DCOM Question with VB.NET [resolved]

I have the following in a .NET winform:

VB Code:

Try
 
            Dim objExcelApp As Object
 
 
            Dim lsIP As String = "192.168.1.194" 'IP of the other machin
 
            objExcelApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application", lsIP)
 
        Catch OBJEX As Exception
 
            Dim lsErrStr As String
 
            lsErrStr = OBJEX.Message
 
            MsgBox(lsErrStr)
 
        End Try

The error message I get is:

Quote:

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Cannot create ActiveX component

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A bit of searching told me that the computer I'm trying to create the COM object on has to be "configured". Also, the word DCOMCNFG.EXE was thrown in there.

Can someone explain to me what I need to do on the remote machine with DCOMCNFG.EXE?

This is all you need. Take a deep breath and dig in.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...highlight=DCOM

Thanks for the link, I'm glad to know I was on the right path.

Be ye warned: XP SP2 severely hampers (breaks) the operation of DCOM.