When you use a locale setting other than English (United States) while installing the English version of BizTalk Server, your deployment of the Bam.xls file generates an "fnGetString" or "Old format or invalid type library" error.

Solution

Change the computer locale to English (United States) and re-run the bm deploy command at the command prompt.

To change your computer locale to English (United States)

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Regional and Language Options.
2. In the Regional and Language Options dialog, on the Regional Options tab, choose the English (United States) locale from the drop down box, and click OK.