Error in Infrastructure Manager: NimList OCX Error creating CNimPackageEditor Ocx

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

The following error has occurred when using Infrastructure Manager:

NimList CNimListCtrl - OnDownloadMsg: Error creating CNimPackageEditor Ocx 

 

This may occur when trying to view alarms, or downloading probes into the Web Archive, or opening certain probe GUIs.

Environment

• DX UIM - any version
• Windows 7, 2012, 2016, 2019
• Infrastructure Manager thick client

Resolution

Try a reinstall/uninstall-reinstall of IM.

Note any errors regarding missing or unregistered .dlls. For example:

Not all ocx\dll files are registered properly. The file(s): C:\Program Files (x86)\Nimsoft\lib\NimCfgLib.ocxC:\Program Files(x86)\Nimsoft\lib\NimPackageEditor.ocx

or on download attempts:

CNimListCtrl - OnDownloadMsg:Error creating CNimPackageEditor Ocx

If install/reinstall doesn't work then you may need to install:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package x86

 

(note: You MUST install the x86 version even if you already have installed the x64 version!)