Article ID: 249843
Article Last Modified on 11/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
- Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Academic Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Edition
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition
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SYMPTOMS
You can run Setup Wizard in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, or you can run Package and Deployment Wizard in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to create a setup package for an application that automates Microsoft Office. When you do this, you may notice that one or more of the following files may be added to your Setup program:
Excel8.olb Msacc8.olb Mso9.dll Msoutl9.olb Msword9.olb Excel9.olb Msacc9.olb Mso97.dll Msppt8.olb Xl5en32.olb Graph8.olb Msbdr8.olb Msoutl8.olb Msppt9.olb Graph9.olb Msbdr9.olb Msoutl85.olb Msword8.olb Msacc.olb Graph.olb Mso.dll Msppt.olb Msword.olb Excel.exe Msoutl.olb Fm20.dll Vbe6ext.olb
Visual Studio .NET may add these files to your setup package if you have a reference set to them in the current project. However, these files are not redistributable and must not be deployed to a system that already has Microsoft Office 97, Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003 installed.
MORE INFORMATION
Applications that automate Microsoft Office do not need to redistribute any of the files listed in the previous section.
Visual Studio .NET developers who are building a Setup package for an application or for a component that automates Office must be aware of the following items:
- The Package and Deployment Wizard does not recognize the *.olb file extension as a type library and incorrectly assumes it to be a binary executable. However, an .olb file (like a TLB) contains type information only. It is used to provide binding information to Visual Basic at compile time and does not need to be redistributed. The implementation of the type information (that is, the code) is in the Office executable itself.
- The type library for the Microsoft Office Object library is stored inside Mso.dll (or Mso9.dll, or Mso97.dll), which the wizard recognizes as a valid dependency. However, the MSO library is not redistributable, and should not be included in your setup. The correct version of the library (including any service packs) has already been installed on the client system by Office setup. Clients are discouraged from installing another copy, which can inadvertently effect Office functionality.
These files must be excluded from your setup package. The client system is supposed to already have the correct files when Office is installed.
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