I have a a custom excel spreadsheet that works on some laptops not others.
They all have Windows XP - SP1 and Office XP - SP3.
Some laptops open the spreadsheet OK, some have a pop up box that says

MICROSOFT FORMS

Could not load an object because it is not available on this machine.

OK

If you press OK, it apperas again, if you press OK again it goes into
Microsoft Visual Basic and gives you a compile error.

Any ideas?

Do they all have the same version of Excel, or do some have an older
version? If so, rebuild under the earliest Excel version .

--

HTH

RP
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"Greg" wrote in message
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I have a a custom excel spreadsheet that works on some laptops not others.
They all have Windows XP - SP1 and Office XP - SP3.
Some laptops open the spreadsheet OK, some have a pop up box that says

MICROSOFT FORMS

Could not load an object because it is not available on this machine.

OK

If you press OK, it apperas again, if you press OK again it goes into
Microsoft Visual Basic and gives you a compile error.

Any ideas?

They all have the same version, however it was originally created on Excel
2000 (Sorry I did not include this info)


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Do they all have the same version of Excel, or do some have an older
version? If so, rebuild under the earliest Excel version .

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Greg" wrote in message
...
I have a a custom excel spreadsheet that works on some laptops not others.
They all have Windows XP - SP1 and Office XP - SP3.
Some laptops open the spreadsheet OK, some have a pop up box that says

MICROSOFT FORMS

Could not load an object because it is not available on this machine.

OK

If you press OK, it apperas again, if you press OK again it goes into
Microsoft Visual Basic and gives you a compile error.

Any ideas?

If the current version is later than Excel 2000 that will not be the
problem.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Greg" wrote in message
...
They all have the same version, however it was originally created on Excel
2000 (Sorry I did not include this info)


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Do they all have the same version of Excel, or do some have an older
version? If so, rebuild under the earliest Excel version .

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Greg" wrote in message
...
I have a a custom excel spreadsheet that works on some laptops not
others.
They all have Windows XP - SP1 and Office XP - SP3.
Some laptops open the spreadsheet OK, some have a pop up box that says

MICROSOFT FORMS

Could not load an object because it is not available on this machine.

OK

If you press OK, it apperas again, if you press OK again it goes into
Microsoft Visual Basic and gives you a compile error.

Any ideas?