XL97: "Run-Time Error '32813'" When Creating Reference to the Solver Add-in

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that creates a reference to the Solver add-in, you may receive the following error message:

Run-time error '32813':
Name conflicts with existing module, project, or object library

CAUSE

This will happen if the following are true:

• You are using the Application object for the VBE and ActiveVBProject properties to add the reference to the Solver add-in.


-and-


• You are opening the Solver add-in workbook.

WORKAROUND

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 Sub auto_open()

   Dim solverpath As String

   ' Get the path to the Solver add-in.
   solverpath = Application.LibraryPath & "\solver\solver.xla"

   ' Create a reference to the Solver add-in
   ThisWorkbook.VBProject.References.AddFromFile solverpath

 End Sub 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.

REFERENCES

For more information about using references, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type references, click Search, and then click to view "Set a Reference to a Type Library."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords : kbdta KbVBA
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb