Oracle BI Publisher Desktop Microsoft Visual Basic System Error &H8000FFFF -2147418113 Catastrophic failure

Not too sure what I changed on my laptop, possibly just installation of another product or perhaps Microsoft or similar updates, but when I went to edit a BI Publisher RTF template I got the following error message on clicking ANY button in the BI Publisher plugin for Microsoft Word.

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Microsoft Visual Basic
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System Error &H8000FFFF (-2147418113). Catastrophic failure 
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OK   Help   
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After quite a bit of researching, I found the solution, for me it was the second of the following fixes:

1. Delete the EXD files. I attempted this in the root of my C:\ and D:\ drives, but it didn't fix the error.

DEL /S /A:H /A:-H *.EXD

2. Change security setting, and then reboot Windows.

2a. For Windows 32bit:

Regsvr32 "C:\Windows\System32\MSCOMCTL.OCX"

2b. For Windows 64bit:

Regsvr32 "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSCOMCTL.OCX"

Problem solved!

Catch ya!

Gareth

This is a post from Gareth's blog at http://garethroberts.blogspot.com

References

• Oracle Note 1372194.1
• Oracle Forums Thread

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NZOUG 2013 Conference: Agenda online - register while Earlybird Pricing still here!

The New Zealand Oracle Users Group - NZOUG Conference 2013 is open for registrations and Earlybird pricing is still available! The agenda is now available.

NZOUG 2013 is being held in Wellington at the iconic Te Papa Museum on the beautiful waterfront on the 18th and 19th of March, with an additional Workshop Day on the 20th March.

The conference will see a wealth of brilliant speakers from around the world, including Tom Kyte, Graham Wood, Andrew Holdsworth, John Schiff and Nadia Bendjedou and of course top speakers from Middle Earth (NZ) as well. Tom, Andrew and Graham will be presenting their Real World Performance show, which will be a highlight of the conference.

Topics being covered cross a wide range of Oracle solutions, with tracks for Development, DBA, Cloud Computing, Oracle E-Business Suite, a full dedicated JD Edwards Day, Fusion Applications, EPM/BI, Middleware, Management, Infrastructure, Security, Hardware and Professional Development.

I'll be co-presenting one paper on utilizing the Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway, tips, tricks and a demo, not too much this time around so that I can head along to as many of the other presentations as I can. Drop me an email if you want to catch up at the conference!

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Catch ya!

Gareth

This is a post from Gareth's blog at http://garethroberts.blogspot.com

References

• NZOUG
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• NZOUG on LinkedIn