Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - Posts

Getting ”automation server can’t create object” errors in Visual Studio .NET after installing XP Service Pack 2?

After installing the Windows XP Service Pack 2 I got an “automation server can’t create object” error when adding a class, or other item, to an existing project and when using the “new project” wizard in Visual Studio .NET. The cause for this problem was that the service pack had corrupted the Windows Script component. To resolve the problem I reinstalled Microsoft Windows Script 5.6 and everything is now ay-okay.

posted Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:45 PM by anoras

VB.NETs inconsequent syntax

I’m currently doing a project for a customer whose programming language of choice is Visual Basic .NET. I personally belong to the C# religion and I find the VB syntax a bit inconsequent. For example ElseIf is written without a space while End If should have a space. Strange, isn’t it? Does anyone know how this has come to be?

posted Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:31 AM by anoras