Check to ensure that Word is actually installed on the machine and not Office 365 "in the cloud."
Check that you are running the 32-bit version of Word and not the 64-bit one: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/24259/beginner-discover-if-youre-running-the-32-or-64-bit-version-of-office-2010/ On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Richard Kaye <[email protected]> wrote: > Whilst I bang away at this on my own I figured I should throw it out to the > collective wisdom. I noticed recently that both CreateObject and NewObject > are failing to instantiate an object for Word 2016. GetObject works fine to > retrieve a running instance. Excel works fine. > > oo=CREATEOBJECT([word.application]) > > results in OLE error code 0x80080005: Server execution failed. > > Google fu has failed me so far. If anyone here has had success automating > Word 2016, please share your magic tricks. > > Thanks. > > -- > > rk > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4sykH-g+HaSQOYweiVTjnkxn+Hg_8=f4M7eM2Fsoy=t...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
