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ActiveX component can't create object error, when running ClearQuest script

Troubleshooting


Problem

This technote explains how to resolve an error, "ActiveX component can't create object". This can occur when using the IBM Rational ClearQuest API to create a session object.

Symptom

You have VBscript code that uses the ClearQuest API to create a session object. More information on this activity is located in the Getting a Session object topic of the ClearQuest Information Center. When running the script, you receive this runtime error:


    ActiveX component can't create object: <object name>
[{"Product":{"code":"SSSH5A","label":"Rational ClearQuest"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"API","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"7.1;7.1.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]

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Document Information

More support for:
Rational ClearQuest

Software version:
7.1, 7.1.1

Operating system(s):
Windows

Document number:
396019

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21398771

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