Server.CreateObject fails to create a Simplelist or Page Object (179406)

SUMMARY

After you install Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) version 4.0, when you attempt to create a Simplelist object, you receive the following error message:

Server object error 'ASP 0177:80004005'
Server.CreateObject Failed
<file name>, <line number> Unspecified Error

If you disable ASP Session cookies in either IIS 3.0 or IIS 4.0, when you create a Page object, you receive the following error message:

Server object error 'ASP 0177:80020009' Server.CreateObject Failed <file name>, <line number> A call to Server.CreateObject Failed. The requested object instance can not be created.

MORE INFORMATION

The Simplelist and Page objects are COM objects that are included with Microsoft Commerce Server 2.0. The Store Builder Wizard in Commerce Server 2.0 creates and uses the Simplelist object. The Page object is used extensively throughout Commerce Server 2.0. Note that the Page object creation error only occurs if you disabled the ASP Session cookies.The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

MSCSFIX.exe

Release Date: P1

For more information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. This fix is also available on the Microsoft anonymous FTP server:

File Name: Mscsfix.exe
Location: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/sitesrv/sitesrv-public /fixes/usa/commerce/

Note The FTP address is one path and should be typed on one line. It has been wrapped for readability. The file is a self-extracting executable.

To apply this fix, go to the Commerce Server 2.0 installation directory and use the files that you extracted from MSCSFix.exe to replace the existing files. Restart the www, FTP, and admin services or restart your computer.

The six files included in the fix are:

Commerce.dll
Mscsutil.pyc
Policy.pyc
Regsub.pyc
String.pyc
Urlib.pyc

Note It may be necessary to register the Commerce.dll file for the changes to take place. To register the Commnerce.dll file, TYPE the following command at a command prompt:

<Winnt root>\System32\Regsvr32.exe <Commerce Installation Dir>\Commerce.dll Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commerce Server version 2.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Site Server version 2.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

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