To close Word, you should use:
$word->quit();
You are right, my PHPBuilder example has an error, thanks for pointing it to
me ;)
Alain
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 06:30:20PM +0100, Jeff Waldock wrote:
> Thanks for the comment, but this code was lifted from an example on
> PHPbuilder.com! The central problem is that the instance of Excel (or Word)
> does not quit following $word->Quit(); I expected that the ->Release()
> function would release the memory associated with the object, but it clearly
> doesn't function because, as you say, it is not part of the Excel or Word
> object model. In which case ... how do it destroy the object?
> Jeff Waldock
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alain Samoun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 09 September 2001 21:55
> To: Jeff Waldock
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Closing Excel using DCOM and Release()
>
>
> As it said, your COM connection is closed, in addition 'release' is not a
> member in the word object as well as in the excel object.
> Alain
>
> On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 02:20:35PM +0100, Jeff Waldock wrote:
> > I cannot seem to get PHP to recognise the Release function when tring to
> > close an instance of Excel or Word opened using DCOM.
> >
> > This is the error message returned..
> >
> > Warning: Unable to lookup release: The object invoked has disconnected
> from
> > its clients. in d:\wwwroot\studentdata\word.php on line 21
> >
> > The code on line 21 is just
> > $word->Release();
> >
> > The full code is::
> > <?php
> >
> > // starting word
> > $word = new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instanciate Word");
> > print "Loaded Word, version {$word->Version}\n";
> >
> > //bring it to front
> > $word->Visible = 1;
> >
> > //open an empty document
> > $word->Documents->Add();
> >
> > //do some weird stuff
> > $word->Selection->TypeText("This is a test...");
> > $word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("Useless test.doc");
> >
> > //closing word
> > $word->Quit();
> >
> > //free the object
> > $word->Release();
> > $word = null;
> >
> > ?>
> >
> > Where am I going wrong?
> >
> > Jeff Waldock
> >
> >
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