Unfortunately, yes, I must use Excel as per my customers request. We are use
ADO.NET for most of this application, but this component must be in Excel.
D
>From: "dbg4870" <dbg4870@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: padnug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: padnug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [padnug] Re: Windows Service question
>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 01:54:02 -0000
>
>
>Are you sure you need to "start and stop Excel"? Perhaps you can
>accomplish whatever it is you are doing that for by using the
>spreadsheet as a datasource and using ADO.NET?
>
>- DG
>
>--- In padnug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Cramer" <d_m_cramer@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am fairly new to dotnet and windows services so I apologize if
>this is
> > something you all have already discussed.
> >
> > I need to start and stop Excel from a windows service. My service
>is working
> > just fine reading/writing files and other basic tasks. However,
>when the
> > excel application is created, my service tries to install Excel
>when it is
> > run as "LocalSystem". When I run it as a user with administrative
>privileges
> > an error is returned (the error says that no error was returned but
>an error
> > occurred). I am using C#, .NET 1.1 on windows 2000.
> >
> > protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
> > {
> > Excel.Application xl = new Excel.Application (); // code
>stops here,
> > excel application never created
> > // do something, exit excel, clean up
> > ...
> > }
> >
> > Is it not possible to start Excel from a Windows Service? I have
>tried
> > everything I can think of on the adminstration side, now I am
>trying to
> > solve this programmatically. I have this same code in another
>application
> > and it works just fine. The UI doesn't come up and isn't needed.
>Has anyone
> > encountered this problem or have any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>
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