Problem with Serviced Component and CreateObject

[Fazzyer]

Hi all,

after long hours of testing and coding I have no more idea how to solve my current problem.

I want to write a serviced component (System.EnterpriseServices) in <Assembly: ApplicationActivation(ActivationOption.Server)> -mode, that can be used (from a simple VBS-file) with CreateObject. I thought it would be possible this way to replace the missing ActiveX-EXE functionality in .NET...

But it seems only to work for ActivationOption.Library...

Does anyone know how to access a serviced server component from a VBS-file?

Here's some code for better understanding:

Serviced component (Namespace SCTest):

Imports System.EnterpriseServices

Public Class Class1
    Inherits EnterpriseServices.ServicedComponent

    Private FText As String = "Not started"

    Public Sub New()
    End Sub

    Public Sub StartMe()
        If FText = "Not started" Then FText = "Started: " & Now.ToString
    End Sub

    Public Sub StopMe()
        FText = "Not started"
    End Sub

    Public Function GetMe() As String
        Return FText
    End Function

End Class

Add following lines to AssemblyInfo.vb from SCTest and set ComVisible to TRUE:

Imports System.EnterpriseServices
<Assembly: ApplicationActivation(ActivationOption.Server)> 
<Assembly: ApplicationName("SCTest")>

After copying the DLL to GAC (gacutil -i SCTest.dll /f) and registering with COM+ (regsvcs SCTest.dll) create new VBS-File:

set o =CreateObject("SCTest.Class1")
msgbox o.GetMe()

So, here's the bug... it always says: "Cannot create ActiveX Component".
If you change

<Assembly: ApplicationActivation(ActivationOption.Server)>

in the AssemblyInfo.vb to

<Assembly: ApplicationActivation(ActivationOption.Library)>

then it works.