Hi Cindy,

I think you'll need to do something along the lines of:

oPillar = createobject("PllrSrvrLib.PllrApi")
oPillar.delimiter = ["]
oPillar.Open()
etc ...

Cheers,

Andrew

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>Pillar is installed on my computer. I can open it and run it.
>
>I'm reading the Programmer's manual from Hyperion Pillar of how to automate Pillar. The directions for VB programmers are as follows:
>
>Accessing PllrApi in VB
>Open VB. Select Project | References
>Select the PllrSrvr 2.0 Type Library check box (This establishes a reference to PllrSrvrLib which contains PllrApi)
>To view the methods in PllrApi select View | Object Browser
>
>I have added "C:\Program Files\...\PllrSrvr.tlb" to my class browser and can see PllrSrvr in the right pane with PllrApi showing as a class and iPllrApi listed as an "interface" with methods (open, save) and "tags" which look to me like properties (field delimiter, record delimiter - these are customizable in Pillar.)
>
>Declare PllrApi as an object in your VB code
>

Public Pllr AS PllrSrvrLib.PllrApi
>Sub Main()
>    Set Pllr = New PllrSrvrLib.PllrApi
>    frmMain.Show
>End Sub

>
>I SET LIBRARY TO "C:\Program Files\...\PllrSrvr.tlb"
>I've tried just about every combination of PllrApi, PllrSrvrLib, iPllrApi, etc. that I can think of.
>
>I can create a text file in the correct format and let my user click her way to adding the data (once or twice a year) but the management said "data could not be entered electronically" to this application and I can see that they don't know what they are talking about. ;-)
>
>Thanks for any help.