Microsoft KB Archive/168331

= OFF97: Office for Alpha Chip Error Vba332.DLL Could Not Be Found =

Article ID: 168331

Article Last Modified on 8/13/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * the hardware: DEC Alpha
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * the hardware: DEC Alpha

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This article was previously published under Q168331



SYMPTOMS
If you attempt to compile a macro in Microsoft Office 97 on the alpha platform that references a Visual Basic for Applications runtime function, you may receive the following error:

VBA332.DLL could not be found.



CAUSE
In the process of trying to compile a reference to a Visual Basic for Applications runtime function, the VB compiler (inside Vba332.dll) tries to demand-load Vba332.dll. When FX!32 is running, the loading of Vba332.dll fails.

The function that tries to load Vba332.dll searches the system path, the current directory, and also the currently running process. With FX!32 installed, this third search fails and the function is unable to locate the file.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Move the DLLs to a directory on the system path
Copy the Vba332.dll and Vba3en.dll files from the \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Shared folder to the \System32 folder.

Method 2: Add the Office 97 Applications to the Exception List
It is possible for native Alpha applications to incorrectly interact with Digital FX!32 and not behave as expected. If you notice this interaction, perform the following steps to disable Digital FX!32 for such applications:


 * 1) From the FX!32 Manager/Options menu, click Preferences.
 * 2) Click Advanced Preferences and move the insertion point into the box labeled, "Disable FX!32 for these applications."
 * 3) From the end of the list, press ENTER and type the name of the application, such as WinWord.exe.

This disables FX!32 for the named application. If more than one application on the computer has the same name, you can provide the specific path, including the drive and directory.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
Digital FX!32, is an x86 binary translator for the Alpha platform. It gives you the ability to run x86 Win32 applications on Windows NT 4.0 for Alpha. You can load a 32-bit x86 application on the Alpha, double-click its icon, and the application runs just as if it were running on a Pentium system.

