Checklist: VBA Editor does not start neither wizards

Checklist: VBA Editor does not start neither wizards

Time estimate:    15 minutes

Please go through all the points in the following checklist. If necessary, confirm with IT Department any information you cannot verify before contacting your local COPA-DATA Representative.
  1. Check if zenWorkspace.vba is write protected.
  2. Check in zenon configuration file (path: %CD_SYSTEM%zenon6.ini) if VBA is enabled ([VBA] EIN=1).
  3. Antivirus scanner or other cyber security or group policy is not blocking VBA.
  4. In the Engineering Studio, "Windows CE project" is not enabled in the project General properties.
    5. VBA is disabled in Windows CE projects.
  5. zenon Operator does not support VBA.
  6. It is possible to create a project in Engineering Studio.
  7. Visual Basic for Applications installation is corrupted so that other applications like Microsoft Office cannot open VBA Editor or execute VBA code
    1. Check if VBA is correctly installed.
    2. Try to reinstall Visual Basic for Applications.
If the problem persists after completing this checklist and followed corrective actions, please contact your local COPA-DATA Representative providing a SIC-Reduced Report from the target computer(s) and the result of this checklist – please include any additional information or comments related with the points addressed you find relevant.
System Information Collector is a standalone COPA-DATA application that collects relevant data about the Operating System and zenon Software Platform for troubleshooting purposes. SIC is installed with zenon and can be started from zenon Startup Tool (Tools).


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