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kricktru08
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November 20, 2008
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An exception occurred when instantiating a Com object.

  • November 20, 2008
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I have been running some code to dynamically build a powerpoint presentation on my website. Up untill recenlty it has worked great. Now i get this error message:

The cause of this exception was that: AutomationException: 0x80080005 - Server execution failed. Note that Windows 95 does not support automatic launch of a server, it must be running already.

The error occurred in D:\inetpub\wwwroot\sageproducts 2008\education\pres2.cfm: line 22

20 : <CFOBJECT
21 : ACTION="CREATE"
22 : CLASS="PowerPoint.Application"
23 : NAME="objPPT"
24 : TYPE="COM">


can anyone tell me how to fix this error?
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BKBK
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BKBKCommunity Expert
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December 4, 2008
...i have been running this application for sometime now and all of a sudden I get the error.
That's what most people will tell you, including CF-Bill.

has anyone else run into this problem before and know of a fix?
CF-Bill apparently has. Did you apply his fix?

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kricktru08Author
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December 4, 2008
I get to the point where I am trying to add a new object but I keep getting this message and cannot proceed.

"An object named "IUSER" cannot be found. Check the selected object types and location for accuracy and ensure that you typed the object name correctly, or remove this object from the selection."

I am having trouble getting to my Users and Groups under admin interface
BKBK
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BKBKCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 21, 2008
Emulate CF-Bill's AutomationException: 0x80080005 fix for Excel, but then for Powerpoint.

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kricktru08Author
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December 3, 2008
I already have the COM enable for powerpoint. like i mention above i have been running this application for sometime now and all of a sudden I get the error. has anyone else run into this problem before and know of a fix?
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