InfoPath (2007) cannot add the event handler

[Rolf]

I have a problem that I have been working on for days. Using InfoPath and the
programming interface, I get following error when I click an any event:

InfoPath cannot add the event handler .

To work with Visual Basic or C# code, Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for
Applications (VSTA) is required. The Microsft .Net Framework2.0 and Microsoft
Core XML 6.0 must be installed prior to installing VSTA

I have .Net 2005 installed SDK 2.0 installed, InfoPath 2007 and VSTO
installed (also have xml parser 6.0 installed). I have uninstalled and
re-installed all of the above, but still get the same error. I even tried to
update the Office 2007 configuration using the control pannel, change program.

Please can anybody help or guide me in right direction???? Thank you.

 

[S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton]

I've never received this error, so cannot be of much help to you. Others
have, though, so you can try this link:
http://spsfactory.blogspot.com/2007/01/vstavsto-problem-when-installing-office_10.html

 

[Andrei Gavrila]

Hi Rolf,

Today I had the same problem and apparently there can be 2 reasons. One documented by microsoft : Your project path is too long (longer than 127 characters).

The other - Forms that end in numbers (version numbers) can cause bugs because of the way they name the VSTA projects. MyFormv1 will name the VSTA projects in the following order : MyFormv1, MyFormv11, MyFormv12, MyFormv13 (if you decide to create and remove code). If you already have a form MyFormv13 it is obvious that the pair of names (form names and project names) is going to cause a bug.

My recomendation: change the name of the form

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[Andrei Gavrila]

Hi Rolf,

Today I had the same problem and apparently there can be 2 reasons. One documented by microsoft : Your project path is too long (longer than 127 characters).

The other - Forms that end in numbers (version numbers) can cause bugs because of the way they name the VSTA projects. MyFormv1 will name the VSTA projects in the following order : MyFormv1, MyFormv11, MyFormv12, MyFormv13 (if you decide to create and remove code). If you already have a form MyFormv13 it is obvious that the pair of names (form names and project names) is going to cause a bug.

My recomendation: change the name of the form

EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
http://www.eggheadcafe.com