Missing Microsoft Word 14.0 Object Library

[MacroScope]

I'm missing Microsoft Word 14.0 Object Library in Access 2007. Anyone know how to reinstall it?

 

[PHV]

Use late binding

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[MacroScope]

I apologize for the lousy post. I was in a panic with a system down and no apparent earthly reason for it, and was trying to find quick answers for a problem I didn't understand.

I have a large and well-established database with 20 users in Access 2007. We have a few new computers on the system that have Office 2010 pre-loaded on them.

In the middle of the afternoon I suddenly got error messages popping up that said "Can not load DLL". Things were failing left and right and I was at a loss to figure out what was going on.

I hunted around the net looking for the cause of the error message and I found several that pointed to a conflict with Office 2010. In the code window of Access 2007 I clicked Tools>References and found the following. MISSING: Microsoft Word 14.0 Object Library.

Problem was, we had only been using the 12.0 Object Library (there are quite a few mail merge documents that are generated in Access and transferred to Word), and there had never been any issue. I was unable to click off the reference to the 14.0 Library and switch back. It would not allow the change.

I was able to get things operational again by switching to another copy of the database, but it took time just to figure out up from down when an unexpected issue just develops.

I still don't understand why the call for the 14.0 library appeared, or what might cause it to reappear in the new working copy. Any assistance in fully understanding what's going on will be appreciated.

 

[SkipVought]

In the VB Editor, Tools > References... and scroll down to the appropriate Microsoft object library.

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[PHV]

Again, Use late binding

 

[MacroScope]

OK, sorry to sound stupid, but can you please explain late binding?

I scrolled down to the appropriate Object library but Access would not allow me to uncheck the 14.0. Every time I tried to save changes it would error out. That's exactly why I was having so much trouble.

 

[SkipVought]

Why would you want to UNCHECK?

If you want to use this library, it MUST be checked!

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[MacroScope]

We are using Office 2007 and Access 2007 throughout the system. It uses the Word 12.0 library.

A few computers that we've recently purchased have come pre-loaded with 2010, but I am fairly certain that all the computers have Access 2007 loaded on them and that it is the only operational system throughout the network.

My understanding is that Word 14.0 library is for Word 2010. We never had the 14.0 library installed, but only the 12.0 library.

Suddenly these errors started occurring, and I determined that it was trying to call a 14.0 library, which it said was missing.

I tried to uncheck the 14.0 and check the 12.0 in its place. That's the reason for trying to uncheck. We're not using 14.0, yet it somehow embedded itself into the code and then decided that it was "Missing".