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591 Tony - January 31, 2002

Hi.. I am having a problem with Map Point Application object from ASP. I tried Set objMPApp = CreateObject("MapPoint.Application") But it fails with a message "ActiveX component can't create object: 'MapPoint.Application'". Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. Thanks, Tony

Answer:

Is MapPoint installed on the web server you are executing the ASP page on? If so, is it the same version referenced in your COM object ("Microsoft MapPoint 9.0 Object Library" for MapPoint 2002). The message sounds like it can't find the MapPoint library.

It is my duty to also inform you that if you are planning to make this functionality available via the Internet, you will be violating the MapPoint license agreement. The only way that you could use ASP with MapPoint without violating the license would be if each person who could access the ASP pages via an intranet also had full licenses of MapPoint for their local machines. In that case, why not just use the ActiveX control or create a COM add-in?

Functionality that requires a web interface will be allowed and supported in a much smaller memory footprint through Microsoft's MapPoint.NET web service. They are just launching the beta. Check out: http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/net/

- Walt Cygan

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