Microsoft KB Archive/176531

= XL97: Foreign Object Library Files (.olb) for Excel Available =

Article ID: 176531

Article Last Modified on 8/5/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
Foreign language object library (.olb) files are available for Microsoft Excel 97 and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications.

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download Brzolbs.exe now

Download Danolbs.exe now

Download Dutolbs.exe now

Download Finolbs.exe now

Download Frnolbs.exe now

Download Gerolbs.exe now

Download Itaolbs.exe now

Download Norolbs.exe now

Download Ptgolbs.exe now

Download Spaolbs.exe now

Download Sweolbs.exe now

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When to Distribute Microsoft Excel Object Library Files
If you create Visual Basic code in an international version (a version other than the English language version) of Microsoft Excel 5.0 or 7.0 and you want to distribute the Visual Basic application, include the packaged object library files with the application.

Note that the object library files are also necessary if you want to open an earlier version file even if the version is the same language version of Excel as the version you are using.

In Microsoft Excel 97, all Visual Basic projects are compiled in the English language. However, when you open a workbook that was created in an earlier version of Excel and the workbook contains macros that are written in any language except for English, you must install the appropriate foreign language object library.

If the code calls procedures written in multiple languages, include the object libraries for each of the languages. You should also include all workbooks and other object libraries that the application references.

Microsoft allows all registered owners of Microsoft Excel to distribute object libraries with their applications to other registered owners as necessary. In Microsoft Excel 97, the international object library files must be installed from the downloadable executable program files that are available in the Download Center. Each file is a self-extracting and self- installing program that includes both the Microsoft Excel 97 and Visual Basic for Applications object libraries.

The installation program registers the object libraries with Microsoft Windows. The names of the packaged object library files that are available from Microsoft are listed in the following table.                 Packaged         Microsoft Excel       Visual Basic for Language     library file     for Windows .olb      Applications .olb

Brazilian    BrzOLBs.exe      Xl5ptb32.olb          Vbaptb32.olb Danish       DanOLBs.exe      Xl5da32.olb           Vbada32.olb Dutch        DutOLBs.exe      Xl5nl32.olb           Vbanl32.olb Finnish      FinOLBs.exe      Xl5fi32.olb           Vbafi32.olb French       FrnOLBs.exe      Xl5fr32.olb           Vbafr32.olb German       GerOLBs.exe      Xl5de32.olb           Vbade32.olb Italian      ItaOLBs.exe      Xl5it32.olb           Vbait32.olb Norwegian    NorOLBs.exe      Xl5no32.olb           Vbano32.olb Portuguese   PtgOLBs.exe      Xl5ptg32.olb          Vbaptg32.olb Spanish      SpaOLBs.exe      Xl5es32.olb           Vbaes32.olb Swedish      SweOLBs.exe      Xl5sv32.olb           Vbasv32.olb NOTE: Although these .olb files use the same file names that .olb files for earlier versions of Microsoft Excel use, the files that are packaged for the Download Center are installed only in the Microsoft Excel 97 folder.

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