Win32::Ole (MAPI) and Win2K scheduler

[LeFevre, Ken]

I created a program using ActiveState's perl 5.8.4, compiled it using perlapp 5.3.0 and ran it on Windows 2000 Professional SP4 against Outlook 2000 SR-1 (9.0.0.3821).  It runs properly both from a command prompt and as a scheduled task.  I released it into production on Windows 2000 server SP4 using the identical version of Outlook 2000.  Again, it runs great from a command prompt.  When I run it as a scheduled task, however, it dies because it's not able to get the Outlook Application.

 

Here's the relevant code:

 

 

    Win32::OLE->Initialize(Win32::OLE::COINIT_OLEINITIALIZE); 
        die Win32::OLE->LastError(),"\n" if Win32::OLE->LastError(  );
    eval { $Outlook = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Outlook.Application') };
        die "Outlook is not installed" if $@;
    unless (defined $Outlook) {
        $Outlook = Win32::OLE->new('Outlook.Application', sub {$_[0]->Quit;});
            or die "Oops, cannot start Outlook";  <======================= dies here under Win2k srvr as a scheduled task

 

As best I can tell, Outlook is registered the same on both machines.  The same dlls exist on both.  I even set up the scheduled task to run under the same userid I used when logging on to the server to run the program from the command prompt.  My theory is that there is some sort of permissions issue or a difference in the scheduled task environment between the two versions of the Win2k OS, but I'm not succeeded at finding the problem and how to resolve it.

 

I would greatly appreciate any insight or assistance in getting this to run in the new environment.

 

Thanks,

 

Ken

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