I installed BI Publisher Desktop on my PC but while trying to get the Add In to show up in the Word Ribbon I inadvertently removed the BI Publisher entry from the COMS Add In page within Word. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the desktop a couple of times but cannot get the BI Publisher Add-in to show up again under Word Options > Add-ins > COM Add-ins so that I can enable it. Start > Oracle BI Publisher Desktop > Enable or Disable Template Builder doesn't help, nor does Start > Oracle BI Publisher Desktop > Set Template Builder Language. I have also uninstalled & reinstalled Java, that hasn't solved the problem.
1. Open Microsoft Word and Navigate -> File -> Options -> Add-Ins.
2. On the same page you will see function Manage : COM -add-ins, click GO button.
3. Add and enable TBMenus2007 if not already listed.
4. Save the changes and confirm Microsoft Word now displays the Add-In.
Thanks for your response. The problem is that once I've completed steps 1 and 2, there is no TBmenu or BI Publisher item available to enable. If I select the Add button and navigate to the C:\Program Files (x86) > Oracle or C:\Program Files (x86) > Oracle USA folders there are plenty of .dll files available but all that I try to select give me a "not a valid Office Add-in" message. Using the File Explorer search function, there are no files found that start with "TBmenu".
Hello, I had same problem and the reason is I installed wrong BI publisher version. I am on 64 bit windows but installed 32 bit BI publisher version. When I installed latest 64 bit version, the problem is resolved.
When I installed BIP 12.2.1.4 the menus were missing in MS Word (2007), with BIP 11.1.1.9 the issue was the same until I installed TBMenusSetup. Then I leave TBMenusSetup and uninstalled BIP 11g and installed BIP12c, now I can see the menus.
I can't believe how gullible I must be to think that Oracle will actually create an installer that works for this product. For YEARS, my friends, across many releases, this has been an issue. I've faced it in 11g, 12, and now Oracle Analytics Publisher.
I've office 365 install in my system (64 bit) and my OS is windows 10 Enterprise(64 bit). I've downloaded bi publisher desktop from this location and installed 64 bit version of it using Administrator access.
After installing I can't see any Ribbon 'Bi Publisher' in my Word application. Also, I can't see this add-in in File->Options->Add-in window. I checked all options (Active/Inactive/COM Add-in/Disable Items) but this addin is not there at all.
but when I'm trying to run this, it throws an error "Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove program on the Control Panel'
I had the same issue, solved by unistalling (C:\Program Files\Oracle\BI Publisher\BI Publisher Desktop\DotNetInstallFiles\TBAddInSetup.msi) in order to install (C:\Program Files\Oracle\BI Publisher\BI Publisher Desktop\DotNetInstallFiles\TBAddInSetup64.msi).
I ran into the same issue. I have separate accounts for development work and administration. I installed with the admin login but the add-in would not run under my developer credentials. Apparently Oracle expects you to only run Word under the same admin-enabled account that was used to install the software. My Desktop Support department had to grant admin to my dev account, install and then drop the admin permissions. So now it's installed and runs under Dev, but the Preview function throws a Java error.
If you are not an administrator on your pc, probably an admin user installed the Add-in. If so, with your user logged in, run: C:\Program Files\Oracle\BI Publisher\BI Publisher Desktop\DotNetInstallFiles\TBAddUser.exe
I'm having problems installing BI Publisher for Desktop 11.1.1.9.0 32bit(11g) on Win7 64 bit system (Office 2013). Previously I successfully installed it but there was no add-on visible in Office, so tried with 64 bit version but with no luck. After that I've uninstalled it but now it keeps giving me these errors, "INSTALL DIR get falied!" and "TBMenusSetup.msi!"
download bi publisher desktop and do a fresh install.if you are not getting the add on then go to Microsoft office icon-->word option-->add ins-->then check in manage drop down(disabled items).If its Bi Publisher then click on that.You will get this in MS word.
-bi-publisher-desktop-on-64-bit-windows-with-32-bit-office/Personally, until next time, not sure what worked, as above step I did earlier with no resolution.But, I have been installing, troubleshooting BIP Desktop for few years and each time it is broken, fix do not exist and there are threads which leads to absolutely nothing. This time around, O365 was rolled out to Pilot Users and yes BIP toolbar gone. Uninstalled O365, re-installed Office 2010, repair/remove/reinstall - none worked. Ran MS Debug/ Sysinternals - Procmon/ProcessXP - found leak threads but nothing to suggest which components is missing or corrupted. Finally, I started running all msi and pre-req sw in BIP dir and DotNetInstallFiles, and it did come back the elusive toolbar, which MS Word fails to load or kept in Inactive add-ins.
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