Err Msg: Application Object Error 'ASP 0197 : 80004005' Disallowed Object Use

ID: Q194397

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you try to use an application variable to create an application-level object of MSWC.BrowserType, the following error is returned:

Application object error 'ASP 0197 : 80004005'
Disallowed object use
/<path>/<filename>.asp, line <line #>
Cannot add object with apartment model behavior to the application
intrinsic object

CAUSE

This error occurs because the MSWC.BrowserType object is set for apartment threading, which is not allowed for application-level objects.

This behavior is by design.

In actual practice, it is a bad idea to create an application-level variable for the MSWC.BrowserType object because this object is shared by all sessions, and each session may be using a separate browser.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, create all global MSWC.BrowserType objects with a session scope as follows:


   <%Set Session("BT")= Server.CreateObject("MSWC.BrowserType")%>

Keywords :
Version : WINNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug