Article: Q174908
Product(s): Microsoft Access Distribution Kit
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Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 01-JUL-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition
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Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.
SYMPTOMS
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On a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 workstation, if you run a custom application that
was created by using the Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools (ODE) Setup
wizard and that application includes Microsoft Graph 8.0, when you open a form
or report containing a graph, you may receive the following error message
The dynamic link library MSO97.DLL could not be found in the specified path
<'Path to Microsoft Office Directory'>; <'Path to Microsoft Windows
System Directory'>.
followed by:
The OLE object isn't registered. The object may be calling an application
that isn't installed. To register the application, reinstall it.
CAUSE
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You may have recently removed an application whose Setup program unregistered
Microsoft Graph 8.0. Running the Remove All command on any of the following
products may cause this error message:
Microsoft Access 97
Microsoft Excel 97
Microsoft PowerPoint 97
Microsoft Word 97
Microsoft Office 97
RESOLUTION
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Re-install your custom ODE application.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Office 97 Developer
Edition Tools.
MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Create a Microsoft Access database that includes a form that has a Microsoft
Graph 8.0 object.
2. Using the Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools (ODE) Setup wizard,
create a custom application that includes the database and Microsoft Graph
8.0.
3. On another computer with a clean installation of Microsoft Windows NT
Workstation 4.0, do a typical installation of Microsoft Office 97.
4. Install the custom ODE application that you created in Step 2 on the computer
that you used in step 3.
5. Run Microsoft Office 97 Setup again and do a Remove All.
6. Open the custom application and view the form containing the graph object.
Note that you receive the error messages mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.
Additional query words: Chart the dynamic link library mso97 dll could not be found in the specified path
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Keywords : kbdta
Technology : kbOfficeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbOffice97Search kbOffice97 kbOffice97DevSearch
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbbug
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