Microsoft Visual Basic Error (Blank)

Symptom

While using the Reporting Intelligence Excel add-in with Excel 2007, you receive a Microsoft Visual Basic error dialog box that is blank.

when:

• opening a new Excel Workbook
• selecting another option from the Office Button in Excel 2007
• choosing "Customize" from the Excel Options menu.

Cause

This is a known issue when using Excel 2007 with add-Ins which have their own ribbon (e.g. Reporting Intelligence).  Excel will display a blank Visual Basic error dialog box when a new window is opened at the same time that Excel is trying to update the ribbon in the background.

Resolution

Select OK on the error, and a new workbook will open without further problems.  You may be prompted to click OK more than once.

A possible workaround to avoid this error is to make sure the Reporting Intelligence ribbon is not active when selecting a menu item from the Office Button.  Adding frequently used menu options to the Quick Access Toolbar may also help avoid this error message.