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rw
Occasional Contributor
13 years ago

"The Interface is Unknown" issue reading Excel files

Hi guys. I am really stumped on this one. With this issue, it's breaking my automation. Basically, when I read in Excel files for testing, quite often TestComplete stops outright with an error ...
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AlexeyK
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
13 years ago

Hi,


It seems that something is wrong with Microsoft Excel automation. This problem is similar to the Excel automation issue discussed here:


http://www.sqaforums.com/showflat.php?Number=697954


So, try any of the following:


* Open Task Manager and terminate all the Excel processes. Check whether your script code runs successfully.


* Run TestComplete with administrator privileges. To do this, right-click the TestComplete shortcut and choose "Run as Administrator" from the context menu.