Vista - pshell, vista & office 2007

Hi All,

I've recently moved to Vista but one of my scripts that was using
office 2007 no longer wants to work. I was hoping someone could shed
some light on this.

I'm calling the excel application

$xl = new-object -comobject "excel.application"

Then try to add a new workbook

$xl.workbooks.add()

and get this error:

Exception calling "Add" with "0" argument(s): "Old format or invalid
type library. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80028018 (TYPE_E_INVDATAREAD))

any ideas?

Cheers,
Neil

Worked for me. I dont have office on my x64 Vista so I cant try that... are
you running x64?

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"n3llyb0y" <n3llyb0y@aol.com> wrote in message
news:2007030909483416807-n3llyb0y@aolcom...
> Hi All,
>
> I've recently moved to Vista but one of my scripts that was using office
> 2007 no longer wants to work. I was hoping someone could shed some light
> on this.
>
> I'm calling the excel application
>
> $xl = new-object -comobject "excel.application"
>
> Then try to add a new workbook
>
> $xl.workbooks.add()
>
> and get this error:
>
> Exception calling "Add" with "0" argument(s): "Old format or invalid type
> library. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80028018 (TYPE_E_INVDATAREAD))
>
> any ideas?
>
> Cheers,
> Neil
>

On 2007-03-09 14:31:12 +0000, "Brandon Shell" <tshell.mask@gmail.com> said:

> Worked for me. I dont have office on my x64 Vista so I cant try that...
> are you running x64?

No, not using x64.

So it worked on your x86 setup? I think I'll go ahead and re-install
powershell and office.

Thanks for confirming :-)

n

I've got the same error. be interested if you find a solution
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"n3llyb0y" wrote:

> On 2007-03-09 14:31:12 +0000, "Brandon Shell" <tshell.mask@gmail.com> said:
>
> > Worked for me. I dont have office on my x64 Vista so I cant try that...
> > are you running x64?
>
> No, not using x64.
>
> So it worked on your x86 setup? I think I'll go ahead and re-install
> powershell and office.
>
> Thanks for confirming :-)
>
> n
>
>

Interestingly

Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

objExcel.Visible = True
objExcel.Workbooks.Add


objExcel.Cells(1, 1)= "Computer"
objExcel.Cells(1, 2)= "OU"

works when run in vbscript
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"RichS" wrote:

> I've got the same error. be interested if you find a solution
> --
> Richard Siddaway
> Please note that all scripts are supplied "as is" and with no warranty
> Blog: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/
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>
>
> "n3llyb0y" wrote:
>
> > On 2007-03-09 14:31:12 +0000, "Brandon Shell" <tshell.mask@gmail.com> said:
> >
> > > Worked for me. I dont have office on my x64 Vista so I cant try that...
> > > are you running x64?
> >
> > No, not using x64.
> >
> > So it worked on your x86 setup? I think I'll go ahead and re-install
> > powershell and office.
> >
> > Thanks for confirming :-)
> >
> > n
> >
> >

Very Odd Rich... it works for me on two different machines. Are you using
beta Office or something? What version of office?

"RichS" <RichS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've got the same error. be interested if you find a solution
> --
> Richard Siddaway
> Please note that all scripts are supplied "as is" and with no warranty
> Blog: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/
> PowerShell User Group: http://www.get-psuguk.org.uk
>
>
> "n3llyb0y" wrote:
>
>> On 2007-03-09 14:31:12 +0000, "Brandon Shell" <tshell.mask@gmail.com>
>> said:
>>
>> > Worked for me. I dont have office on my x64 Vista so I cant try that...
>> > are you running x64?
>>
>> No, not using x64.
>>
>> So it worked on your x86 setup? I think I'll go ahead and re-install
>> powershell and office.
>>
>> Thanks for confirming :-)
>>
>> n
>>
>>

As far as I'm aware its not beta. It's a work machine so need to check on
office version. I installed powershell on top of office - wonder if that
matters.

