ActiveX Permission Denied Error from Sch Task

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CSundquist - 20 May 2005 15:36 GMT

I have a VB app that I am trying to launch by way of scheduled task. The app
references an ActiveX exe and fails when I try to create an instance of this
object. I receive Error #70 Permission Denied. I only receive the error
when I try to launch the app by scheduled task.

I can log on to the machine with the account I have setup to run the
scheduled task as and manually execute the application without error. Only
when I try to launch the application by way of scheduled task do I recieve
the permission denied error.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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Ken Halter - 20 May 2005 16:41 GMT

>I have a VB app that I am trying to launch by way of scheduled task. The
>app
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> Does anyone have any ideas?

The only thing I can suggest is that you add error trapping to help locate
the line of code that's raising the error. When you find that, post back
with as many details as you can share so we can help find a "fix"

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CSundquist - 20 May 2005 19:23 GMT

My code reads like this:

Dim objArchive As Archive.Lookup

On Error Goto ErrorHandler

LogEvent "Creating Lookup Object..."
Set objArchive = New Archive.Lookup
LogEvent "Finished Creating Lookup Object."

LogEvent is a procedure I added to log what was going on...My app never gets
to "Finished Creating Lookup Object." Instead I get Error #70 Permission
denied.

I have been successful launching the application from the scheduled task
using the sysadmin account. (Which is not desirable...). I have tried
adding the account I am using for the scheduled task to the local admin group
on the server and running it that way, with no success.

The exe, the ActiveX exe I am referencing, and the scheduled task are all on
the same server.

> >I have a VB app that I am trying to launch by way of scheduled task. The
> >app
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> the line of code that's raising the error. When you find that, post back
> with as many details as you can share so we can help find a "fix"

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Tony Proctor - 22 May 2005 11:17 GMT

Try using dcomcnfg.exe to set the permissions on the ActiveX EXE, e.g. make
it run under a specific account (different to that of the scheduled task)

Tony Proctor

> My code reads like this:
>
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> > the line of code that's raising the error. When you find that, post back
> > with as many details as you can share so we can help find a "fix"

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CSundquist - 24 May 2005 15:02 GMT

Setting permissions in DCom worked. The account I was using to launch the
scheduled task had permissions to launch the ActiveX exe but did not have
permissions to access it (not sure why it was setup this way...).

Thanks.

> Try using dcomcnfg.exe to set the permissions on the ActiveX EXE, e.g. make
> it run under a specific account (different to that of the scheduled task)
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> http://classicvb.org/petition
> > > Please keep all discussions in the groups..

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ActiveX Permission Denied Error from Sch Task