Opening Word document in a VB2010 service

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Hi there,

I try to open a Word document in a VB2010 service. This works fine on a PC with WXP/Word2007, however it will not run on a PC with W7/Word2010.

This code returns "_document=nothing":

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_document = _word.Documents.Open(FileName:=CType(psTemplate, Object), _
 ConfirmConversions:=False, _
 ReadOnly:=True, _
 AddToRecentFiles:=False, _
 PasswordDocument:=String.Empty, _
 PasswordTemplate:=String.Empty, _
 Revert:=False, _
 WritePasswordDocument:=String.Empty, _
 WritePasswordTemplate:=String.Empty, _
 Format:=0)

Many thanks,
Gerard

Posted 27-Sep-11 7:18am

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Updated 27-Sep-11 14:52pm

walterhevedeich

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Prerak Patel · Answer 1 · 2011-09-27T17:52:00

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I don't know the exact reason, but I have faced the same issue with Office 2010.
The work around is to put some delay between application creation and document open or try opening document multiple times with some delay until it opens.
Just try it. I hope this helps.

Posted 27-Sep-11 17:52pm

Prerak Patel

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Member 8023626 28-Sep-11 3:32am

Hi Pretak,
Thanks for your reply. However for me this was not the solution. I solved it by changing the identity of the Word Component (with dcomcnfg) to "interactive user" instead of "launching user".

Gerard