"object unavailable on this machine" error on reinstall

[Gabrielle]

I developed a custom form for my Outlook 2003 contacts. The form was
published correctly and I kept a copy of it in a separate folder.

This weekend I needed to "rebuild" my system because I was have some
difficulties, etc., with it and after 3 years or so of use it was time.
Anyway, after reinstalling office and republishing the form, I now receive a
Microsoft Form error that reads "Could not load an object because it is
unavailable on this machine."

If I then click OK, the form loads with the data just fine. But it happens
every time.

What am I missing?

Thanks!!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Sounds like your form might have been using an ActiveX control that you didn't reinstall.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Gabrielle]

Thanks, Sue -- I was hoping you'd have an idea. Do you have a preference on
determining what ActiveX component might be missing? I'm not quite sure where
to begin here. There are a number of registry "fix" tools out there that say
they correct ActiveX errors, but I'm thinking that maybe something just
didn't get completely installed somehow.

Now that I think of it, I'm still running IE 6x ... in your opinion, should
I go ahead and update to IE7? Or better to try to figure this out in IE 6
first?

-- Gay

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The only way I know to troubleshoot a missing ActiveX control is to put the form in design mode and see if any controls are missing or look like they have problems. The IE version shouldn't make a difference.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers