Can't Open Workbook in Excel 2016

Discussion regarding the spreadsheet functionality of Bet Angel.
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HotFXMan
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Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:42 pm

Having recently upgraded to MS Office 2016, I can no longer open Excel Workbooks (including the supplied template BetAngel_1) from within Bet Angel. I get this error:
Unable to open Excel - Unable to cast COM object of type 'Excel.ApplicationClass' to interface type 'Excel._Application'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{000208D5-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}' failed due to the following error: Interface not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8004155).
Opening the same workbook in Bet Angel on a workstation running Excel 2010 shows no problems.
Can anybody suggest what is wrong? Thanks
HotFXMan
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:42 pm

After a bit of research, I have sorted this issue out for myself.

For anybody else experiencing the same or similar problems, the cause of the failure is probably due to an Office Upgrade (in my case from Office 2013 to Office 2016) that didn't set the Registry values correctly. I resolved the problem by going to Control Panel - Programs and Features - Click on the version of Office (in my case Office 365), and then click the "Change" option at the top and going through the Repair procedure.

After that finished, I ensured that Excel 16 was the default program to open all types of spreadsheet document, and then the BetAngel Excel link worked as expected.
forumuser
Posts: 72
Joined: Sun Dec 13, 2015 6:27 pm

I was having this problem and your last post sorted this so thanks.

I am still a million miles away from using excel correctly with bet angel but at least I can open the work book now.
fjt1973
Posts: 16
Joined: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:33 am

Sorry, tried the above and still have issues.

Looks like a compatibility issue with BetAngel using Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Worksheets and Office 2016.

Any other pointers much appreciated.
RickyBoy
Posts: 3
Joined: Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:45 am

Worked for me today after upgrade to Office 365 from office 2010
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