how does vb interact with other programs such as Word, Access, Outlook, AOL, IE and so on?
I would like to learn this so I can make my program interact with others ... anyone have any links to tutorials on this? ... thanks ...
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how does vb interact with other programs such as Word, Access, Outlook, AOL, IE and so on?
I would like to learn this so I can make my program interact with others ... anyone have any links to tutorials on this? ... thanks ...
They have a variety of different methods. There's Dynamic Data Exchange, which is quite well supported by VB. The Office programs use OLE a lot. Things like creating an instance of an Excel Chart and playing around with it.
Well, the tool to interact with other program's is an API Spy. You can download an api spy here.