Windows error 0x80020005, -2147352571

Detailed Error Information

DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH^[1]

Message	Type mismatch.
Declared in	winerror.h

HRESULT analysis^[2]

Flags	Severity	Failure
	Reserved (R)	false
	Origin	Microsoft
	NTSTATUS	false
	Reserved (X)	false
Facility	Code	2 (0x002)
	Name	FACILITY_DISPATCH^[2]^[1]
	Description	The source of the error code is a COM Dispatch.^[2]^[1]
Error Code		5 (0x0005)

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I would like to extract some Information out of Visio shapes using vb.net. Therefore I think shape.getFormulas is the best opportunity. By executing this line I get the error: > Type mismatch. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020005 (DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH)) (I read in other posts that there might be a problem if SID_SRCStream [...] read more

vb.net

binding

visio

Changing Local Admin Password Using Encrypted Password.txt

I'm trying to update a local admin account password. I don't want to pass the password in plain text, so i found a workflow (https://www.pdq.com/blog/secure-password-with-powershell-encrypting-credentials-part-2/) that will allow me to encrypt PW's. #Change password for TestAccount $User = 'TestAccount' $PasswordFile = "$PsScriptRoot\Password.txt" $KeyFile = "$PsScriptRoot\AES.key" $key = Get-Content $KeyFile $MyCredential [...] read more

windows

powershell

encryption

powershell-4.0

How to assign a value to BSTR in C#

As part of a legacy automation, we try to assign "c:\temp" to a COM object's property. var host = engine.Session.Hosts.Item[HostName]; host.TemporaryDirectory = TemporaryDirectoryPath; During the run, we saw a COMException - "Type mismatch...0x80020005..." It seems that the property is in typeof BSTR and have a default value "50". Can you [...] read more

.net

automation

comexception

bstr

How can vb.NET app pass Object array to COM OPC server expecting Variant array

I am using Visual Studio 2012 .NET 4.0 I have been tasked with moving an application from one system to another. Due to some hardcoded sever refences in the original I have been forced to revise some of the source which is probably vb6 (zero comments in the source). Visual [...] read more

vb.net

type mismatch when running Access.Application.DoCmd through Powershell

I'm having an issue with my code. I am hoping to use PowerShell to open an Access file, then export a table to an Excel file. so far, this is my code. $MsAccess = New-object -com Access.Application $MsAccess.OpenCurrentDatabase('<Filepath>',$false) $MsAccess.Application.DoCmd.OpenTable("<TableName>") $MsAccess.Application.DoCmd.OutputTo('acOutputTable, "<TableName>" , acFormatXLS , "OutputName.xls", true') $MsAccess.CloseCurrentDatabase() $MsAccess.Quit() It will [...] read more

excel

vba

powershell

ms-access

com

Add arguments (variables) when calling a -ComClient from Powershell

I am quite new dealing with COM libraries and so on and I have step into a problem that I don't know how to solve. I have a code in Python using a library that I would like to transform into Powershell. So I have a COM library I want [...] read more

python

powershell

com

Excel Interop Error On Workbook Open

I got an error when trying to open excel workbook: var workbook = Workbooks.Open(filePath) After that every time I've got: > Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020005 (DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH) What is interesting, when im using Thread.Sleep(2000) before "Open" function everything is working correctly: Thread.Sleep(2000); var workbook = Workbooks.Open(filePath) Code is running on main [...] read more

excel

office-interop

VB.net program falling foul of InteropServices.COMException Bug

I have a VB.net program that I wrote and have used hundreds of times. Whilst using Windows 7 I "upgraded" to Office 2010 and IIRC had to make a few small changes to get it to work. I have now (and again I put it in quotes as I fail [...] read more

vb.net

Can't pass C# int array to VBA Excel macro

I'm trying to call a macro of my Excel worksheet (2003) from my C# application with the C# Interop. It worked fine before with Integer parameters. But now I need to pass an Array of Integers and I keep getting a type mismatch exception. COMException: Type mismatch. (Exception from HRESULT: [...] read more

vba

excel

macros

Error in opening & repairing word through Powershell script

I am using the following powershell script code to open and repair corrupted documents. $word = New-Object -ComObject word.application $word.Visible = $true $word.documents.Open($Doc, $false, $false, $false, $false, $false, $false, $false, $false, $false, $false, $true, $true) #Log opening the file Log-Write -LogPath "$Logpathfilename" -LineValue "$DocLeaf - Opening File" RepairProgress "Repair Progress [...] read more

.net

windows

powershell

ms-word

SSIS Package validation errors due to expected empty variable

I have a number of SSIS packages which I have deployed to SQL Server 2014. The packages take a file parameter which I place into a variable. From that rawFile variable a number of variables are derived. The packages are running fine in my development environment and are providing me [...] read more

sql

ssis

sql-server-2014

ssis-2012

Programmatically convert Power Point presentation to PDF in .net

After searching a bit I still haven't got what I need. I'm trying to convert various files to PDF using VB.Net and referencing various MS Office components like Word/Excel/PowerPoint as either COM objects or by using the PIA (Office Interop Assemblies). In the end I want to use the COM [...] read more

