Re: Excel function not working in ADOMD

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From: Vani Murarka (vani.murarka_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: 23 Nov 2004 22:41:12 -0800

Ok. Got the solution. It was calling the "Access denied attempting to
launch a DCOM Server using DefaultLaunchPermssion. " for the user
ASPNET in the Event Log. This user needs to be given permission for
Microsoft Excel as per the following link:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290398

and it will work fine.

Regards

Vani

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