Installing the ODBClink ribbon
Overview
ODBClink requires an Excel ribbon to be installed. This ribbon is required and provides advanced functionality to Excel.
On some machine, the ribbon may fail to load causes by various issues. The purpose of this article is to resolve this issues.
Install the .net Framework 4.0
The .net Framework 4.0 must be installed in order for the ribbon to run.
Check your .Net Framework version
You can download it from the following link.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17718
Update the Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime must be installed in order for the ribbon to run. You can download it from the following link.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48217
Configure Microsoft Visual Studio ClickOnce Trust Prompts
Microsoft Visual Studio ClickOnce Trust Prompts control whether code using the .net Framework can be launched or not.
See Configure Microsoft Visual Studio ClickOnce Trust Prompts for more information.