INFO: Required Files For The Pivot Table Wizard

ID: Q151853

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b

SUMMARY

To use the Pivot Table Wizard in Visual FoxPro for Macintosh successfully, Microsoft Excel 5.0 and Microsoft Query must be properly installed. Since Excel uses the FoxPro ODBC driver when creating the pivot table, the Q+E ODBC FoxPro Driver must be installed and a data source for FoxPro files must be setup in the ODBC Setup control panel. Excel and Microsoft Office install Microsoft Query and the ODBC files necessary to access FoxPro files using Excel and Microsoft Query. If you are doing a less-than-complete install of Excel or Office, choose the Data Access options to install Microsoft Query and the ODBC files.


MORE INFORMATION

The following three messages may be received in Visual FoxPro if a required file is missing, damaged, or is the wrong version. Under each message is information on what files may be missing or how to fix the condition that is causing the Pivot Table Wizard not to complete. The information on files is based on Microsoft Office version 4.2. Future releases of Office may cause some of this information to change.

Error Message 1

Microsoft Query has not been installed properly and is needed in order to create an Excel pivot table.
To fix this condition, make sure Microsoft Query is installed in the Microsoft folder on the Macintosh. It should be version 1.0. Reinstall Microsoft Query from the Excel or Office source disk.

Error Message 2

Failed to get Excel OLE object.
One or more of the following files may be missing or damaged. In all cases below, the Pivot Table Wizard will not even be able to load Excel. Note that Excel needs the Microsoft OLE Automation and Microsoft OLE Library just to load on its own:
  1. fxOLE30b.cfm - This file installs with Visual FoxPro and resides in the System:Extensions folder. It should be 163,604 bytes in size. No version. The Pivot Table Wizard will not make use of fxOLE30b.slm if the cfm is not available.


  2. Microsoft OLE Automation - This file installs with Visual FoxPro and is also located in the System:Extensions folder. It is version 2.06 and is 537,822 bytes in size. It is one of three OLE files installed by Visual FoxPro.


  3. Microsoft OLE Library - Another of the three OLE extensions that Visual FoxPro installs. This is also version 2.06 and is 964,784 bytes in size. The remaining OLE extension that Visual FoxPro installs, Microsoft OLE Extension, is not used by the Pivot Table Wizard and will not cause the above message if it is missing. Make sure that it is installed, however. It is version 2.07 and is 949,173 bytes in size.


  4. PPC Registration Database - This file is located in the System:Preferences folder. The number of installed applications will determine this file's size. If this file has been deleted since Excel was installed or was last run, it will cause the above message and the Pivot Table Wizard will fail. To correct this condition, start Excel to re-register it. The Pivot Table Wizard will complete if this was the only problem.


Error Message 3

An OLE automation error occurred. Your Excel pivot table may not be complete.
This message indicates that one of the ODBC components is missing or damaged. The key files to check for are listed below. Note that the ODBC files with "PPC" on the ends of their names are installed by Visual FoxPro and will not work with Excel 5.0 and the Q+E ODBC FoxPro Driver. In all cases below, Excel will start, but the pivot table will not be created. Switching back to Visual FoxPro will reveal the above message.
  1. ODBC Configuration Manager - Located in the System:Extensions folder, this should be version 1.0. It is 29,835 bytes in size. Although this file is installed by Excel or Office, it is supplied by Apple Computer, Inc.


  2. ODBC Driver Manager - Also in the System:Extensions folder. It is version 1.0 and is 51,175 bytes. An Apple Computer, Inc. file.


  3. Q+E ODBC FoxPro Driver - Located in the System:Extensions folder. This file has an Intersolv, Inc. copyright. It is version 1.2.0 and is 772,536 bytes in size. If this file is missing, the Data Source For Connection dialog will appear in Excel but there will not be an option for an ODBC driver to access FoxPro files. Choosing Cancel in the dialog will produce the above message in Visual FoxPro.

    Even if the Q+E ODBC FoxPro Driver file is installed, if no data source has been set up to use it, the Data Source For Connection dialog will not have an appropriate ODBC driver for the Pivot Table Wizard to use. Set up a data source to use the Q+E FoxPro Driver by using the ODBC Setup control panel. The ODBC setup control panel is also installed by Excel and/or Office. It is an Apple Computer, Inc. file. It is version 1.0 and is 5,888 bytes in size. The data sources that are set up in it are stored in the ODBC Preferences file found in the System:Preferences folder.

    To setup a data source for FoxPro files:
    1. Open the ODBC Setup control panel, and choose the Setup Data Sources... button.


    2. Once in the ODBC Data Sources dialog, choose the Add... button.


    3. Select the Q+E/Microsoft FoxPro Driver as the driver, and choose the OK button.


    4. Type in a Data Source Name. The other settings can be left as they appear. Choose OK.




Visual FoxPro for Macintosh has the ability to distribute run-time applications to 68K (non-PowerPC) Macintoshes. One of the options in Step 2 of the Setup Wizard is to include support for the SQL Server ODBC Driver. If a Visual FoxPro run-time application for a 68K Macintosh is installed on a PowerPC that has Excel or Office and Visual FoxPro on it, the ODBC files referred to above will be replaced with newer versions supplied by Visigenic Software, Inc. The Q+E FoxPro ODBC Driver installed by Excel or Office is a 68K driver and will work with these newer ODBC files. The relevant files, their version and size are listed below. These are the versions from Visigenic: 


   File Name                      Version             Size
   ----------------------------------------------------------------

   ODBC Setup control panel        2.1.1               94,891 bytes
   ODBC Configuration Manager      2.1.1              146,675 bytes
   ODBC Driver Manager             2.1.1               66,631 bytes


NOTE: As of Dec-09-1998, Visigenic was acquired by INPRISE, Inc.

For information about how to contact INPRISE, please query in the Knowledge Base for one or more of the following articles:
Q65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

Q60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

Q60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z


REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q124635 MXL5: Troubleshooting Microsoft Excel 5.0 for the Macintosh
Q120257 Error Messages Appear When Starting Application on PowerMac

Additional query words:

Keywords : FxinteropOle
Version : MACINTOSH:3.0b
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: February 27, 1999
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