You'll need to show us your code

The following for example
MsgBox ActiveWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents.Count
works fine without any extra references.

Show us the context in which you use the object, and then
we may be able to identify and resolve your issue.

Patrick Molloy
Microsoft Excel MVP

-----Original Message-----
I get this error every time The code
activeworkbook.vbproject...... is used.

i have ticked the "Microsoft Visual Basic For
Applications Extensibility 5.3". in references

can someone help
.