What's the COM? How do I use it with VB 6...

[tyhand]

Hi all,

What's COM? I know it's an object model, but what's it used for? Is there any good online documentation for total beginners. I already program with VB 6 on Win 98, but want to know how to use them together.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

*****Tyhand

 

[Cagliostro]

It means you're using methods from another program:

dim x as object
set x = CreateObject("Excel.Application&quot
x.Visible = true 'using method Visible, or property

Ion Filipski

 

[LazyMe]

>>I already program with VB 6 on Win 98, but want to know how to use them together.


Then you're already working with COM (assuming you use textboxes and such, which are ActiveX controls, which are COM modules).


If you want to use non-ActiveX controls, set a reference to the library you want to use in the Project->References dialog. Using the object browser you can find out anything you want about the COM modules referenced in your project. if you really want to dig into COM, I'd suggest you do some book reading; it is not somehing to be explained very short....

Greetings,
Rick