Re: Oracle Client breaks c# interop?

a95johjo_at_hotmail.com wrote:

> Hi
> I've a problem with an application that recently started to produce
> strange behaviour with interop. I'm automating Word and Adobe
> Illustrator through C# and it has worked fine for a long time. However,
> since some time it only works when running SQL Server as the database.
> When I connect the application throgh Oracle 9 client it crashes with a
> "Access denied" message. The crashing row is Word.Application app =
> new Word.ApplicationClass() and obviously this has nothing to do with
> Oracle, but since it works when running SQL Server????
> 1. I use OraOleDb provider to connect c# to oracle.
> 2. It works fine on another computer.
> 3. It worked fine on this computer for 1.5 years.
> 4. Everyone has access to Oracle files (since that is an issue with
> Oracle Client).
> 5. I've been able to get the error on a Windows 2000 Server as well.
> This computer is Windows XP SP2. I've run FileMon and RegMon with no
> leading results.
>
> Any ideas???? Reinstall everything? Call Bill and complain?

I'd try posting your question in the
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.interop newsgroup.

IOW, I don't think it's an Oracle problem per se. Good Luck.

-Walt Received on Thu May 26 2005 - 12:12:31 CDT