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Presumably you downloaded owc11.exe.<br />
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This places the files into C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Components\11<br />
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Simply click Browse above , goto this folder and select OWC11.DLL<br />
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Cheers<br />
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Dave<br />
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Presumably you downloaded owc11.exe.

This places the files into C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Components\11

Simply click Browse above , goto this folder and select OWC11.DLL

Cheers

Dave




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Yes, that is the file I downloaded. &nbsp;Unfortunately, although the OWC11.DLL file was in the folder you mentioned, the reference still shows as MISSING after selecting it.<br />

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Yes, that is the file I downloaded.  Unfortunately, although the OWC11.DLL file was in the folder you mentioned, the reference still shows as MISSING after selecting it.


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I have an excel spreadsheet containing vba. &nbsp;It is running fine in Excel 2007, but when opening it up in Excel 2003, I get a &quot;missing reference&quot; error, asking for microsoft office components 11.0 (see image). &nbsp;<br />
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Which file am I looking for (and in which folder should I search) when I manually want add this reference in the VB editor? &nbsp;I already installed the necessary file from the microsoft website.<br />
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I have an excel spreadsheet containing vba.  It is running fine in Excel 2007, but when opening it up in Excel 2003, I get a "missing reference" error, asking for microsoft office components 11.0 (see image).  

Which file am I looking for (and in which folder should I search) when I manually want add this reference in the VB editor?  I already installed the necessary file from the microsoft website.



How to add reference to MS office web components 11.0?

Microsoft Excel topics include formulas, formatting, VBA macros and user-defined functions, and everything else related to the spreadsheet user interface, including error messages.

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.