Problems when try to launch word in server 2003

1 Nov 2006 8:51 PM

Edgardo

I hope I'm in the correct forum for this, as the problem is hard to categorize.

I have a VS 2005 asp.net application that invokes Word 2003 to opean and
read a word document. the aplication have <identity impersonate="true"/> .
The application works fine on my machine (Win XP SP2 and Office 2003 SP2) but
when I deploy the app to a server (Server 2003, Office 2003 SP2) everything
works fine except when I try to launch Word. The application receives the
following error:

Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID
{000209FF-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error:
80070005

I have modified the DCOM (via DCOMCNFG) to give full control for Microsoft
word document to my personals groups

The code invoking word is simply this:

Dim AplicacionWord As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application()
Dim DocWord As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document

Thanks!

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Edgardo Alvarez, Honduras

2 Nov 2006 2:20 AM

Kevin Yu [MSFT]

Hi Edgardo,

First of all, I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue. From
your description, I understand that you're currently using a server-side
automation in an ASP.NET app. The code returns an 80070005 error which
means Access denied. If there is any misunderstanding, please feel free to
let me know.

Developers can use Automation to Microsoft Office to build custom solutions
that utilize the capabilities and features that are built into the Office
product. While such programmatic development can be implemented on a client
system with relative ease, there are a number of complications that can
occur if Automation is to take place from server-side code such as Active
Server Pages (ASP), DCOM, or an NT Service.

Microsoft does not currently recommend, and does not support, Automation of
Microsoft Office applications from any unattended, non-interactive client
application or component (including ASP, DCOM, and NT Services), because
Office may exhibit unstable behavior and/or deadlock when run in this
environment.

Microsoft recommends a number of alternatives that do not require Office to
be installed server-side, and that can perform most common tasks more
efficiently and quickly than Automation

For more information about this, you can check the following KB article. It
fully explain why the server-side automation is not recommended.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];257757

If anything is unclear, please feel free to reply to the post.

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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6 Nov 2006 10:01 AM

Kevin Yu [MSFT]

Hi Edgardo,

I'd like to know if this issue has been resolved yet. Is there anything
that I can help. I'm still monitoring on it. If you have any questions,
please feel free to post them in the community.

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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