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Run Time Error '429': Active X component can't create object

The information in this article applies to:

Excel 97

SUMMARY

Microsoft Excel 97 may return the following error message when using DAO 3.5, if an application created with Visual Basic 5.0 that uses DAO is installed.

"Run-time error '429': ActiveX component can't create object"

CAUSE

If Microsoft Excel 97 is installed after an application created with Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 that uses DAO is installed, Excel does not add the DAO design-time licensing key. This licensing key is required by Excel, but is not required by applications created with Visual Basic.

NOTE: The same licensing key is also required and added by Visual Basic 5.0. Because Visual Basic adds the same DAO design-time licensing key required by Excel, the problem does not occur if Visual Basic is installed.

SOLUTION

Firstly try this:

from Start/Run under NT4 type:

RegSvr32 C:\progra~1\common~1\micros~1\dao\dao350.dll

If this doesn't work, to resolve this problem, add the DAO design-time licensing key to the Registry. Note that you should back up the Registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. From the Start menu, choose Run, enter "regedit", and press the ENTER key. The Registration Editor appears.



2. In the Registration Editor, browse to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LICENSES.



3. From the Edit menu, select New, then choose Key. A new registry key appears.



4. Enter "F4FC596D-DFFE-11CF-9551-00AA00A3DC45" (without quotes) as the name of the new key.



5. In the right-hand window pane, double-click on the Default entry for the key you created.



6. Enter "mbmabptebkjcdlgtjmskjwtsdhjbmkmwtrak" (without quotes) as the Value Data, and press enter.



7. If you need to update multiple PCs, create a REG file for that key by choosing 'Export Registry File' from the Registry menu. Then, copy the REG file to other PCs and double-click on it to add the key to the registry.



8. Choose Exit from the Registry menu to close the Registration Editor