openSTAAD - getting started

Hi,

I am trying to get started with openSTAAD.I have tried in excel and the built in editor in STAAD.I get an error when trying to instantiate the open staad library. I have Staad open to a new file.

I have tried the flowing code in VBA for Excel

Sub Main()

    Set objOpenStaad = GetObject(,"StaadPro.OpenSTAAD")

End Sub

and get the following error:

Runtime error '429':

"ActiveX component can't create object"

in Staad, i have the following (default) code:

Option Explicit

    Sub Main
        Dim objOpenStaad As Object
        Dim stdFile As String

        Set objOpenStaad = GetObject(,"StaadPro.OpenSTAAD")
        objOpenStaad.GetSTAADFile stdFile, "TRUE"
        If stdFile="" Then
            MsgBox"Bad"
            Set objOpenStaad = Nothing
            Exit Sub
        End If

        MsgBox"Macro Ending"
        Set objOpenStaad = Nothing
    End Sub

I get the following error:

(10096) ActiveX Automation: no object currently active.

Any ideas why I cant get openSTAAD to work?