PRB: Server.CreateObject Fails When You Use an MSWC or IISSample Component

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This article was previously published under Q249290

SYMPTOMS

When you run Active Server Pages (ASP) or an HTML page using an IISSample or MSWC component, the following error message may occur:

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3'
Server.CreateObject Failed.

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CAUSE

This error message occurs when the Internet Information Server (IIS) Resource Kit components are not installed or when the DLL associated with the component is not registered correctly.

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To resolve this issue, install the IIS Resource Kit components. The DLL automatically registers when the IIS Resource Kit components are installed.

The IIS Resource Kit components are also available from the following MSDN Subscription Web page:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/default.aspx (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/default.aspx)

If the IIS Resource Kit is installed and you receive the "Server.CreateObject Failed" error message, perform the following steps:

Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
Click Edit, and then click Find and search to locate the ProgID of the object you are trying to create (For example, "MSWC.Tools" for Tools). The ProgID is located in the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{64D9163F-BA0F-11D0-979C-00A0C908612D}\PROGID.
Open the InprocServer32 folder located in the registry key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{64D9163F-BA0F-11D0-979C-00A0C908612D},
and locate the path and name of the DLL that is listed as the default value.
Click Start, click Run, and then type the following:
Regsvr32 <pathtodll>\<dllname.dll>.
Click Start, click Run, and then type the following:
Regsvr32 <<I>DLLName.dll</I>>
Run the ASP page.

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MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

The following code example generates the "Server.CreateObject Failed" error message when the IIS Resource Kit Component is not installed:

set MyVar= server.createobject("MSWC.Tools")

When you create the components in the following table using the Server.CreateObject on an ASP page, the "Server.CreateObject Failed" error message occurs:

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Class Name	Component	DLL or associated file	Support
IISSample.Asp2Htm	Asp2Htm	Msjava.dll, Asp2htm.class	Not officially supported by Microsoft
Baxtab.baxtab	Backstab	Backstab.dll	Supported
No Class Specified	Calendar	Calendar.inc	Supported
AMHTML.Application	Collaboration	None	Supported
IISSample.ContentRotator	Content Rotator	Controt.dll	Not officially supported by Microsoft
MSWC.Counters	Counters	Counters.dll	Supported
IISSample.htmlTbl	HTML Table	Msjava.dll, Htmltbl.class, Context.class	Not officially supported by Microsoft
Mcs.loadbalancer	Load Balancer	Loadbal.dll	Supported
IISSample.PageCounter	Page Counter	Pagecnt.dll	Not officially supported by Microsoft
IISSample.PermissionChecker	Permission Checker	Permchk.dll	Not officially supported by Microsoft
IISSample.RegistryAccess	Registry Access	Reg.dll	Not officially supported by Microsoft
MSWC.Status	Status	Status.dll	Supported
IISSample.SummaryInfos	Summary Info	Suminfo.dll	Not officially supported by Microsoft
MSWC.Tools	Tools	Tools.dll	Supported
IISSample.Tracer	Tracer	Tracer.dll	Supported