.net

vb.net

pdf

ms-office

powerpoint

Tcl - How to sort excel using tcom

Excel sorting requires specifying values in the format: Columns("A:C").Sort key1:=Range("C2"), order1:=xlAscending, header:=xlYes How Do I send it via tcom? I have tried the following unsuccessfully (Users) 14 % set sort [$worksheet Sort] ::tcom::handle0x0201DD00 (Users) 15 % $sort Header xlYes 0x80020005 {Type mismatch.} (Users) 16 % $sort Header 1 (Users) 18 [...] read more

tcl

How can I create a new Powerpoint presentation with Powershell

I am trying to create a new Powerpoint presentation with Powershell from scratch but am having trouble with the object model. Based on some code from the ScriptingGuy I came up with: Add-type -AssemblyName office $Application = New-Object -ComObject powerpoint.application $application.visible = [Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState]::msoTrue $slideType = "microsoft.office.interop.powerpoint.ppSlideLayout" -as [type] $blanklayout = [...] read more

powershell

com

powerpoint

VB.NET excel deleting multiple columns at the same time

I am trying to delete more than one column in my excel sheet. For Each lvi In ListView1.Items If lvi.Checked = True Then arrayLetters = lvi.SubItems(1).Text & ":" & lvi.SubItems(1).Text & "," & arrayLetters End If Next arrayLetters = arrayLetters.Substring(0, arrayLetters.Length - 1) Dim rg As Excel.Range = xlSheet.Columns(arrayLetters) rg.Select() [...] read more

vb.net

visual-studio-2010

excel

PowerPoint ExportAsFixedFormat in Powershell

I try to use the ExportAsFixedFormat in PowerPoint 2007 from a PowerShell 2.0 script. Only the first two arguments are required, but that won't work. I always get: > Exception calling "ExportAsFixedFormat" with "2" argument(s): "Type mismatch. > ( Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020005 (DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH))" I've read that all arguments have [...] read more

pdf

powershell

export

powerpoint

TFS 2013 upgrade (error TF400534)

We are trying to upgrade our TFS2012 to TFS 2013, however we receive the error-message: Error : TF400534 : Package (updatetfs) caching failed with the following status : 0x80070005 We have administrative rights, enough disk space and have tried both with web-installer and ISO-file. We believe that we meet all [...] read more

tfs

Import Local Group from remote server via Powershell

I am working on the easiest way to copy security settings from one server to another, using Powershell, and I'm curious if it's possible to import and entire group, including it's Description and Members properties? Below is the script I currently have. It appears that I can access the local [...] read more

powershell

Error While opening PDFand Type mismatch. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020005 (DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH))

After i convert code from word to PDf if i input the same word document to convet to PDf the PDF File is damaged. Can you tel me whether this error is because of inputting same word PDf many times or other error. Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application appWord = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application(); object _MissingValue [...] read more

.net

visual-studio

ms-word

UPNP with C# code

I am trying to use UPnP(windows sys upnp.dll) with C# but I am having some troubles to figure out how to call UPnPService.InvokeAction. When I call the code below piece of code: string[] inarr = new[] { "", ""}; object outarr = new object[0]; object rvalue = myservice.InvokeAction("GetCompatibleUIs", inarr, ref [...] read more

upnp

Type mismatch error in soapmapper

What could be causing the error > Soapmapper: converting data for soapmapper failed inside the typemapper > HRESULT=0x80020005: type mismatch when running the code below? 's is a valid XML xml_doc.LoadXML s Dim Nds As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNodeList Set Nds = xml_doc.ChildNodes Dim module As clsws_ProfileManagement Set module = New clsws_ProfileManagement Set [...] read more

vba

soap

sql server 2012 DTSPackage Config File Exception

I have a dtspackage which is executed through the C# coding.Earlier we have used sql server 2008 r2, Now we have moved to sql server 2012. The package was working fine with sql server 2008 while executing through C#code.But now while loading the Config file it throwing the exception like [...] read more

ssis

sql-server-2012

Inserting multiple rows into an Excel Sheet with Vb.Net Com Add-In

After determining a row index for an Excel Worksheet, InsertRow, I would like to insert 16 rows after it using VB.net. I am building a COM add-in if that changes anything. In VBA I would do this via: ... Dim InsertRow as String ... Dim ContractForm As Worksheet Set ContractForm [...] read more

