"object unavailable on this machine" error on reinstall

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Gabrielle - 26 Feb 2007 19:48 GMT

I developed a custom form for my Outlook 2003 contacts. The form was
published correctly and I kept a copy of it in a separate folder.

This weekend I needed to "rebuild" my system because I was have some
difficulties, etc., with it and after 3 years or so of use it was time.
Anyway, after reinstalling office and republishing the form, I now receive a
Microsoft Form error that reads "Could not load an object because it is
unavailable on this machine."

If I then click OK, the form loads with the data just fine. But it happens
every time.

What am I missing?

Thanks!!

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 26 Feb 2007 20:23 GMT

Sounds like your form might have been using an ActiveX control that you didn't reinstall.

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>I developed a custom form for my Outlook 2003 contacts. The form was
> published correctly and I kept a copy of it in a separate folder.
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> Thanks!!

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Gabrielle - 26 Feb 2007 21:30 GMT

Thanks, Sue -- I was hoping you'd have an idea. Do you have a preference on
determining what ActiveX component might be missing? I'm not quite sure where
to begin here. There are a number of registry "fix" tools out there that say
they correct ActiveX errors, but I'm thinking that maybe something just
didn't get completely installed somehow.

Now that I think of it, I'm still running IE 6x ... in your opinion, should
I go ahead and update to IE7? Or better to try to figure this out in IE 6
first?

-- Gay

> Sounds like your form might have been using an ActiveX control that you didn't reinstall.
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 26 Feb 2007 21:54 GMT

The only way I know to troubleshoot a missing ActiveX control is to put the form in design mode and see if any controls are missing or look like they have problems. The IE version shouldn't make a difference.

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> Thanks, Sue -- I was hoping you'd have an idea. Do you have a preference on
> determining what ActiveX component might be missing? I'm not quite sure where
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