ActiveX create object error with version 15.0.1

[emphyrio]

Hello,

I have an Access vba application that drives InDesign to create a catalog by managing pages, entering text, etc. It has been working for years.

It stopped working with InDesign version 15.0.1 where I get an "ActiveX component cannot create an object" message (translated from french, it may be somewhat different in english).

The line that trigger this error is:

Set myInDesign = CreateObject("InDesign.application")

I tried to downgrade InDesign to version 15.0 and it works.

So there is obviously somthing wrong with version 15.0.1 regarding this point.

Any idea?

Thank you

Patrick

[Alo Lohrii]

With 15.0.1 installed, try targetting InDesign 2020

Set myInDesign = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.2020")

[emphyrio · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Thank you for your answer. I reinstalled 15.0.1 to try it and... it actually worked without!

So, the solution was to reinstall InDesign. I must admit I didn't try that before because I had the exact same problem on two different machines...

I keep your answer for the next erro 🙂

[Captain Reynolds]

I am getting the same "ActiveX component cannot create an object" error using a Visual Basic application with InDesign version 17.0.1. Is this still the correct syntax?

Set myInDesign = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.2020")

[Kasyan Servetsky]

No, version 17 is 2022.

Here's the solution that worked for me when I encountered this error.