Hi,
Please direct me to an appropriate newsgroup if this is
not the right place for my question.

I installed a .NET application (servicedcomponents) in
COM+. The component is setup for object pooling (min 2,
max 5). I get the following error after making a few
calls to the COM+ component. Initial few calls are
successful. I am not sure what I need to do to prevent
this.

ExceptionType:COMException
HRESULT: -2147164124
Description:COM+ activation failed because the activation
could not be completed in the specified amount of time.

Please let me know if more information is required.

Thanks,
Vidhya

Vidha,

> Please direct me to an appropriate newsgroup if this is
> not the right place for my question.
>
> I installed a .NET application (servicedcomponents) in
> COM+. The component is setup for object pooling (min 2,
> max 5). I get the following error after making a few
> calls to the COM+ component. Initial few calls are
> successful. I am not sure what I need to do to prevent
> this.
>
> ExceptionType:COMException
> HRESULT: -2147164124
> Description:COM+ activation failed because the activation
> could not be completed in the specified amount of time.

Sounds like you're not properly releasing objects (by disposing them or
calling ServicedComponent). This is critical with pooled components, because
if you max out the number of object instances, then further activations will
wait until at least one of them is released or untilk a given timeout (which
is what's happening to you, form what it looks like).

One easy way to diagnose this is to enable events and statistics on the
component (by using the EventTrackingEnabled attribute or setting the option
in the COM+ component services MMC snapin, and then see how activations are
behaving.

--
Tomas Restrepo
(E-Mail Removed)

Tomas,
Thanks for the response.

I changed the code to release the objects. Everything is
working good now when I am using a .NET client
application running in the same machine as the server. I
still have the same issue when I try to release the
objects from a VB client. I have a VB6 client, a
small .NET remoting client serving objects to the VB
client, a publisher application on the server that
publishes the serviced component for remoting. The VB
Client uses interop to communicate to the
servicedcomponent and the .NET client that serves the
objects. The .NET client has the code to release the
serviced component. Do you see anything wrong with our
approach? Could you suggest something?

Thanks,
Vidhya
>-----Original Message-----
>Vidha,
>
>> Please direct me to an appropriate newsgroup if this is
>> not the right place for my question.
>>
>> I installed a .NET application (servicedcomponents) in
>> COM+. The component is setup for object pooling (min 2,
>> max 5). I get the following error after making a few
>> calls to the COM+ component. Initial few calls are
>> successful. I am not sure what I need to do to prevent
>> this.
>>
>> ExceptionType:COMException
>> HRESULT: -2147164124
>> Description:COM+ activation failed because the
activation
>> could not be completed in the specified amount of time.
>
>Sounds like you're not properly releasing objects (by
disposing them or
>calling ServicedComponent). This is critical with pooled
components, because
>if you max out the number of object instances, then
further activations will
>wait until at least one of them is released or untilk a
given timeout (which
>is what's happening to you, form what it looks like).
>
>One easy way to diagnose this is to enable events and
statistics on the
>component (by using the EventTrackingEnabled attribute
or setting the option
>in the COM+ component services MMC snapin, and then see
how activations are
>behaving.
>
>--
>Tomas Restrepo
>(E-Mail Removed)
>
>
>.
>

Hello,
i faced a similar problem recently. it was because i had
already made com+ service to run. to solve this i deleted
the service and ran the application again and it
reinstalled the com+ service and worked.

another possibility could be wether it is a library
activated service or a server activated service. u need to
make the right choice depending upon the kind of service u
would need.

cheers,
RedSunBeer

>-----Original Message-----
>Check the assemblies called by the serviced component. On
Windows 2000, you
>have to strongly name these assemblies and cram them into
the COM+ as well
>(or at least into the GAC).
>
>--
>Gregory A. Beamer
>MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
>Author: ADO.NET and XML: ASP.NET on the Edge
>
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>"Vidhya" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:044601c36758$0a5e21b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi,
>> Please direct me to an appropriate newsgroup if this is
>> not the right place for my question.
>>
>> I installed a .NET application (servicedcomponents) in
>> COM+. The component is setup for object pooling (min 2,
>> max 5). I get the following error after making a few
>> calls to the COM+ component. Initial few calls are
>> successful. I am not sure what I need to do to prevent
>> this.
>>
>> ExceptionType:COMException
>> HRESULT: -2147164124
>> Description:COM+ activation failed because the
activation
>> could not be completed in the specified amount of time.
>>
>> Please let me know if more information is required.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vidhya
>
>
>.
>