Microsoft KB Archive/183217

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PPT97: Error Automating Viewer 97 on Computer Without Office 97

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Q183217

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

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SYMPTOMS
When using automation to control Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer on a computer that does not have Microsoft Office 97 installed, you may receive the following error message:

Error loading type library/DLL.

CAUSE
The OLB file for PowerPoint Viewer 97 has an incorrect import library (MSO97.DLL) reference. This incorrect reference makes it impossible to use the PowerPoint Viewer object model to automate the Viewer. So, to automate PowerPoint Viewer you must have the MSO97.DLL installed on the computer running the automation code.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: viewer97 pptview pptview32.exe visual basic c++ MFC type library

Keywords : kberrmsg kbusage kbdta

Issue type : kbprb

Technology : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt97 kbPowerPt97Search