Microsoft KB Archive/181574

= OFF98: Microsoft Excel Type Libraries for Foreign Language Macros Available in the Value Pack =

Article ID: 181574

Article Last Modified on 12/10/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q181574



SUMMARY
The Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition Value Pack includes a number of additional type libraries that are designed for use with Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition. This article explains why you may need these type libraries and how you can install them.



Why Do I Need to Install Type Libraries?
In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, such as Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0, Visual Basic for Applications macros can be written in different languages. In fact, if you use one language version of Microsoft Excel 5.0, you must write macros in the same language. For example, if you use the German version of Microsoft Excel 5.0, you must write Visual Basic macros in German.

However, in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, all Visual Basic macros are written in English. This is true regardless of the language version of Microsoft Excel that you are using. Furthermore, you cannot run macros that are written in another language in Microsoft Excel 98 unless you install a type library that supports the foreign language. You can install these type libraries by running the Value Pack Installer program, which is located in the Value Pack folder on the Microsoft Office 98 compact disc.

NOTE: These files are located in the ValuPack folder on the Microsoft Office 97 compact disc.

What Type Libraries Are Available?
Prior to installation, type libraries are stored in the following folder on the Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition compact disc:

Value Pack:Programmability:Excel:Type Libraries

After installation, type libraries are stored in one of the following folders on your hard disk:

Microsoft Office 98:Office

System Folder:Extensions:Type Libraries

The type libraries that are available are listed in the following table.   Type library                      Language     Folder -

Biblioteca de objetos de Excel   Spanish      Office Dansk Excel-Objektbibliotek      Danish       Office Deutsche Excel-Objektbibliothek  German       Office Excel 5.0-objectbibliotheek(NL)  Dutch        Office Excel English Lexicon            English      Office Excel Japanese Lexicon           Japanese     Office Excel norsk objektbibliotek      Norwegian    Office Excel svenskt objektbibliotek    Swedish      Office Lexico Portugues do Excel        Portuguese   Office Lexique francais Excel           French       Office Libreria di oggetti di Excel     Italian      Office VBA DA OLB (PowerMac)            Danish       Type Libraries VBA DBCS Converter (1.0)         Japanese     Type Libraries vba de olb (PowerMac)            German       Type Libraries vba end olb (PowerMac)           English      Type Libraries vba es olb (PowerMac)            Spanish      Type Libraries vba fr olb (PowerMac)            French       Type Libraries VBA IT OLB (PowerMac)            Italian      Type Libraries vba jp olb (PowerMac)            Japanese     Type Libraries VBA NL OLB (PowerMac)            Dutch        Type Libraries VBA NO OLB (PowerMac)            Norwegian    Type Libraries vba PTG olb (PowerMac)           Portuguese   Type Libraries VBA SV OLB (PowerMac)            Swedish      Type Libraries

How Do I Install These Type Libraries?
To install additional type libraries, follow these steps:


 * 1) Double-click the Value Pack Installer, which is located in the Value Pack folder.
 * 2) Click the arrow (>) to the left of Programmability. Then, click the arrow to the left of Excel Type Libraries.
 * 3) Click to select the check box for each set of type libraries that you want to install.
 * 4) When you are finished selecting the items that you want to install, click Install.

The type libraries are automatically installed into the correct folder' on the hard disk.

For more information, double-click the "About the Value Pack" Help file in the Value Pack folder. Click Value Pack Components, and then click Programmability.

Additional query words: OFF98 XL98

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