FIX: VBScript Does Not Permit CreateObject or GetObject

ID: Q194843

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

VBScript displays the following error in the Developer Studio shell when you attempt to access the CreateObject or GetObject functions:

Line #: ActiveX component can't create object 'CreateObject'
However, calls to these functions sometimes succeed in certain software configurations.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed


MORE INFORMATION

The Automation Issues topic for the Microsoft Developer Studio environment in the Visual Studio 97 Environment Readme states that some VBScript objects and procedures are not supported from VBScript macros. Among the examples of unsupported constructs, it lists the CreateObject and the GetObject functions. For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q165791 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Environment Readme

Q191200 Update Available for Window.External JScript Security Issue

Some users created macros using these functions, which executed successfully on certain software configurations, but failed on others. The fix in Service Pack 3 allows these functions to operate successfully, governed by the security settings of the object they specify.

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Keywords          : kbservicepack kbide kbVC500bug kbVC600bug kbVisID100bug kbVJ100bug kbVJ110bug kbVS97bug kbVS600bug kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpDSTools 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,6.0,97; winnt:5.0,6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 19, 1999