Microsoft KB Archive/244493

= PRB: Error Message: Class Does Not Support Automation or Expected Interface =

Article ID: 244493

Article Last Modified on 7/25/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Active Server Pages 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q244493



SYMPTOMS
When you use Server.CreateObject or CreateObject to instantiate an object of a Visual Basic component from Active Server Pages (ASP), the following error message may appear:

error '800a01ae' Class does not support Automation or does not support expected interface



CAUSE
This error occurs because the user manually copied the DLL to a computer where the Visual Basic runtime library is not located



RESOLUTION
Create a setup program for your application and deploy it to distribute all the dependent DLLs.

