Well, perhaps you misunderstood my suggestion. What I mean is that
can still use an Excel spreadsheet, but you don't necessarily have to
use automation to manipulate it. You can update the spreadsheet file
by treating it as a datasource and using ADO.NET. Anyways...Good Luck!
- DG
--- In padnug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Cramer" <d_m_cramer@xxxx> wrote:
> 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@xxxx>
> >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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