PRB: Error Message: Class Does Not Support Automation or Expected Interface

ID: Q244493

The information in this article applies to:

Active Server Pages

SYMPTOMS

When you use Server.CreateObject or CreateObject to instantiate an object of a Visual Basic component from Active Server Pages (ASP), the following error may appear:

error '800a01ae' Class does not support Automation or does not support expected interface

CAUSE

This error occurs because the user manually copied the DLL to a computer where the Visual Basic runtime library is not located

RESOLUTION

Create a setup program for your application and deploy it to distribute all the dependent DLLs.

REFERENCES

For more additional information on how to distribute you application, please refer to the following article on the Microsoft Support site:

Package and Deployment Wizard Resources

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q178354 INFO: Dependency Files and How Setup Wizard/PDW Use Them

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbCOMt kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbGrpASP kbDSupport
Version : winnt:
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb