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event

An action recognized by an object, such as clicking the mouse or pressing a key, and for which you can write code to respond. In Automation, an event is a method that is called, rather than implemented, by an Automation object.

event sink

A function that handles events. The code associated with a Visual Basic form, which contains event handlers for one or more controls, is an event sink.

event source

A control that experiences events and calls an event handler to dispose of them.

exposed object

See Automation object.