Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Programming Interfaces

Option 2: connect to top-level named Automation object

This option creates a connection to an existing instance of a top-level Automation object (such as "Excel.Application"). This does not work with lower-level objects (such as "Excel.Sheet"), and fails if the Server is not already running:

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

Figure 15–2 summarizes the basic logic for this option.

Figure 15–2: Automation connection option 2

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