Microsoft KB Archive/246896

= PRB: Error "No Such Interface Supported" in Visual InterDev =

Article ID: 246896

Article Last Modified on 4/22/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q246896



SYMPTOMS
When you select Add Data Connection or Add Data Command in Visual InterDev, you may see the following error message:

Title: Microsoft Development Environment

Text: "No such interface supported"

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System Error &H80004002 (-2147467262)

No Such Interface Supported



CAUSE
The error message is generic and has several causes. They are listed in the "Resolution" section of this article from most common to least common. Step 1 resolves most cases. Ensure that all Visual Studio products are first closed.



RESOLUTION
 Re-register the required files:

To register a file, click Start, click Run, and then type the following text:

regsvr32 " "

For example:

regsvr32 "c:\program files\visual studio\common\ide\ide98\viddbpkg.dll"

 Regenerate the Visual InterDev/Microsoft Visual J++ cached command menus by deleting the following file:

Visual studio\Common\Ide\Ide98\Resources\1033\Vsmenu.ctm

 Apply the most current Visual Studio service pack, which can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio. Install the latest version of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), which can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/dataaccess. For additional information for a bad version of Comcat.dll, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

183370 PRB: System Error 'No Such Interface Supported'

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MORE INFORMATION
Following are other required files (non self-registering) that need to be present:


 * Program files\Common files\Designer\Deext.tlb (DE extensibility)
 * Program files\Common files\Designer\Resources\1033\Msdeui.dll (DE InterDev design-time resource)
 * Visual studio\Common\Ide\Ide98\Resources\1033\Viddbui.dll (DataProject/DataView resources)
 * Visual studio\VintDev98\Bin\Resources\1033\Vidwebui.dll (WebProject resources)

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