Issue
When restoring an AVEVA Plant SCADA (Citect) project which has used the Microsoft Forms 2.0 Active X as part of the graphics pages and popups - while upgrading, the graphics builder will generate errors for the missing Active X objects. This is due to the Microsoft Forms 2.0 no longer being installed as part of Office or Windows OS.
Microsoft Forms 2.0 has become difficult to find and install, which makes moving away from Microsoft Forms to a suitable alternative difficult as you no longer can test to the original functionality.
Resolution
This solution should only be used for discovering the functionality of the Pages and popups that are using Microsoft Forms 2.0 and upgrading them to more suitable technology. It cannot be used on a live running system.
It is still possible to download a product called ActiveX Control Pad, which is a tool that makes it easier to add ActiveX controls to the HTML of a web page. You can no longer use the tool, however, as part of the setup it installs Microsoft Forms 2.0.
This Knowledge Base Article includes the Setup file called setuppad.exe or it can be downloaded from
Once setuppad.exe has been downloaded right-click > Properties > Compatibility and tick ‘Run this program in compatibility Mode’.
Microsoft Forms 2.0 will now be installed and available to use within the Graphics builder
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