error 3005 occured at automation open using ActiveX richtext box

[NIDave]

Hopefully someone can help...  I'm trying to create an ActiveX richtext box to display a test script that I'm developing to the user in the event that they want to troubleshoot the UUT.  The program works fine on my development machine both as a VI and as an executable however on the target machine I get an error.  The error is "Error 3005 occured at automation open.  Object specified is not creatable in XXX.vi" 

I figured it was a microsoft thing and made sure both machines are at Windows XP Service pack 2.  I also downloaded the richtx32.cab file from microsoft and extracted it on the target machine figuring it may be missing the richtext activeX controls.  Nothing seems to work. 

Can anyone provide any help

[JLS · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Have you registered the ActiveX control or server you're accesssing on the target machine?  Here are instructions on how to do so:

How Do I Manually Register Type Libraries, ActiveX Controls, and ActiveX Servers?

I know that error 3005 can occur if you have selected a non-creatable object, which I suspect can occur for multiple reasons.  Not having the object, not having it registered, or perhaps having a different version may all be causes.

Does this help?

Best Regards,

JLS

[NIDave]

So I just tested it and you're a genius!

I hadn't done that, in fact I never knew how, so thanks for that information, I'll keep a copy of that page in my references.

Thanks so much, it works flawlessly.  I searched microsoft's site for about an hour and never uncovered that.

[JLS]

Awesome!

I have not always found what I am looking for at msdn.com either - I suppose that's a problem every site tries to tackle.  Anyway, if it's even "somewhat" NI-related, give our knowledgebase and/or ni.com a try.

Of course, the forums are also great 😉

Best Regards,

JLS 

[drewsali]

I'm getting the same error listed above as I attempt to open the automation refnum for the activeX Excel.FormatCondition. I'm not sure if I have to register anything as suggested above (I'm using other activeX calls such as Excel._Application, Excel._Workbook, and Excel._Worksheet without error) but if I do need to register something I don't know what.

Andrew

[TinoMK]

Hi all,

I am having the same problem trying to use Automation Open on a tlb and getting the same 3005 error.

I am using Vista Ultimate 64 bit OS but working with 32bit Labview. I can not find the regtlib.exe on my machine to do the register.

Any idea?

Thanks,

[TinoMK]

In the mean time I've successfully registered the type lib using regtlib.exe but still getting the error.

Thanks,

[Monroe]

I get the same error if I try to open a 64 bit application (Microsoft Word or AutoCAD) using the 32 bit version of LabVIEW. Is it impossible to open up a 64 bit application using ActiveX with a 32 bit version of LabVIEW? 

[Scott_A]

Often 64 bit datatypes in ActiveX won't work in LabVIEW 32 bit.  Did the above solution work for you or did it still result in this error?