Access denied

[srinivas]

hi,
i'm trying to create an instance of outlook application from my ASP.NET(VB.NET)
application.I added the Microsoft Outlook Library 10.0
It's giving the error 'Access Denied'
I created '{machinename}\ASPNET user and gave the write permissions to the user.

Can anyone help me...

Thanks in advance

 

[Aaron Margosis [MS]]

Microsoft Office applications are not supported when started server-side
like that. They are intended to be used on an interactive user desktop.
They have not been designed for the kind of scenario you describe.

What exactly do you need Outlook to do? There may well be another way to do
it without trying to start Outlook.exe.

-- Aaron

 

[dotnet]

Thanks Aaron,

Basically i want to develop an intranet application where the user who
logs onto the intranet application shoulde be able to access the
Calendar info of the outlook that was installed on that particular
PC(where the user logged in).

I want to know whether this is possible in the web scenario.

Regards

Srinivas

 

[Aaron Margosis [MS]]

"on that particular PC" meaning the client machine where the browser is
running, or the server machine where the ASP .NET application is running?

If you just want to display the client's Outlook information in a web page,
you can use Outlook's ActiveX controls within the page - it's all rendered
on the client.

 

[dotnet]

"on that particular PC" means the machine where the browser is running
...not the server machine.but can i update the calendar info of outlook
from my ASP.NET application??


Thanks
Srinivas

 

[Aaron Margosis [MS]]

Yes, you can use an Outlook component in the web page - parts of Office can
appear within a web page. It is rendered entirely on the client machine,
and the client communicates directly with Exchange (or other provider).

Another option is to use or incorporate Outlook Web Access (Exchange).

For further information, you should try an Office/Outlook newsgroup - it's
no longer a security question...