vb.net

excel-2010

excel-addins

Powershell 3: Convert Word to PDF

I'm fairly new to Powershell and found the following script on the web: (I've modified it for my project) # Acquire a list of DOC files in a folder $Word = New-Object -ComObject word.application $formats = "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveFormat" -as [type] $Word.visible = $false $fileTypes = "*.docx","*doc" $complyDocPath = "i:\2014\COMPLY\DOC\" $complyPDFPath = [...] read more

powershell

pdf-generation

powershell-3.0

word-2010

range.copy method throwing unexpected error

I have the following code to copy data between 2 different excel files xlRangeSource = xlsheetSource.Range("B2:K" & IntAmountOfRows) xlRangeTarget = xlsheetTarget.Range("A" & intStartOfEmptyRow) xlRangeSource.Copy(Destination:=xlWbTarget.Worksheets(xlsheetTarget).range(xlRangeTarget)) IntAmountOfRows and intStartOfEmptyRow are both integers When executing my code, I get the following error: Type mismatch. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020005 (DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH)) However, I am using [...] read more

vb.net

excel

Error when function "OpenDataSource" is called

I want to create a MS Word merge document. I have already created a template document. When my application is started, it creates an ODBC, called "Hrms2008". I am new to this kind of stuff, that's why I don't know what causes the error. word.Application wrdApp; word.Document wrdDoc; object oMissing [...] read more

sql-server-2008

ms-word

dsn

mailmerge

c# com object cant get ref object values

We are trying to get values returned from a COM object, the function is: bool AxSB100BPC.GetEnrollData(int dwMachineNumber, int dwEnrollNumber, int dwEMachineNumber, int dwBackupNumber, ref int dwMachinePrivilege, ref object dwEnrollData, ref int dwPassWord We are calling this function as: vRet = axSB100BPC1.GetEnrollData(mMachineNumber, vEnrollNumber, vEMachineNumber, vFingerNumber, ref vPrivilege, ref oglngEnrollData, ref glngEnrollPData); [...] read more

object

com

marshalling

Changes to MS WORD through C#

I am trying to save the document which i have opened through C#, I have kept the TrackRevision property of document interface also. Now I want to get the name of the person who has modified the document.In MS word I can find the name of the user from the [...] read more

asp.net-mvc

Powershell code works in editor but not in Powershell cmd it self?

When i run this code in the editor it works perfectly: (not a single error) $vm = 0 $vpc=new-object –com VirtualPC.Application –Strict foreach ($vm in $vpc.VirtualMachines){} $broken = Get-WmiObject Win32_PnPEntity | where {$_.ConfigManagerErrorCode -ne 0} $usbDevice = $vpc.USBDeviceCollection | ? {$_.DeviceString -eq $usb} | select -first 1 $vm.AttachUSBDevice($usbDevice) when i [...] read more

powershell

cmd

xp-mode

Why am I getting a Type Mismatch when assigning a Worksheet to a Worksheet var?

I am trying to incorporate Aspose Cells for .NET into this class that is using Excel Interop (rather than rewrite the whole thing to use Aspose Cells, which I am just now trying out, I want to at least start with a hybrid approach). The problem is that I get [...] read more

worksheet

type-mismatch

aspose-cells

How to debug a powershell exception calling "InvokeMember" with "5" argument(s): Type mismatch

I'm trying to implement this code example from the Scripting Guy: http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/04/06/hey-scripting-guy-how-can-i-add-custom-properties-to-a-microsoft-word-document.aspx Code: $path = "C:\fso\Test.docx" $application = New-Object -ComObject word.application $application.Visible = $false $document = $application.documents.open($path) $binding = "System.Reflection.BindingFlags" -as [type] $customProperties = $document.CustomDocumentProperties $typeCustomProperties = $customProperties.GetType() $CustomProperty = "Client" $Value = "My_WayCool_Client" [array]$arrayArgs = $CustomProperty,$false, 4, $Value Try [...] read more

powershell

Type mismatch convert a .doc/docx into a PDF?

In a web application i have to implement a method to convert a doc/docx to a PDF. This is how i am doing it: FileInfo FILE = new FileInfo(path + filename); object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; object readOnly = false; object objfilename = (object)FILE; //Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application word = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application(); try { [...] read more

asp.net

pdf

ms-word

interop error HRESULT: 0x80020005 (DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH) on server

I am having a problem with my app when trying to run on the server. In my place it works fine but when passed to the server it fails to try to create the pivotcache. Excel has permissions on the server with the user IIS, on my computer I have [...] read more

office365

pivot-table

office-interop

Office Interop Exception running Interop v15 on Windows XP

I am running a .exe that i pass an argument to, using Office.Interop v15. It works fine on the dev machine which is windows 7 with Office 2013. When i move to a VM that is running Windows XP and Office 2010, i get a run time error stating > [...] read more

.net

vb.net

winforms

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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc231198.aspx

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Windows error 0x80020005, -2147352571

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DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH[1]

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DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH^[1]

HRESULT analysis^[2]