Technical Support. Creating barcodes in Microsoft® Excel® is an easy task with IDAutomation products. IDAutomation offers easy-to-use, and as well as ActiveX Controls. NEW PRODUCT:. Using the Excel Barcode Add-In for Windows The Barcode Add-in is not compatible with online versions of Office 365 or with versions after Office 2013. The is the recommended solution for natively installed versions of Office 365, Office 2013 and 2016. The provides an easy method to generate barcodes in Excel for Windows, by either selecting cells or entire columns and clicking the appropriate button.
Mac users should follow the. Simply install the that is needed, select the cells to convert to barcodes and click the button. After the appropriate barcode font is installed, the applicable buttons will be available. For example, after installing the, the following buttons appear: Using the ActiveX Control After or the ActiveX Control, it may be dragged, dropped and resized in a spreadsheet.
If yes then the problem is with the update of ActiveX control patch in excel. Though you may think that the there is no need to update as excel file is working fine but this may put your data at risk.
Within Excel, choose View - Toolbars - Control Toolbox, a toolbox will appear. In the toolbox dialog, choose the more controls button:. Then, select the barcode control from the list of available ActiveX Controls. Select the control installed starting with 'IDAutomation', and then drop it on a spreadsheet. After selecting it, the control will appear in the spreadsheet similar to a graphic image, resize the plug-in as necessary.
To change the properties of the control such as barcode height and symbology type, right click on the control and choose. To link a cell to the data to be encoded in the barcode, enter the cell in the 'LinkedCell' property of the control. When finished, exit the design mode by choosing the design mode button:. To edit the properties of the control the design mode must be enabled.
If there are problems editing the properties of the control, press the design mode button to enable it. Using Barcode Fonts in Excel Self-checking barcode fonts such as may be easily used in Excel.
This implementation is cross-platform compatible with both Mac and Windows. To use fonts other than self-checking versions, refer to the,.
All self-checking barcode fonts require a start and stop character. IDAutomation's fonts can be easily generated in Excel by (1) using a formula to append the asterisks to the beginning and ending of the field and (2) selecting the font for the field. The example below creates the text for a Code 39 barcode in cell B2 from the data in cell A2. Combining Multiple Fields into a Single Barcode Tabs and returns can be added with Code 39 fonts (in ) between fields by inserting '$I' for a tab and '$M' for a return. For example, this formula encodes a tab between cells C3 and D3: =('!' ) Using Code 39 in the Excel example below enter the formula in cell E3. Creating Barcodes in an Entire Column in a Spreadsheet If a large column of data needs to be bar-coded, where copying and pasting the barcode font formula into each cell would be cumbersome, then creating barcodes in an entire column would be essential.
In this example, Code 3 of 9 barcodes are created in the Excel using the. To use fonts other than the self-checking versions such as Code 128 or Interleaved 2 of 5, refer to the,. The barcodes in column B will be created from the data in column A.
This assumes the IDAutomation Code-39 Font is installed. Enter the formula in one cell.
In this example. The formula ='.' &A2&'.'
is entered in cell B2 to append the required asterisks to data from cell A1:. Select that cell and choose Edit - Copy.
After that, highlight the entire column by selecting the gray square labeled 'B' at the top of the spreadsheet and choose Edit - Paste. The formulas may take a little time to re-calculate.
Change the data in the column to be the Code 39 barcode font. With the entire column that contains the formula highlighted, choose the IDAutomationHC39XS font. The barcodes will appear in the entire column. With the entire column that contains the formula still highlighted, choose the appropriate point size. 12 points is generally compatible with all barcode scanners. If smaller barcodes are to be scanned, IDAutomation's can read this font printed as small as 6 points.
With the entire column that contains the formula still highlighted, choose the center text option so the barcode is in the center of the field. Then, make the column wide enough so there is some white space between the beginning and ending of the barcode. To use fonts other than the self-checking versions, refer to the,. To see a list of all fonts offered, view IDAutomation's.
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I have some Excel worksheets that use ActiveX checkboxes to control certain activity. They worked recently but today started to give errors.
I was alerted to this by a colleague, but it was still working on my computer. I checked his version of Excel against mine and his was newer. I noticed there were new Windows updates, so I did the update. After I applied pending updates, it now no longer works on my computer. I cannot check the ActiveX checkboxes any longer, and, as a part of trying to debug, it appears I cannot even add an ActiveX control to any worksheet, even a new worksheet, any more.
I get an error dialog that says, 'Cannot insert object.' (I can still add form controls, just not ActiveX.) Anyone else experiencing this after a recent update? Any suggestions? Thanks, Mike. Here is the best answer that I have found on the Microsoft Excel Support Team Blog For some users, Forms Controls (FM20.dll) are no longer working as expected after installing December 2014 updates. Issues are experienced at times such as when they open files with existing VBA projects using forms controls, try to insert a forms control in to a new worksheet or run third party software that may use these components. You may received errors such as: 'Cannot insert object' 'Object library invalid or contains references to object definitions that could not be found' Additionally, you may be unable to use or change properties of an ActiveX control on a worksheet or receive an error when trying to refer to an ActiveX control as a member of a worksheet via code.
