Dennis,
>I use the following line of code to create a DCOM object.
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>CREATEOBJECTEX( "{5A82A0A2-D1DE-11D4-BA25-400001020301}", "\\JUPITER")
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>The calling program and the DCOM Object are on the same machine.
If the calling program and the DCOM Object are on the same machine, why are you using DCOM? Just a normal CREATEOBJECT() should be sufficient, not requiring a server name.
Are you sure you mean that the calling program is running on the same machine as the COM object?