Missing microsoft.office.interop.powerpoint.dll

[Abhishek]

Hi,

I have a code that runs automaticaly for PowerPoint files and does some
processing.
Everything was working fine till yesterday when suddenly the program
stoppede working. After a lot of investigation I figured out that the
microsoft.office.interop.powerpoint.dll was missing on the server. I
uploaded it from my box to the server. Though it uploaded properly it did not
show up on the server.
Then I zipped the file and then uploaded it. When I unzipped the file on the
server the file did not get extracted where as if I see the contents of the
zip file, the microsoft.office.interop.powerpoint.dll exists on the server.
I tried searching on the server for microsoft.office.interop.powerpoint.dll,
and found that it was missing from all the locations where it should have
been but existed in all the zip files that were present on the server.

Haev anyone faced a similar issue. Its very important and urgent, since this
has resulted in total shutdown as far as I am concerned.

Pls help.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?QWJoaXNoZWs=?=,

What's actually missing is probably the Powerpoint PIA in the GAC. Managed code
never works directly with an Office DLL file, it requires an Interop Assembly.
Office usually installs this in the GAC.

Sometimes, especially if you're programming against Office 2000, TlbImp.exe will
generate a set of IAs. These need to be distributed with your solution, and
placed in the same folder as your solution.

I have a code that runs automaticaly for PowerPoint files and does some
processing.
Everything was working fine till yesterday when suddenly the program
stoppede working. After a lot of investigation I figured out that the
microsoft.office.interop.powerpoint.dll was missing on the server. I
uploaded it from my box to the server. Though it uploaded properly it did not
show up on the server.
Then I zipped the file and then uploaded it. When I unzipped the file on the
server the file did not get extracted where as if I see the contents of the
zip file, the microsoft.office.interop.powerpoint.dll exists on the server.
I tried searching on the server for microsoft.office.interop.powerpoint.dll,
and found that it was missing from all the locations where it should have
been but existed in all the zip files that were present on the server.

Haev anyone faced a similar issue. Its very important and urgent, since this
has resulted in total shutdown as far as I am concerned.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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