I am trying to run a simple program to open an Excel file (work in placing data in it later) I can get it to run via the command line, but I need it to run through a browser, by that I mean, I need the user to run a script and it open the users Excel (not the servers). I try the basic code but I get the following error(s) on the browser: 

Win32::OLE(0.1401) error 0x80080005: "Server execution failed" at D:\D
+WH_web\CGI_BIN2\testing\test_excel.pl line 7
Can't call method "Workbooks" on unblessed reference at D:\DWH_web\CGI
+_BIN2\testing\test_excel.pl line 11.

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and the following on the server log (Win2K): 

Detection of product '{00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}', feature
+ 'EXCELFiles', component '{CC29E96F-7BC2-11D1-A921-00A0C91E2AA2}' fai
+led 
Detection of product '{00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}', feature
+ 'EXCELFiles' failed during request for component '{CC29E96F-7BC2-11D
+1-A921-00A0C91E2AA2}' 
Failed to connect to server. Error: 0x80004001

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Any help and/or ideas would be great, solutions would be better ;-)

Thanks in advance

John

In reply to Win32::OLE and CGI ? by jwherbold

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