The message filter indicated that the application is busy

[Andrew Cushen]

Hi,

I'm not sure about using ASP.NET, but in VB6/VBA you would
put the line

Set oWordApplication = Nothing

after the line with oWordApplication.Quit(). Perhaps there
is something similar you can do with ASP.NET? This is a
very common question among beginning VBA/VB6 developers.

If you didn't know, NORMAL.DOT is the global template
which all Word docs are based on. The fact that you can't
delete it indicates, as you surmised, that Word is still
open. This is confirmed by the fact that you see
Winword.exe in the Task Manager.


HTH,

-Andrew
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-----Original Message-----
Hi,
I'm trying to write an ASP.NET page using VS.NET 2003, Office 2003, Win 2000
but I keep gettin this error:
"The message filter indicated that the application is busy" this is the code.
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Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,

ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

Dim oWordApplication As Word.Application
Dim oDoc As Word.Document
Dim strTemp As String
oWordApplication = New Word.Application
oDoc = oWordApplication.Documents.Add
oDoc.Activate()
oWordApplication.Selection.TypeText("Hi This My First Test Document")
oWordApplication.Selection.TypeParagraph()
oWordApplication.Selection.TypeText("Please resd

the following lines carefully!")

oWordApplication.Selection.TypeParagraph()
oWordApplication.Selection.TypeText("Continue reading on the next page...")
oWordApplication.Selection.TypeParagraph()
oDoc.SaveAs ("E:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SampleWebApp\WebQA\MyFirstDoc1.doc")
oDoc.Close()
oWordApplication.Quit()
Label2.Text = " Word Doc is saved..."
End Sub
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This error only occurs on the second time click on line

oDoc.Activate() line, I also tried all of the followings
but still the same problem.

A- I noticed after the error the Winword.exe process

still running on the task manager and I cannot kill it.

B- I also tired a simpler version of the code create a

oWordApp object and oWordApp.Quit() the same issue I think
ASP cannot quit the process.

C- I tried the same code on a Windows Form and it worked.
D- I tried to increase the TerminateTime = infinite on

Machine.Config file of the .NET framework configuration
but still the same issue.

E- I assigned Admin rights to ASPNET user but the same Issue.
F- I also noticed a file Normal.dot created after the

error on my system drive (E:\Normal.dot) which I cannot
delete it says "File in use"