Re: Closing Excel using DCOM and Release()

To close Word, you should use: $word->quit(); You are right, my PHPBuilder example has an error, thanks for pointing it to me ;) Alain On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 06:30:20PM +0100, Jeff Waldock wrote: > Thanks for the comment, but this code was lifted from an example on > PHPbuilder.com! The central problem is that the instance of Excel (or Word) > does not quit following $word->Quit(); I expected that the ->Release() > function would release the memory associated with the object, but it clearly > doesn't function because, as you say, it is not part of the Excel or Word > object model. In which case ... how do it destroy the object? > Jeff Waldock > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alain Samoun [mailto:alain@sonic.net] > Sent: 09 September 2001 21:55 > To: Jeff Waldock > Cc: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Closing Excel using DCOM and Release() > > > As it said, your COM connection is closed, in addition 'release' is not a > member in the word object as well as in the excel object. > Alain > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 02:20:35PM +0100, Jeff Waldock wrote: > > I cannot seem to get PHP to recognise the Release function when tring to > > close an instance of Excel or Word opened using DCOM. > > > > This is the error message returned.. > > > > Warning: Unable to lookup release: The object invoked has disconnected > from > > its clients. in d:\wwwroot\studentdata\word.php on line 21 > > > > The code on line 21 is just > > $word->Release(); > > > > The full code is:: > > <?php > > > > // starting word > > $word = new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instanciate > > Word"); > > print "Loaded Word, version {$word->Version}\n"; > > > > //bring it to front > > $word->Visible = 1; > > > > //open an empty document > > $word->Documents->Add(); > > > > //do some weird stuff > > $word->Selection->TypeText("This is a test..."); > > $word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("Useless test.doc"); > > > > //closing word > > $word->Quit(); > > > > //free the object > > $word->Release(); > > $word = null; > > > > ?> > > > > Where am I going wrong? > > > > Jeff Waldock > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > 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