Re: Does COM require a particular dll?

Check your process list, you have probably several php word processes running. Clean it up and start again, see what happen... Alain On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 01:58:34PM -0500, Asendorf, John wrote: > Sorry, getting lazy in my posts... sorry. I'm using php 4.0.4-dev as CGI on > NT4 with IIS4 and Word 9 (2000) > > ----- > > The errors are: > > Warning: Invoke() failed: No description available in > D:\serverroot\is\website\test_center\testCOM.php on line 31 > > Line 31 is: $word->Documents->Add(); > > Warning: Invoke() failed: Exception occurred. in > D:\serverroot\is\website\test_center\testCOM.php on line 40 > > Line 40 is: $word->Selection->TypeText("This is a test..."); > > ------ > > I DO get this output though... (before the errors of course) > > Loaded Word, version 9.0 > Version using Com_get(): 9.0 > > ------ > > Here's the code, it should be identical to the example minus the echo > comments... > > #Instantiate the Word component. > > $word = new COM("Word.Application") or die("Unable to instantiate Word"); > > #Get and print its version > > print "Loaded Word, version {$word->Version}<BR>"; > > #Another way to get the version using com_get > > $testversion = com_get($word->application,version); > > print "Version using Com_get(): $testversion <BR>"; > > #Make it visible in a window > > $word -> Visible = 1; > echo "Made Word visible<br />"; > > #Open a new document > > $word->Documents->Add(); > > #Write something > > $word->Selection->TypeText("This is a test..."); > echo "typed text<br />"; > > #Now save the document > > $word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("Useless.doc"); > echo "Saved<br />"; > > #Comment next line if you want to see the word document, > #then close word manually > > $word -> Quit(); > echo "Should have quit word"; > #Comment if you want to see the word document, then close > > > ?> > > --------------------- > John Asendorf - jasendorf@lcounty.com > Web Applications Developer > http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY! > Licking County, Ohio, USA > 740-349-3631 > > The benefit to the government of replacing all $1 Federal Reserve notes with > $1 coins would be $522.2 million per year, according to estimates of the > General Accouting Office released on April 7, 2000. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alain Samoun [mailto:alain@sonic.net] > > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 1:43 PM > > To: Asendorf, John; Php-Windows (E-mail) > > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Does COM require a particular dll? > > > > > > John: > > Tell us how you know it's broken? what is the error message? > > Which windows are you using, which server? > > Alain > > > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 01:12:55PM -0500, Asendorf, John wrote: > > > I was working with the COM example by Alain from phpbuilder > > about a month > > > ago then moved to some other projects. The example worked > > well for me then. > > > Since then, we have had a vendor install their web enabling > > end of their > > > backend product and now the example is broken. I know they > > replaced some of > > > my OLE DLLs when they installed their product, but I don't > > know if PHP needs > > > or expects particular versions to work correctly. > > > > > > Anyone? > > > > > > --------------------- > > > John Asendorf - jasendorf@lcounty.com > > > Web Applications Developer > > > http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY! > > > Licking County, Ohio, USA > > > 740-349-3631 > > > > > > The benefit to the government of replacing all $1 Federal > > Reserve notes with > > > $1 coins would be $522.2 million per year, according to > > estimates of the > > > General Accouting Office released on April 7, 2000. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >