Failed to load Excel data.

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CWhiting
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Failed to load Excel data.

Post by CWhiting » Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:21 pm

I am randomly getting this error message:
Failed to get rows from data source: Failed to load Excel data. Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {00024500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error: 80080005 Server execution failed (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80080005 (CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE)).

The Ranorex info:
Ranorex version: 9.3.4 + git.886481e5
.NET runtime version: 4.0.30319.42000

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Re: Failed to load Excel data.

Post by Fergal » Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:25 pm

If you haven't done it already, copy your Excel file to your project, as shown in number 2 below:

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CWhiting
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Re: Failed to load Excel data.

Post by CWhiting » Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:37 pm

The file is there. It occurs randomly which indicates that the necessary files exist.

The issue is a problem with the interface to Microsoft Excel. I believe it is a configuration setting in DCOMCNFG.

Searching the internet I found a reference to configuring DCOM to use interactive user for the Identity tab. I do not understand what is being changed, but thought it was worth a try.