Excel Add-Ins do not work with MS Office 2003.

Excel Add-Ins do not work with MS Office 2003.

First, please note that this solution only applies to products that come with an Excel Add-In. If your software does not have an Excel Add-In (i.e ChemDraw Std or Pro, etc.), this tech note will not help.

Starting with our 9.0 release, our Excel Add-Ins are now supported under Microsoft Office 2003.

The 8.0 version of our software was developed before MS Office 2003, so our installer will not install our Add-Ins to this version of MS Office. It is possible to get the ChemDraw for Excel and the ChemSAR for Excel Add-Ins working, but CombiChem for Excel and Purchasing for Excel are not compatible with MS Office 2003.

Note that the ChemSAR Add-In will only work in this solution if you have a qualifying product: ChemOffice Ultra, Pro or Chem3D Ultra.

For 8.0 users:

To get ChemDraw and ChemSAR for Excel working with MS Office 2003, download the following file:

ftp://ftp.camsoft.com/support/outgoing/win/msofxp03xlas.zip

1. After this file downloads, double click on it to unzip the contents.
2. Move the unzipped c3dxl.xla and cfxl.xla to the C:\Program Files\MicroSoft Office\Office11\Library folder.
3. Move cfxllib8.dll and chemSAR8.dll to C:\Program Files\MicroSoft Office\Office11 folder (to be at the same level as the Excel .exe).
4. Launch Excel, check the Trust VB sources checkboxes so they are both checked(located in Tools, Macro, Security under the Trusted Sources tab).
5. Add the Add-Ins (Tools menu, Add-Ins) and start working.

For 7.0 users

Download the following file:

ftp://ftp.camsoft.com/support/outgoing/win/70addins.EXE

After it downloads, double click on it to unzip the contents. Make sure no MS Office applications, particularly Excel, are running. Place the contents of the "DLLs" folder in the C:\Program Files\ChemOffice2002\Common\DLLs folder (move Cfxllib.dll and ChemSAR.dll to this folder). Next, place the contents of the unzipped XLAs folder in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Library folder. Next, move the entire unzipped xlcombi folder (no jus the contents but the folder and the contents) to the C:\Program Files\ChemOffice2002\ChemFinder\system folder. If at any time you get a message that the files or folder already exists, replace them with the unzipped ones. Launch Excel, check the Trust VB sources checkboxes so they are both checked(located in Tools, Macros, Security under the Trusted Sources tab, and add the Add-Ins (Tools menu, Add-Ins) and start working.