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  1. Aug 6th, 2000, 02:54 PM #1
    theman32x
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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 ...
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  2. Aug 6th, 2000, 03:40 PM #2
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    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.
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  3. Aug 6th, 2000, 07:01 PM #3
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    Well, the tool to interact with other program's is an API Spy. You can download an api spy here.
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