interop

[Rama]

Hello,
I am using powerpoint interop in visual studio 2008 .net 3.5 to convert
files to pdf. Everything works fine in development environment, but does not
work in production or other servers. I have installed office 2007, PIA and
SaveAsPDF on the problem servers. In DCOM.config under Identity tab, i have
selected "this user" with administrator as the user. Under security tab, i
have given full rights to Admin account. Under{000C101C in DCOM, i have done
the same thing. I know that this is a permission issue and there is one other
place that has user set as Network service and I need to change that to
Administrator, but I do not recall where. Can you please point me in the
right direction.

Thank you.

 

[Norman Yuan]

What your app is? Windows services, or ASP.NET web/web services? If it is
web app/services running by IIS, then your DCOM should be configured against
the account used to run your app in IIS (default to Network Service), or
change your app running account to "administrator" (well, this would be
risky and foolish thing to do in production).

 

[Rama]

Norman,
Thank you for your response. It is ASP.Net. How do I find out which
account IIS is running under? Dumb question, but have to make sure since you
mentioned by default it runs under Network service.

Thanks.
Rama

 

[Rama]

Norman,
I understand that the iis service should not be started under
"Administrator" account, but what if one does not have the Network Service
account password?

Thanks,
Rama

 

[Rama]

Norman,
I understand that the iis service should not be started under
"Administrator" account, but what if one does not have the Network Service
account password? In order to configure DCOM/Powerpoint
slide/Identity/ThisUser, I need to set servername\NETWORK SERVICE password. I
do have the Admin password, but I do not have Network service password.

Thanks for your time,
Rama.

 

[Rama]

Norman,
I understand that the iis service should not be started under
"Administrator" account, but what if one does not have the Network Service
account password? In order to configure DCOM/Powerpoint
slide/Identity/ThisUser, I need to set servername\NETWORK SERVICE password. I
do have the Admin password, but I do not have Network service password.

Thanks for your time,
Rama.