OFF98: Error Displaying UserForm that Contains Image Control

ID: Q183084

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to display a UserForm in a Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition program, you may receive one or more of the following error messages:

   Unable to create embedded object

    -or-

   Run-time error '31032':

   Unable to create embedded object

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

• The UserForm was created in a Microsoft Office 97 for Windows program.

      -and-
  

• The picture contained in the Image control uses the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) file format or the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) file format.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OFF98

Keywords          : xlvbainfo xlvbmigrate 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

Last Reviewed: April 25, 1998