How do I get the Application object for a running instance of InDesign Server from VBScript and C++

[Guest]

I have a running instance of InDesign Server CS6 which I launched using the following command:

"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS6 Server x64\InDesignServer.com" -port 12345

I tried running the following VBScript file to access this running instance:

Set myApp = WScript.GetObject("configuration_12345")

myApp.ConsoleOut("Foo")

Set myApp = Nothing

But I get this error (launched using 64-bit wscript.exe):

---------------------------

Windows Script Host

---------------------------

Line:          1

Char:          1

Error:          File name or class name not found during Automation operation

Code:          800A01B0

Source:           Microsoft VBScript runtime error

I also tried to access this instance using C++ COM:

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])

{

          HRESULT hr = ::CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);

          if (FAILED(hr))

          {

                    printf("COM init failed\n");

                    return 0;

          }

          IDispatch* pUnk = NULL;

          hr = ::CoGetObject(L"configuration_12345", NULL, __uuidof(IDispatch), (void**)&pUnk);

          if (SUCCEEDED(hr))

          {

                    pUnk->Release();

                    pUnk = NULL;

          }

          ::CoUninitialize();

          return 0;

}

But, CoGetObject returns 0x800401e4 (MK_E_SYNTAX).

However, if I use the "helloworld-csharp-com" sample, using "configuration_12345" as the config, it works fine. Why is it not working with VBScript and C++?

I'm running Windows 8, 64-bit, IDS CS6 8.0

[Guest]

I believe I figured out what was going wrong with my C++ program. My InDesignServer process was running with Administrator-level privileges, but my C++ program was running as at the normal privilege level. So, my C++ program was not able to see the "configuration_12345" object because it didn't have sufficient privileges to see the object. I have it working now and I no longer get errors.

Oddly, I was not able to get my VBScript to work regardless of the privilege level it was running at. But, I did find a workaround that was good enough for my purposes. If I change the first line from this:

     Set myApp = WScript.GetObject("configuration_12345")

To this:

     Set myApp = WScript.CreateObject("InDesignServer.Application")

"myApp" ends up being set to my currently running instance of InDesign Server. I don't know what happens if you have more than one instance of InDesign Server running, but, for my purposes, I'll only ever have one instance running at a time.