Why you shouldn’t use Office Automation
A short note from the author:
Considerations for server-side Automation of Office
“Microsoft does not currently recommend, and does not support, Automation of Microsoft Office applications from any unattended, non-interactive client application or component (including ASP, DCOM, and NT Services), because Office may exhibit unstable behavior and/or deadlock when run in this environment.
If you are building a solution that runs in a server-side context, you should attempt wherever possible to use components that have been made safe for unattended execution, or find alternatives that allow at least a part of the code to run client-side. If you choose to use an Office application from a server-side solution, you will find that it lacks many of the necessary capabilities to run successfully, and you will be taking risks with the stability of your overall solution.”
Further incentives on quitting Office Automation would be useless.
Add comment November 8th, 2006