Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Programming Interfaces

> ## Option 1: instantiate Automation object by name

> This option creates a connection to a new instance of a specified Automation object, launching the Server if necessary. For top-level Automation objects (such as Excel.Application), this option usually launches a new instance of the Server, unlike for lower-level objects (such as Excel.Sheet, which use the instance created by a top-level object):

>     DEFINE VARIABLE hExcelObject AS COM-HANDLE
>     CREATE "Excel.Application" hExcelObject.

> Figure 15–1 summarizes the basic logic for this option.

> Figure 15–1: Automation connection option 1

> Note: This option is equivalent to the Visual Basic CreateObject(class) or GetObject("",class) function call.

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