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philfer
01-20-2008, 11:45 AM
Does anyone know if there is anywhere where I can find a worked practical example that runs through the steps of :-

1) Identifying the object model for a non-MS app
2) Discovering the type libraries and tables for this app
3) Setting a reference for this app
4) Writing VBA code to manipulate it

There seems to be loads of stuff around about how to connect to MS-apps but none for non-MS apps which I think is the real challenge but very useful as more organisations are using in-house built systems (especially I have found for accountancy)

Bob Phillips
01-20-2008, 12:17 PM
It is rare to be able to connect t to non-MS apps, only a few support automation. CAD for example does, and VIsio used to (still does but as MS own it now you would expect that), other than that ...