Err=99 - NEW() not supported

[Lawrence_Leavell]

Somehow, both of our systems are reporting NEW( not supported.
How did this occur? How to correct it?
<<< *winproc, level 3 >>>
0036 IF %nomads=0 THEN LET _X=NEW("*obj/nomads")
?SSN
1700-664-0666769

[Mike King]

The NEW itself may not be the issue.  It may be that some aspect of the initialization of the Nomads object is not supported.  Some possible causes:

• Activation key is for prior release
  SSN just indicates what EXE is installed, not what release is active/enabled.  Issue a PKG command to confirm the activation level. 
• Wrong library installed
  You have a newer library installed on the system than the EXE
• You are running and older WindX version than the host.
  This can cause the Nomads initialization to detect that some functionality it needs is not available

[James Zukowski]

Different, but somewhat related:
We rattled our brains a bit here trying to instantiate the *obj/excel object. We were also getting Error #99. Then I tried:
X=new("[lcl]*obj/excel")
and it worked. Could the documentation be updated to reflect the self vs client (WindX) usage, please? I presume it would also apply to *obj/word.

Thank you!

[Mike King]

You can only instantiate the interface to Excel or Word on a system that runs Excel or Word.  This means if your host server is Linux/Unix you MUST use WindX and include [lcl] or [wdx].

If however your host is Windows the system will determine based on the presence of the prefix which Excel/Word to load/interact -- the one on the server or the one on the workstation.

[Mike King]

Oh -- I should have added, although it probably goes without saying, you need Excel / Word installed.

[James Zukowski]

A note in the documentation might be helpful, so those not familiar with such intricacies might be better informed.
Thanks!