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Automation
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- See Chapter 5 "Automation and Component Categories"
  for information on Automation and IDispatch
- See Chapter 8 "DLL Surrogates and Executable Components"
  for information on DLL Surrogates



Minimum System Requirements
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Windows 95 with DCOM installed or Windows NT 4.0
Visual C++ 5.0 Professional
Visual Basic 5.0 Professional
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 (or higher)
Microsoft Word (for CallWord sample)



Automation Component and C++ Client (local)
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1.  Open Automation.dsw in Visual C++
2.  Build Client.exe
    (this also builds Component.dll)
3.  Register Component.dll
4.  Run Client.exe to test


Automation Component and C++ Client (remote)
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- Local computer can be Windows 95 with DCOM or Windows NT 4.0
- Remote computer must be Windows NT 4.0
- In this sample, since the component is a DLL running on a remote
  computer, a DLL surrogate is required.
  NOTE: If it is present, you will need to delete the
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{10000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}\LocalServer32
  registry key on the local computer in order to test this remote
  sample.
1.  Open Automation.dsw in Visual C++
2.  Build Client.exe
    (this also builds Component.dll)
3.  Copy Component.dll to local computer
4.  Configure the following registry entries on local computer:
    (Remote_Computer_Name should contain the name of remote
    computer)

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{10000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}]
"AppID"="{10000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{10000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}]
@="Inside DCOM Sample"
"RemoteServerName"="Remote_Computer_Name"

5.  Copy Component.dll to remote computer
6.  Register Component.dll on remote computer
7.  Configure the following registry entries on remote computer:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{10000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}]
"AppID"="{10000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{10000002-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}]
@="Inside DCOM Sample"
"DllSurrogate"=""

8.  Run Client.exe on local computer to test



Automation Component and Visual Basic Client
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1.  If you haven't already, build and register Component.dll created
    in "Automation Component and C++ Client (local)" above
2.  Open VBClient.vbp in Visual Basic
3.  Run and click on Form1 to test



Using Internet Explorer and VBScript to Call Automation Component 
=================================================================
1.  If you haven't already, build and register Component.dll created
    in "Automation Component and C++ Client (local)" above
2.  Open VBScript.html in Internet Explorer to test
    NOTE: It may be necessary to adjust Internet Explorer's security
    settings



Create Instance of Word and Use Automation to Set Visible Property
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Requires Microsoft Word
1.  Open CallWord.dsw in Visual C++
2.  Build CallWord.exe
3.  Run CallWord.exe to test



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