CreateObject("Word.Application") - doesn't work?

[albie101]

Hi all,

I am having a problem where I am trying to open a word application from an asp page. I have the following code:

dim wordDoc
set wordDoc = CreateObject("Word.Application&quot
wordDoc.Visible = true
wordDoc.Documents.Open("test.doc&quot

but it dies on the createobject call with the error:
Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01AD)
ActiveX component can't create object: 'Word.Application'

Does anyone know why this occurs and how I can fix it?

Thanks
Em

 

[jitter]

If this is an asp page and you are running it server side you will want to include the keyword server.

set wordDoc = Server.CreateObject("Word.Application&quot

Hope this solves your problems.....

 

[albie101]

thanks - I tried that though and got "invalid progid" error. Any other ideas?

Em

 

[CodeFish]

You also have to make sure that the "Word" object library is installed on the server and it is the correct version to which test.doc was created in.

i.e. if "test.doc" was created in Word 2000 Then you will have to have Word 2000 object Library(9.0) installed on the server not 8.0

Don't know whether this helps, but I've had a similar problem in the past.

Regards,

Codefish

 

[albie101]

thanks - i will give it a go!

Em