Accessing ActiveX Objects
To access exposed objects, you can create ActiveX clients using Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Excel, and other applications and programming languages that support the Automation technology. This section discusses several strategies for accessing exposed objects.
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Creating scripts with Visual Basic
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Creating controllers that manipulate objects
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Creating type information browsers
Regardless of your strategy, an ActiveX client needs to follow these steps:
To initialize and create the object
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Initialize OLE.
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Create an instance of the exposed object.
To manipulate methods and properties
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Get information about the object's methods and properties.
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Invoke the methods and properties.
To release OLE when the application or programming tool terminates
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Revoke the active object.
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Uninitialize OLE.
In this section
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Visual Basic provides a complete programming environment for creating Windows applications with which you can manipulate the exposed ActiveX objects of other applications. | |
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Automation provides interfaces for accessing exposed objects from an application or programming tool written in C or C++. | |
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Type information browsers let users scan type libraries to determine what types of objects are available. |
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