launch excel from asp.net

[Cristina]

Hi, i'm trying to launch excel from an asp.net application.
My problem is that i already install excel 2003 on the server but i
dont find excel on the list of dcom applications; do i need to do
something else?

Thanks

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Cristina" <cz*******@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hi, I'm trying to launch Excel from an ASP.NET application.
My problem is that I already install Excel 2003 on the server
but I don't find Excel on the list of DCOM applications; do I need to do
something else?

Step back a bit - what are you actually trying to do?

The absolutely last thing you should try to do is to instantiate Office
applications server-side. This is not supported at all by Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...US;q257757#kb2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/288367

I would advise you to uninstall Excel from the webserver immediately.

If you are expecting Excel to launch on the webserver, there will be nobody
there to use it...

Or are you expecting Excel to launch on the client? What if Excel isn't
installed on the client machine...?
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net