Where to Go from Here

This content is no longer actively maintained. It is provided as is, for anyone who may still be using these technologies, with no warranties or claims of accuracy with regard to the most recent product version or service release.

For additional information about the subjects discussed in this chapter, see the following sources.

Visual Basic for Applications

Visual Basic for Applications Web site
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/vba/)

Getz, Ken, and Mike Gilbert. Visual Basic Language Developer's Handbook. Alameda, CA: Sybex, 1999.

VBScript

Chapter 12, "Using Web Technologies"

Microsoft Scripting Technologies Web site
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/)

Application-Specific Automation Examples

Chapter 5, "Working with Office Applications"

Byrne, Randy and Microsoft Corporation. Building Applications with Microsoft Outlook 2000. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1999.

Automating Shared Office Components

Chapter 6, "Working with Shared Office Components"

Creating Your Own Classes and Objects

Chapter 9, "Custom Classes and Objects"

Automating and Extending Applications by Using Add-ins

Chapter 11, "Add-ins, Templates, Wizards, and Libraries"

Configuring DCOM Settings

Microsoft Technical Support Web site
(http://support.microsoft.com/support)

Object Model Diagrams

The

Code Samples

The code samples shown in this chapter, along with additional examples demonstrating similar techniques, can be copied from the files in the ODETools\V9\Samples\OPG\Samples\CH04 subfolder on the Office 2000 Developer CD-ROM.