Can you create an Excel instance using VBA in say Word or even Excel itself to start a second instance, eg. Sub Test Dim oXL As Object. Set oXL = CreateObject('excel.application') oXL.Visible = True Set oWB = oXL.Workbooks.Add. Regards, Peter Thornton. Solved cannot start the source application for this object - Excel Excel. I didn't have problems until I installed DWG trueview 2010. Then these Ole objects, started being named as DWG TrueView Drawings (instead of Autocad Drawing as before), and can’t be edited double clicking them. If you try to do this, a message box with the text 'Cannot start the source application for this object' pops up.
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I have an Excel workbook in which, among other objects, I want to embed a couple of PowerPoint presentation templates which I want users to be able to edit for their own uses. I used the Insert>Object>From File method and installed with the 'display as icon' choice. I get the icon and test it. It opens PowerPoint and the presentation perfectly multiple times. When I save the workbook and re-enter it, I get a 'cannot start source application' message on all of the icons. I don't get that with Word objects embedded in the same manner.
Please help,
Thank you,
Charlie Carroll
Please help,
Thank you,
Charlie Carroll
ctcarroll
Board Regular
Cannot Start The Source Application For This Object Excel
I have an Excel workbook in which, among other objects, I want to embed a couple of PowerPoint presentation templates which I want users to be able to edit for their own uses. I used the Insert>Object>From File method and installed with the 'display as icon' choice. I get the icon and test it. It opens PowerPoint and the presentation perfectly multiple times. When I save the workbook and re-enter it, I get a 'cannot start source application' message on all of the icons. I don't get that with Word objects embedded in the same manner.
Please help,
Thank you,
Charlie Carroll
Please help,
Thank you,
Charlie Carroll