Search the list, I think Jan posted something about this a couple of weeks ago.

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From: activeperl-bounces@[...].com [mailto:activeperl-bounces@[...].com] On Behalf Of Roode,
 Eric
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:21 PM
To: activeperl@[...].com
Subject: IIS Configuration and Win32::OLE

Hello,
 
    I am not sure that this is a Perl problem, but I've been trying
everything else for two weeks, maybe someone here can help.
 
    We had a Windows 2003 server running IIS, with an AS Perl CGI
website.  Then the server crashed.  I have reinstalled the website on a
different Win2003 server, and everything works great -- except for one
thing.
 
    One CGI program is a "download spreadsheet" link.  It invokes Excel,
via OLE, and creates a chart to be downloaded.  It does not work.  When
it runs, Win32::OLE-> new fails.  Win32::OLE->LastError reports:
Win32::OLE(0.1709) error 0x80070005: "Access is denied".  The specific
call is:
 
        my $excel = Win32::OLE-> new('Excel.Application', 'Quit');

    The program runs fine from the command line, whether I run it as a
privileged user or not.  IIS itself runs as "Local System"; I haven't
figured out how to run a program at the command line as that user.  IIS
does have Excel MIME types configured.  Excel is installed on the
server, for all users.

    My *guess* is that this is some stupid simple configuration or
permission problem, but I cannot compare things to the old server,
because it's completely unusable.  I have no idea what access is being
denied, or what permission to grant to whom.  Any help is greatly
appreciated, thanks.
 

Eric J. Roode
Senior Enterprise Developer
Barrack, Rodos & Bacine
(215) 963-0600



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