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How to find out the COM object name
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01/06/2003 21:26:18
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Visual FoxPro
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COM/DCOM and OLE Automation
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00795045
Message ID:
00795047
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Bernard,

If you drop one of them on a form you can look at the OLEClass property on the property sheet.

>I need help in finding the name of a COM object.
>
>For instance if I need to use the CDO object in WIn2k I use:
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>oMsg = CREATEOBJECT("CDO.Message")
>
>
>and to use the windows Scripting :
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>oWshFile = CREATEOBJECT("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
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>But how exactly do I find out that I am to use "CDO.Message" or "Scripting.FileSystemObject"?
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>Specifically the "CDO" and "Scripting" part when I want to use COM libraries.
>For instance when I open the Object browser in VFP and select the COM tab, I see all these COM servers(?) listed with events, methods, properties etc.
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>But I can see nowhere the name that I can use in my CREATEOBJECT(cClass) statement.
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>So, how exactly do I get this information from a COM server so that I can use it in a VFP application.
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>IN VB all that is needed is to include a reference to it in my project and use the name displayed there.
>
>In VFP is it guesswork or is there some way of finding out?
df (was a 10 time MVP)

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