INFO: Find Information on the Office 97/2000 Application's Object Model

ID: Q245782

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0

SUMMARY

Sometimes when you are using OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) Automation from Visual FoxPro to one of the Microsoft Office Applications, such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, you need information on the Office application's object model. This information is not always available in documentation associated with Visual FoxPro. But it can usually be found in the online Help files for that particular Office application or on the Microsoft Web site.

This article provides the locations of some of this information.

MORE INFORMATION

The following articles provide OLE Automation and Object Model information for the Office 97 and 2000 applications.

For additional information on the Office Object Model, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q222101 HOWTO: Find and Use Office Object Model Documentation

To obtain a Help file that discusses automation theory with examples, see the following article.

Q167223 OFF97: Microsoft Office 97 Automation Help File Available

Help and information can also be obtained by going to the following address on the Microsoft Web site:

Microsoft Office 97/Visual Basic Programmer's Guide

For Knowledge Base articles that specifically discuss OLE Automation between Visual FoxPro and the Microsoft Office product family, search the Knowledge Base using the keywords "OLE Automation and Visual FoxPro," without the quotes.

Additional query words: word.application excel.application outlook.application powerpoint.application

Keywords : kbinterop kbole kbVFp300 kbVFp300b kbVFp500 kbVFp500a kbVFp600 kbOffice2000 kbGrpFox kbDSupport kbOffice97
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo