From other forums, I have learned that it is due to the MS Update and that a good fix is to simply delete the file MSForms.exd from any Temp subfolder in the user’s profile. For instance: C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Excel8.0\MSForms.exd C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\MSForms.exd C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Word8.0\MSForms.exd Of course the application (Excel, Word…) must be closed in order to delete this file.
The correct method is to register your custom URL Protocol in windows registry as follows: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl] @=”Description here” “URL Protocol”=”” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl\shell\open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl\shell\open\command] @=”\”C:\\Path To Your EXE\\ExeName.exe\” \”%1\”” Once the above keys and values are added, from the web page, just call “customurl:\\parameter1=xxx¶meter2=xxx” . You will receive the entire url as the argument in exe, …
Google is full of information on this. As Hans Passant said, Form controls are built in to Excel whereas ActiveX controls are loaded separately. Generally you’ll use Forms controls, they’re simpler. ActiveX controls allow for more flexible design and should be used when the job just can’t be done with a basic Forms control. Many …
From other forums, I have learned that it is due to the MS Update and that a good fix is to simply delete the file MSForms.exd from any Temp subfolder in the user’s profile. For instance: C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Excel8.0\MSForms.exd C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\MSForms.exd C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Word8.0\MSForms.exd Of course the application (Excel, Word…) must be closed in order to delete this file.