As vbscript works OK - it suggests the interop isn't registered correctly
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"Brandon Shell" wrote:

> Very Odd Rich... it works for me on two different machines. Are you using
> beta Office or something? What version of office?
>
> "RichS" <RichS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:889BAE28-C125-4A51-AC00-C077EBF77DB2@microsoft.com...
> > I've got the same error. be interested if you find a solution
> > --
> > Richard Siddaway
> > Please note that all scripts are supplied "as is" and with no warranty
> > Blog: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/
> > PowerShell User Group: http://www.get-psuguk.org.uk
> >
> >
> > "n3llyb0y" wrote:
> >
> >> On 2007-03-09 14:31:12 +0000, "Brandon Shell" <tshell.mask@gmail.com>
> >> said:
> >>
> >> > Worked for me. I dont have office on my x64 Vista so I cant try that...
> >> > are you running x64?
> >>
> >> No, not using x64.
> >>
> >> So it worked on your x86 setup? I think I'll go ahead and re-install
> >> powershell and office.
> >>
> >> Thanks for confirming :-)
> >>
> >> n
> >>
> >>
>
>

Done a bit of digging and found this

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...68710&SiteID=1

look at the bottom posting in the thread. I'm just going to test it
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"n3llyb0y" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've recently moved to Vista but one of my scripts that was using
> office 2007 no longer wants to work. I was hoping someone could shed
> some light on this.
>
> I'm calling the excel application
>
> $xl = new-object -comobject "excel.application"
>
> Then try to add a new workbook
>
> $xl.workbooks.add()
>
> and get this error:
>
> Exception calling "Add" with "0" argument(s): "Old format or invalid
> type library. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80028018 (TYPE_E_INVDATAREAD))
>
> any ideas?
>
> Cheers,
> Neil
>
>

OK - think I've cracked it.

have a look at this KB article

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320369

The problem is the culture the machine is set to. I'm in the UK so have
en-GB - that clashes with Excel's en-US so won't work. I've chnaged all my
location info to US and it now works. $host.currentculture shows en-US

the code

$xl = New-Object -comobject "excel.application"
$xl.workbooks.add()

now works. Brandon - I think you are US based so thats why it worked.

Fix is to install MUI pack or to modify code in KB article for powershell.
Easiest is to use MUI

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"RichS" wrote:

> Done a bit of digging and found this
>
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...68710&SiteID=1
>
> look at the bottom posting in the thread. I'm just going to test it
> --
> Richard Siddaway
> Please note that all scripts are supplied "as is" and with no warranty
> Blog: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/
> PowerShell User Group: http://www.get-psuguk.org.uk
>
>
> "n3llyb0y" wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've recently moved to Vista but one of my scripts that was using
> > office 2007 no longer wants to work. I was hoping someone could shed
> > some light on this.
> >
> > I'm calling the excel application
> >
> > $xl = new-object -comobject "excel.application"
> >
> > Then try to add a new workbook
> >
> > $xl.workbooks.add()
> >
> > and get this error:
> >
> > Exception calling "Add" with "0" argument(s): "Old format or invalid
> > type library. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80028018 (TYPE_E_INVDATAREAD))
> >
> > any ideas?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Neil
> >
> >

gj Rich. See... curiosity doesn't always kill that cat.

"RichS" <RichS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2954C28A-B83A-44C7-886A-617DF431215C@microsoft.com...
> OK - think I've cracked it.
>
> have a look at this KB article
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320369
>
> The problem is the culture the machine is set to. I'm in the UK so have
> en-GB - that clashes with Excel's en-US so won't work. I've chnaged all
> my
> location info to US and it now works. $host.currentculture shows en-US
>
> the code
>
> $xl = New-Object -comobject "excel.application"
> $xl.workbooks.add()
>
> now works. Brandon - I think you are US based so thats why it worked.
>
> Fix is to install MUI pack or to modify code in KB article for powershell.
> Easiest is to use MUI
>
> --
> Richard Siddaway
> Please note that all scripts are supplied "as is" and with no warranty
> Blog: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/
> PowerShell User Group: http://www.get-psuguk.org.uk
>
>
> "RichS" wrote:
>
>> Done a bit of digging and found this
>>
>> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...68710&SiteID=1
>>
>> look at the bottom posting in the thread. I'm just going to test it
>> --
>> Richard Siddaway
>> Please note that all scripts are supplied "as is" and with no warranty
>> Blog: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/
>> PowerShell User Group: http://www.get-psuguk.org.uk
>>
>>
>> "n3llyb0y" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I've recently moved to Vista but one of my scripts that was using
>> > office 2007 no longer wants to work. I was hoping someone could shed
>> > some light on this.
>> >
>> > I'm calling the excel application
>> >
>> > $xl = new-object -comobject "excel.application"
>> >
>> > Then try to add a new workbook
>> >
>> > $xl.workbooks.add()
>> >
>> > and get this error:
>> >
>> > Exception calling "Add" with "0" argument(s): "Old format or invalid
>> > type library. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80028018 (TYPE_E_INVDATAREAD))
>> >
>> > any ideas?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Neil
>> >
>> >