Hi,

I'm writing an ASP.NET application and am having problems with the ActiveX component. My machine is windows XP and I can run MapPoint as a standalone application no problem. But when I try to generate anything with ASP.NET I get 'Cannot create ActiveX component.' when I try to create an object

the asp code is:

Code:

        Dim objApp As MapPoint.Application
        Dim objMap As MapPoint.Map
        Dim objLoc As MapPoint.Location
        Dim objPin() As MapPoint.Pushpin

        Dim objActive 'As Active Map

        Dim strDisplay
        Dim INI_File_Location
        Dim Temporary_Variable1
        Dim Temporary_Variable2

        Const geoFormatHTMLMap = 2
        Const geoDisplayName = 1
        Const geoDisplayBalloon = 2

        Dim PointA As String
        Dim PointB As String


        'On Error Resume Next

        PointA = txtPointA.Text '"Accrington"
        PointB = txtPointB.Text '"Oban"

        If &#40;PointA <> ""&#41; And &#40;PointB <> ""&#41; Then

            strDisplay = Request.Item&#40;"display"&#41;

            If strDisplay = "" Then strDisplay = "none"

&#91;b&#93;            objApp = CreateObject&#40;"MapPoint.Application"&#41;&#91;/b&#93;            objMap = objApp.NewMap

Thanks for any help

Mike

I had to change the security settings on the DCOM object to allow the local ASPNET account permission to activate the MapPoint control. Open up Administrator Tools > Component Services and look for the 2 MapPoint objects under the DCOM.