ActiveX 'Too Many Files' error from IIS

Hi

I have a server running IIS 5, which has a third-party search service
integrated using ASP.

Intermittently, I get the following error when I run a search:


DLLNAME error '800a0043'

Too many files

/asppage.asp, line xx

The line the error occurs at is the line containing the Set objNearest
= Server.CreateObject("DLLNAME.function")

This can happen as many as 9/10 times the page is called. I've tried
restarting IIS, but this does not solve the problem. The server

has plenty of memory and processing power.

I've contacted the supplier, who say that it is not their DLL, and it
must be related to our IIS configuration.

Can anyone shed any light on what causes this error? There is very
little information on the web, the best I've found is at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wceds.../html/_

Are there any settings on IIS that can be tweaked to prevent this?

Any help much appreciated.

JN

I have seen this before and the issue was that the program (DLL or ASP page)
was opening files to read from (config files) and were not closing them when
they were finished. The upper limit I believe is 67.

doug

"Jakob Nixon" wrote:

 > Hi
 >
 > I have a server running IIS 5, which has a third-party search service
 > integrated using ASP.
 >
 > Intermittently, I get the following error when I run a search:
 >
 >
 > DLLNAME error '800a0043'
 >
 > Too many files
 >
 > /asppage.asp, line xx
 >
 > The line the error occurs at is the line containing the Set objNearest
 > = Server.CreateObject("DLLNAME.function")
 >
 > This can happen as many as 9/10 times the page is called. I've tried
 > restarting IIS, but this does not solve the problem. The server
 >
 > has plenty of memory and processing power.
 >
 > I've contacted the supplier, who say that it is not their DLL, and it
 > must be related to our IIS configuration.
 >
 > Can anyone shed any light on what causes this error? There is very
 > little information on the web, the best I've found is at:
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcedshow/html/_wcesdk_error_and_success_codes.asp</font" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wceds.../html/_</a>>
 >
 > Are there any settings on IIS that can be tweaked to prevent this?
 >
 > Any help much appreciated.
 >
 > JN
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