ACC97: "No Object in This Control" Inserting Web Browser Control

• Microsoft Access 97

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

In Microsoft Access 97, when you insert the Web Browser Control on a form, and you are using a computer that has Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 installed, you may receive the following error message when you try to display the control:

   There is no object in this control.

   Run-time error '438'

   Object doesn't support this property or method

CAUSE

The file, Shdocvw.dll (version 4.701.300), is replaced with a newer version that is installed with Internet Explorer 4.0. Microsoft Access 97 does not recognize the newer version (4.71.1712.5) of the control.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 97. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Run the Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Setup program to install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 on a computer that has the Web Browser control.

   NOTE: This control can be found on the Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition compact disc in the ValuPack folder.

2. In Microsoft Access 97, open a new database and create a new form in Design view.

3. On the Insert menu, click ActiveX Control, and in the Insert ActiveX Control dialog box, select the Microsoft Web Browser Control from the list. Click OK.

4. In the property box for the ActiveX control, in the Name row, type "WbControl" (without the quotation marks).

5. In the form's Load event, type the following procedure:

         Private Sub Form_Load()
   

            Me!WbControl.Navigate "http://www.microsoft.com"
   
         End Sub
   
   

6. Close the form module.

7. Switch the form to Form view. Note that you receive the error message described in the "Symptoms" section.