HC91720: VBA MACRO AND VB EDITOR NO LONGER AVAILABLE. IT HAS BEEN GREYED OUT

APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible.

Error description

• VBA macro and VB editor no longer available in V5 R8 SP1. It
  has been greyed out.
  .
  Scenario:
  1. Tools->Options->General->Macros = no VBA option is there
  2. Tools->Macros = Visual Basic Editor option is greyed out
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• VBA MACRO AND VB EDITOR NO LONGER AVAILABLE. IT HAS BEEN GREYED
  OUT
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• THE PROBLEM WAS SUBMITTED ON :
      CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 8
  .
  THIS PROBLEM IS NOT REPRODUCIBLE ON :
      CATIA VERSION 5 RELEASE 9 GA level AND ON V5R8SP02
  
   REASON:
  It is a regression on V5R8 SP1 / GA and fixed in V5R8 SP2.
  The problem cause is that file CATIAAppTypeLib.tlb is no more
  found by the PATH variable."
  
   BYPASS:
  Add the directory containing CATIAAppTypeLib.tlb in the user
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CATIA V5 NT_INT

• Fixed component ID

  569151000

Applicable component levels

• R508 PSN

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