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Programming Interfaces
External Program Interfaces
:
Introduction to External Program Interfaces
:
COM objects: Automation objects and ActiveX controls
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Programming requirements
Programming requirements
For more information on programming COM objects in ABL, see
UsingCOM Objects in ABL
. For information specific to Automation objects, see
ActiveXAutomation Support
and for information specific to ActiveX controls, see
ActiveXControl Support
.
Note:
On non-Windows systems, any ABL code that references COM objects can compile, but generates run-time errors when executed. Therefore, isolate any COM object references in multi-platform code by using Preprocessor directives.
