Re: [DFW CFUG] Problem instantiating a COM object.

[Adam Presley]

Here at work we've encountered similar issues, though in CF7. We use a few COM 
components, and one in particular just likes to disappear on occasion, 
ActivePDF. We would get an error instantiating the COM component on one of our 
web servers, but it would work fine on the others. The fix? Killing Jrun and 
letting it restart. Suddenly, it works again. No real explanation, but just 
wanted to let you know you are not alone out there.
 
Adam Presley
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----- Original Message ----
From: Chris Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List <list@list.dfwcfug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:50:56 PM
Subject: [DFW CFUG] Problem instantiating a COM object.


Hi folks,

I've got a weird one that I hope someone can help me with. I just got a call 
from a client saying that they were getting the error (I'm paraphrasing here): 
"There was a problem instantiating the COM object. AutomationException:null"


The problem happened just in the production code and not in my development 
version (both on the same machine). I then began comparing the relevant files 
between dev and production. The files were identical. I then closed the files, 
tried to reproduce the error again and now it's gone. The client isn't pulling 
my leg here, I saw the error occur too.


I don't like errors like this that are here one second and gone the next with 
no real explanation. Since my code didn't change, I'm assuming that this is 
either some CF problem which maybe I should use some try/catch logic to avoid 
it breaking -- or -- there's something up with the .dll that makes up the COM 
object that I'm using.


Any thoughts or suggestions? -- other than it's probably a bad idea to have my 
production and development code on the same machine... ;o)

-Chris

-- 
http://cjordan.us





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