Where to Go from Here
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For additional information about the subjects discussed in this chapter, see the following sources.
Visual Basic for Applications
Visual Basic for Applications Web site
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/vba/)
Getz, Ken, and Mike Gilbert. Visual Basic Language Developer's Handbook. Alameda, CA: Sybex, 1999.
VBScript
Chapter 12, "Using Web Technologies"
Microsoft Scripting Technologies Web site
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/)
Application-Specific Automation Examples
Chapter 5, "Working with Office Applications"
Byrne, Randy and Microsoft Corporation. Building Applications with Microsoft Outlook 2000. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1999.
Automating Shared Office Components
Chapter 6, "Working with Shared Office Components"
Creating Your Own Classes and Objects
Chapter 9, "Custom Classes and Objects"
Automating and Extending Applications by Using Add-ins
Chapter 11, "Add-ins, Templates, Wizards, and Libraries"
Configuring DCOM Settings
Microsoft Technical Support Web site
(http://support.microsoft.com/support)
Object Model Diagrams
Code Samples
The code samples shown in this chapter, along with additional examples demonstrating similar techniques, can be copied from the files in the ODETools\V9\Samples\OPG\Samples\CH04 subfolder on the Office 2000 Developer CD-ROM.