Setting Excel or Word Options for Windows Stations

This section explains the steps to take when you are executing Microsoft Excel or Word components on SIMULIA Execution Engine Windows Stations.

When you have concurrent Excel jobs executing on SIMULIA Execution Engine stations running in service mode, the stations can fail because the cache overflow or the idle timeout limits are exceeded. You may see the following errors:

  • com.engineous.sdk.exception.SDKException:Error loading Add-ins
  • Maximum execution time exceeded for component

To prevent the job from failing, you must complete all the steps in this section. It is important to restart the computer after you complete all the steps.


In this section:

Configuring the Excel Properties and Component
Configuring station.properties Values
Replacing a Process Level Token
Verifying that the Desktop Folder Exists
Configuring the Excel or Word Macro Security Settings
Disabling Excel Add-ins
Editing the Registry
Editing User Account Controls
Creating an Environment Variable