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jklanka
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COM("Word.Application") problem

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I have MS Office 2003 Installed in My PC. Also Apache 2.x installed locally. I just trying to run a PHP script

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<?
$word = new COM("Word.Application") or die("Unable to instantiate Word");
?>
But I get the error says

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Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Failed to create COM object `Word.Application': Server execution failed ' in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\powerplate\test4.php:2 Stack trace: #0 C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\powerplate\test.php(2): com->com('Word.Applicatio...') #1 {main} thrown in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\powerplate\test4.php on line 2
Can anybody help on this please


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Ollie Saunders
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Post by Ollie Saunders »

try word.application instead of Word.Application
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Post by jklanka »

getting the same error for 'word.application' too
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Ollie Saunders
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Post by Ollie Saunders »

ok i don't know anything about COM or OLE really i just saw a lot of people using 'excel.application' in the user notes
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