SW 2008 on Windows Vista
SW 2008 on Windows Vista
(OP)
I have just downloaded SW2008_SP0.1 from the solidworks website and installed on my brand new machine running windows vista.
I receive the error message "Failed to initialize Visual Basic for Apps, equations and macros will not work. Are you low on disc space?"
I´ve got tonnes of disk space (40GB) free, so I am sure this is not the problem.
I´ve also tried to repair the installation and done a complete reinstall according to thread559-91133: Failed to initialise Visual Basic !!!
Does anyone have a solution?
I receive the error message "Failed to initialize Visual Basic for Apps, equations and macros will not work. Are you low on disc space?"
I´ve got tonnes of disk space (40GB) free, so I am sure this is not the problem.
I´ve also tried to repair the installation and done a complete reinstall according to thread559-91133: Failed to initialise Visual Basic !!!
Does anyone have a solution?
Joe
Composite Engineer






RE: SW 2008 on Windows Vista
x32 or x64 SW08?
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RE: SW 2008 on Windows Vista
Question: The error, "Failed to initialize Visual Basic for Apps, equations and macros will not work. Are you low on disc space?" occurs while launching SolidWorks. Why?
Answer: SolidWorks looks into a folder for visual basic (VBA) files.
That folder is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA\VBA6.
Inside the VBA6 folder, there will be a folder. The name of that folder is a number. That number is different for computers in different languages. SolidWorks looks into that folder for the VBA files, but on some computers, SolidWorks looks for the wrong number. If it can not find the files, the error below is what is displayed.
Generally this problem can occur after installing Microsoft® Office®.
To correct the problem, find the numbered folder in the VBA6 folder. Copy it. Rename it to 1033. Or repairing the Microsoft® Office® installation will help in this case. No matter what language or region, SolidWorks will always look for a 1033 folder.
RE: SW 2008 on Windows Vista
I have checked the VBA6 directory and found the folder named 1033. There is also another folder named 3082.
A repair of Microsoft Office was also completed and a system restart, but unfortunately I get the same message.
Joe
Composite Engineer
RE: SW 2008 on Windows Vista
COPY MSO9INTL.DLL from c:\program files\microsoft office\office to c:\program files\solidworks
Done!
Joe
Composite Engineer
RE: SW 2008 on Windows Vista