Useless Dynamics GP Error Messages, Episode #47

By Steve Endow

It's been quite a while since I've had to import package files into Dynamics GP, so when I got this error today when trying to import a large package file into GP 2013, it puzzled me for a few minutes.

Error:  "VBA cannot be initialized. Cannot import this package because it contains VBA components."

If you search for this error, you will likely come across a Microsoft KB article saying that this error means that your VBA install is damaged and you have to fix it.  Um, no, I don't think that's the issue, since I have three GP installs on this server, and all of the VBA customizations work fine, and I can import packages into those other GP installs.

So something else was up.

Thanks to the prolific Dynamics GP Community Forum, I found this thread from 2010 where a clever user recommended checking to see if Modifier was registered in GP.  Hmmmm.

https://community.dynamics.com/gp/f/32/p/31214/72654.aspx

Sure enough, this was a new GP 2013 R2 install, and I hadn't yet entered reg keys.  Once I entered the license keys and saved them, the package imported fine.

What a useless error message.

Steve Endow is a Microsoft MVP for Dynamics GP and a Dynamics GP Certified IT Professional in Los Angeles.  He is the owner of Precipio Services, which provides Dynamics GP integrations, customizations, and automation solutions.

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