'com_exception'. The message filter indicated that the application is busy

[lionic]

Hi,

I seem to be getting the following exception when trying to open an Word COM Object.

 

PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Failed to create COM object `D:\\Dev\\UploadedFiles\\text resources\\Test_14.doc': The message filter indicated that the application is busy

 

Here is my code.

try{
$word = new COM("D:\\Dev\\UploadedFiles\\text resources\\Test_14.doc", null, 65001);
}catch(Exception $e){
  echo $e;
}

 

A funny thing is that when i run the above snippet from Eclipse as a "Script", it works! Only when i run it as a "Web Script" does this problem appear.

 

I'm running

Windows Vista

Apache/2.2.17 (Win32) PHP/5.3.3

Debug Build no

Thread Safety enabled

 

[Mchl]

Do you get this every time, or only once in a while?

[lionic]

It is consistently reproducible.

[lionic]

Hi,

Thanks for trying to help. I figured out the solution finally.

 

Here's what was happening before. I had installed Apache via an installer, using the admin account. This installed the Apache Monitor which by default installed an "Apache 2.2" Service in the "Services" section of Administrative Tools. So when I used to log in with my normal user account/admin user account, the apache service would start up under the "System" role.

 

Somehow this was the problem. The moment i stopped this service, and use the command prompt to start httpd, things worked out fine.

 

I still don't know why this would happen. Any ideas? Anything that i can do to avoid having to start up httpd manually?

[Mchl]

I've never come across something like this :/