OWC content not displaying at all (asks for installation)

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Pavle

Hello,

We just migrated our application to another domain and now some of the
machines can't access the OWC content: it keeps on asking them to install OWC
or to upgrade their IE. The OWC version is the same on the server and on the
client machines and these clients can view other sites which use OWC so it's
as if the page doesn't properly detect their OWC.

I thought about a security problem (clients don't have sufficient rights to
access the OWC) but I thought the OWC itself lets the IIS server handle that
and since all the other pages are fine I don't see why this particular
component would be a problem. The OWC is a pivottable based on a view fro,
the DB (no Analysis services installed). Other pages using the same DB work
fine.

Any ideas are welcome

thanks a lot



Server: 2003 SP2

IIS 6.0

OWC 11.0.0.6555

SQL Server 2000 (not using analysis services)
 
A

Alvin Bruney [ASP.NET MVP]

re-register???

--

Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The O.W.C. Black Book, 2nd Edition
Exclusively on www.lulu.com/owc $19.99
 
P

Pavle

Pardon my ignorance but what do you mean by re-register? Do you mean
reinstall the component on the client when required or reinstall on the
server or do something with registry???
thanks

Alvin Bruney said:
re-register???

--

Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The O.W.C. Black Book, 2nd Edition
Exclusively on www.lulu.com/owc $19.99
-------------------------------------------------------



Pavle said:
Hello,

We just migrated our application to another domain and now some of the
machines can't access the OWC content: it keeps on asking them to install
OWC
or to upgrade their IE. The OWC version is the same on the server and on
the
client machines and these clients can view other sites which use OWC so
it's
as if the page doesn't properly detect their OWC.

I thought about a security problem (clients don't have sufficient rights
to
access the OWC) but I thought the OWC itself lets the IIS server handle
that
and since all the other pages are fine I don't see why this particular
component would be a problem. The OWC is a pivottable based on a view fro,
the DB (no Analysis services installed). Other pages using the same DB
work
fine.

Any ideas are welcome

thanks a lot



Server: 2003 SP2

IIS 6.0

OWC 11.0.0.6555

SQL Server 2000 (not using analysis services)
 
A

Alvin Bruney [ASP.NET MVP]

Yes, regsvr32 owc11.dll at a command prompt.

--

Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The O.W.C. Black Book, 2nd Edition
Exclusively on www.lulu.com/owc $19.99
-------------------------------------------------------



Pavle said:
Pardon my ignorance but what do you mean by re-register? Do you mean
reinstall the component on the client when required or reinstall on the
server or do something with registry???
thanks

Alvin Bruney said:
re-register???

--

Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The O.W.C. Black Book, 2nd Edition
Exclusively on www.lulu.com/owc $19.99
-------------------------------------------------------



Pavle said:
Hello,

We just migrated our application to another domain and now some of the
machines can't access the OWC content: it keeps on asking them to
install
OWC
or to upgrade their IE. The OWC version is the same on the server and
on
the
client machines and these clients can view other sites which use OWC so
it's
as if the page doesn't properly detect their OWC.

I thought about a security problem (clients don't have sufficient
rights
to
access the OWC) but I thought the OWC itself lets the IIS server handle
that
and since all the other pages are fine I don't see why this particular
component would be a problem. The OWC is a pivottable based on a view
fro,
the DB (no Analysis services installed). Other pages using the same DB
work
fine.

Any ideas are welcome

thanks a lot



Server: 2003 SP2

IIS 6.0

OWC 11.0.0.6555

SQL Server 2000 (not using analysis services)
 
P

Pavle

Thanks, I tried that but it doesn't seem to help. I'm confused because I
can't determine whether it is a server or a client problem. The page with the
OWC works when accessed by some machines but not from all so I first thought
the problem came from the client OWC install.
However, those clients which can't access it and get the error have no
problems accessing other sites with OWCs so it looks like their install is
fine well...
Any other ideas? Was I supposed to reregister the dll on the server, client
or both? I noticed in
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Components
on the server that there are 2 folders: 10 and 11 so I suppose two version
were installed at one point (I just started managing this server), could this
be related? Why would some clients work and not others? Could it be something
with the network?

Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer me!


Alvin Bruney said:
Yes, regsvr32 owc11.dll at a command prompt.

--

Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The O.W.C. Black Book, 2nd Edition
Exclusively on www.lulu.com/owc $19.99
-------------------------------------------------------



Pavle said:
Pardon my ignorance but what do you mean by re-register? Do you mean
reinstall the component on the client when required or reinstall on the
server or do something with registry???
thanks

Alvin Bruney said:
re-register???

--

Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The O.W.C. Black Book, 2nd Edition
Exclusively on www.lulu.com/owc $19.99
-------------------------------------------------------



Hello,

We just migrated our application to another domain and now some of the
machines can't access the OWC content: it keeps on asking them to
install
OWC
or to upgrade their IE. The OWC version is the same on the server and
on
the
client machines and these clients can view other sites which use OWC so
it's
as if the page doesn't properly detect their OWC.

I thought about a security problem (clients don't have sufficient
rights
to
access the OWC) but I thought the OWC itself lets the IIS server handle
that
and since all the other pages are fine I don't see why this particular
component would be a problem. The OWC is a pivottable based on a view
fro,
the DB (no Analysis services installed). Other pages using the same DB
work
fine.

Any ideas are welcome

thanks a lot



Server: 2003 SP2

IIS 6.0

OWC 11.0.0.6555

SQL Server 2000 (not using analysis services)
 
A

Alvin Bruney [ASP.NET MVP]

Depends on where the application is talking to the OWC. If you are using an
OWC object in code running in the code behind, you will need it registered
on the server. Otherwise, it is needed on the client. If you can see the OWC
object on at least one computer, it is not a server issue. Make sure that
the version of the OWC you are creating is the version that is installed on
the client. That should fix this issue.

--

Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The O.W.C. Black Book, 2nd Edition
Exclusively on www.lulu.com/owc $19.99
-------------------------------------------------------



Pavle said:
Thanks, I tried that but it doesn't seem to help. I'm confused because I
can't determine whether it is a server or a client problem. The page with
the
OWC works when accessed by some machines but not from all so I first
thought
the problem came from the client OWC install.
However, those clients which can't access it and get the error have no
problems accessing other sites with OWCs so it looks like their install is
fine well...
Any other ideas? Was I supposed to reregister the dll on the server,
client
or both? I noticed in
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Components
on the server that there are 2 folders: 10 and 11 so I suppose two version
were installed at one point (I just started managing this server), could
this
be related? Why would some clients work and not others? Could it be
something
with the network?

Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer me!


Alvin Bruney said:
Yes, regsvr32 owc11.dll at a command prompt.

--

Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The O.W.C. Black Book, 2nd Edition
Exclusively on www.lulu.com/owc $19.99
-------------------------------------------------------



Pavle said:
Pardon my ignorance but what do you mean by re-register? Do you mean
reinstall the component on the client when required or reinstall on the
server or do something with registry???
thanks

:

re-register???

--

Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The O.W.C. Black Book, 2nd Edition
Exclusively on www.lulu.com/owc $19.99
-------------------------------------------------------



Hello,

We just migrated our application to another domain and now some of
the
machines can't access the OWC content: it keeps on asking them to
install
OWC
or to upgrade their IE. The OWC version is the same on the server
and
on
the
client machines and these clients can view other sites which use OWC
so
it's
as if the page doesn't properly detect their OWC.

I thought about a security problem (clients don't have sufficient
rights
to
access the OWC) but I thought the OWC itself lets the IIS server
handle
that
and since all the other pages are fine I don't see why this
particular
component would be a problem. The OWC is a pivottable based on a
view
fro,
the DB (no Analysis services installed). Other pages using the same
DB
work
fine.

Any ideas are welcome

thanks a lot



Server: 2003 SP2

IIS 6.0

OWC 11.0.0.6555

SQL Server 2000 (not using analysis services)
 

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