computer. IT has been a
couple days since I ran a virus scan so I'll do that.

Also I remember that Norton SystemWorks found a bunch of
errors that I had it correct. I wonder if it could have
done something - just a wild stab, I know, but I'm
grasping at straws now.

Since the offending code is in a common VBA module and it
refers to the Balloon datatype, I'm wondering if this
error will appear elsewhere.

BTW, do you know why Word is trying to compile the
Envelope wizard now? I would have thought it would
already be in executable form.

Anyway, thanks for your help

Jim