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.
--------------------------- Microsoft Visual Basic --------------------------- System Error &H8000FFFF (-2147418113). Catastrophic failure --------------------------- OK Help ---------------------------
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
1 comment:
I recall having an issue very similar to this. It happened when I upgraded from Office 2003 to either 2007 or 2010. I think the root cause was that Microsoft's newer security model identifies the BI Publisher add-in as suspicious, so wouldn't allow it to run. I remember going through steps similar to what you've listed.
On a related note, Office 2013 does not work with BI Publisher at all, or WebADI. Hopefully Oracle will eventually release a patch, as Office 2013 is what is shipping with new laptops these days.
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