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Hello everybody! Here is some helpful advice for people attempting to use COM with Microsoft MapPoint 2006 or 2009 with PHP. If you are using apache, it MUST be running under the same credentials as a desktop user that has already installed/run mappoint or modifiy the service and select the "Allow Service to Interact with Desktop" option. Otherwise, it won't work due to the EULA popup having to be accepted. Mappoint 2004 works just fine, this only applies to 2006 and 2009. For troubleshooting, the error that appears in the System event viewer is: The server {31851F82-AFE6-11D2-A3C9-00C04F72F340} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout. The error generated by PHP, if you happen to get lucky and let the COM() function timeout by cranking up set_time_limit() timeout is: <?php set_time_limit(1000) ; $mapoint = new COM("MapPoint.Application") or die("Unable to instantiate Mappoint COM object"); ?> Generates: Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Failed to create COM object `MapPoint.Application': Server execution failed ' in [somefile.php]:9 Stack trace: #0 [somefile.php](9): com->com('MapPoint.Applic...') #1 {main} thrown in [somefile.php] on line 9 Also, if you have multiple versions of MapPoint installed, you will need to run: c:\path\to\mappoint\MapPoint.exe /registerserver (using the correct folder path) to select the right version of the com object to use. Gooood luck! ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 97.81.100.17 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.com.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/91161 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91161/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91161/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91161/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91161/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91161/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91161/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91161 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/91161 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php