MSChart 11 stopped working???

[Dave the Wave]

I've been using Access 2003 to develop some reports with embedded MS
OfficeChart11.0 charts. Everything worked fine until today. I get an
error message about Access not being able to find a file. Access then
asks if I want to try to repair this problem, I say yes, a window
appears: Installing Application Server. Installation fails. A few more
error messages appear about linking using the DDE/ODE tools....

I try to unregister the OWC11.dll file via access's activeX dialog
window. Both registering and unregistering attempts fail via this
method. I unregister the OWC11.dll using the regsvr32 utility. It
indicates success, but when I go back to Access, the MSOfficeChart11.0
component still appears.

I've uninstalled the entire Office 2003 suite, then reinstalling
everthing. I get the same problem. I've searched a great number of
places (news groups, MSDN, MS website, etc) and have only been to find
others who are having this problem. None of the people who are having
this problem have recieved any replies????

I'm desparate, so my next move is to comb the registry looking for
OWC11 references. Any information would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Alvin Bruney]

strange problem indeed. So you can use the depends utility that ships with
visual studio to examin the OWC package to see what is wrong.

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[Dave the Wave]

I only Office 2003. I don't have VS. IS there another way to check the
dependencies?

 

[Alvin Bruney]

you can get the depends utility on the web if you google. I know of no other
way.

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[Dave the Wave]

Thanks for your help so far. I googled, downloaded, and here is what I
came up with. I don't really understand the significance of all the
info, nor what I can do to get my charts working again.

First I ran DependencyWalker program. See the OWC11.gif file for the
screen. There's an error message and a red highlight next to the file
MPR.DLL. I then used DepedencyWalker to search for the MPR.DLL
program. The same error message as before plus a highlighted command.
(See MPR-DLL.gif)

The information told me what I knew before, there was a prolbem
finding the import something or other.

I used a program called DLL Show, to locate all the MRP.DLL files on
my machine. (See MPR-dll listings.gif) Strange enough, two new
instances of MPR.DLL show up with the same date as when everything
went wrong.

I've tried to unregister the MPR.DLL file, but it won't. It's either
locked by another program or it's import problem prevents it from
being unregistered. I tried copying the older files over the new
files, but Windows would not allow that either.

Any suggestions?

Thanks again for all your assistance.

 

[Alvin Bruney]

One approach is to reboot the machine and when it comes up, try to
unregister the dll. This dll has to do with network communication by the
way - i don't see how this is related to owc (but it may be). So try to fix
it first.

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