Steps to follow after the update: To resolve this issue, you must delete the cached versions of the control type libraries (extender files) on the client computer. To do this, you must search your hard disk for files that have the '.exd' file name extension and delete all the.exd files that you find. These.exd files will be re-created automatically when you use the new controls the next time that you use VBA. These extender files will be under the user's profile and may also be in other locations, such as the following:%appdata% Microsoft forms%temp% Excel8.0%temp% VBE Scripting solution: Because this problem may affect more than one machine, it is also possible to create a scripting solution to delete the EXD files and run the script as part of the logon process using a policy. The script you would need should contain the following lines and would need to be run for each USER as the.exd files are USER specific. Del%temp% vbe.exd del%temp% excel8.0.exd del%appdata% microsoft forms.exd del%appdata% microsoft local.exd del%appdata% Roaming microsoft forms.exd del%temp% word8.0.exd del%temp% PPT11.0.exd Additional step: If the steps above do not resolve your issue, another step that can be tested (see warning below):. On a fully updated machine and after removing the.exd files, open the file in Excel with edit permissions.
Open Visual Basic for Applications modify the project by adding a comment or edit of some kind to any code module Debug Compile VBAProject. Save and reopen the file.
Test for resolution. If resolved, provide this updated project to additional users. Warning: If this step resolves your issue, be aware that after deploying this updated project to the other users, these users will also need to have the updates applied on their systems and.exd files removed as well.
If this does not resolve your issue, it may be a different issue and further troubleshooting may be necessary. Microsoft is currently working on this issue. Watch the blog for updates.
I'm an Excel developer, and I definitely felt the pain when this happened. Fortunately, I was able to find a workaround by renaming the MSForms.exd files in VBA even when Excel is running, which also can fix the issue. Excel developers who need to distribute their spreadsheets can add the following VBA code to their spreadsheets to make them immune to the MS update. Place this code in any module. Advice in KB and above didn't work for me.
I discovered that if one Excel 2007 user (with or without the security update; not sure of exact circumstances that cause this) saves the file, the original error returns. I discovered that the fastest way to repair the file again is to delete all the VBA code. Then replace the VBA code (copy/paste).
Before attempting this, I delete the.EXD files first, because otherwise I get an error on open. In my case, I cannot upgrade/update all users of my Excel file in various locations. Since the problem comes back after some users save the Excel file, I am going to have to replace the ActiveX control with something else. Simplified instructions for end-users. Feel free to copy/paste the following. Here’s how to fix the problem when it comes up:.
Close all your Office programs and files. Open Windows Explorer and type%TEMP% into the address bar, then press Enter.
This will take you into the system temporary folder. Locate and delete the following folders: Excel8.0, VBE, Word8.0. Now try to use your file again, it shouldn't have any problems. You might need to wait until the problem occurs in order for this fix to work. Applying it prematurely (before the Windows Update gets installed on your system) won't help. The best source of information and updates on this issue I could find is in the TechNet Blogs » The Microsoft Excel Support Team Blog (as mentioned): On March 2015 a hotfix was released in addition to the automated fix-it and manual instructions, and it's available on Windows Update as well. The latest update and fix from Microsoft: STATUS: Update March 10, 2015: Hotfixes for this issue have been released in the March 2015 Updates for Office 2007, 2010 & 2013.
General info about the problem: For some users, Form Controls (FM20.dll) are no longer working as expected after installing MS14-082 Microsoft Office Security Updates for December 2014. Issues are experienced at times such as when they open files with existing VBA projects using forms controls, try to insert a forms control in to a new worksheet or run third party software that may use these components. You may receive errors such as: 'Cannot insert object'; 'Object library invalid or contains references to object definitions that could not be found'; 'The program used to create this object is Forms. That program is either not installed on your computer or it is not responding. To edit this object, install Forms or ensure that any dialog boxes in Forms are closed.' . Additionally, you may be unable to use or change properties of an ActiveX control on a worksheet or receive an error when trying to refer to an ActiveX control as a member of a worksheet via code.
Manual and additional solutions: Scripting solution: Because this problem may affect more than one machine, it is also possible to create a scripting solution to delete the EXD files and run the script as part of the logon process using a policy. The script you would need should contain the following lines and would need to be run for each USER as the.exd files are USER specific.
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Del%temp% vbe.exd del%temp% excel8.0.exd del%appdata% microsoft forms.exd del%appdata% microsoft local.exd del%temp% word8.0.exd del%temp% PPT11.0.exd Additional step: If the steps above do not resolve your issue, another step that can be tested (see warning below):. On a fully updated machine and after removing the.exd files, open the file in Excel with edit permissions. Open Visual Basic for Applications modify the project by adding a comment or edit of some kind to any code module Debug Compile VBAProject. Save and reopen the file.
Test for resolution. If resolved, provide this updated project to additional users. Warning: If this step resolves your issue, be aware that after deploying this updated project to the other users, these users will also need to have the updates applied on their systems and.exd files removed as well. I know many answers have already been posted for this, but neither one answer independently worked for my site. So here is what worked for me: Step 1: Uninstall the following updates - KB2920789, KB2920790, KB2920792, KB2920793, KB2984942, KB2596927 Step 2: Hide these updates so they do not get installed on subsequent reboots Step 3: Delete folder Excel8.0 from C: Users AppData Local Temp Step 4: Restart workstatiion (I would also make sure the above mentioned KBs did not inadvertently get applied).
I want to provide an answer that worked as the only thing for me (I realize that I might be the only one ever). I had in one macro that I was calling using the ribbon.
It had the following code: colStore = new Collection I wasn't aware that it throws an error so I was baffled and tried everything in here. The button just stopped working and I couldn't get it to work. When I noticed the error and corrected it to: Set colStore = new Collection It started working again. Absolutely strange if you ask me but maybe it helps someone out there who was as desperate as me.