Workshop

Quiz

1.	Before you can early bind objects in an automation server, you must do what?
2.	What is the most likely cause of not seeing a type library listed in the Add References dialog box?
3.	For Visual C# to use a COM library, it must create a ________.
4.	To manipulate a server via automation, you manipulate:
5.	To learn about the object library of a component, you should:

Answers

1.	Add a reference to the server's type library.
2.	You do not have the application installed.
3.	Wrapper around the COM library.
4.	An object that holds an instantiated object from the server.
5.	Consult the programmer's help file for the component.

Exercises

1.	Modify the Excel example to save the workbook. Hint: Consider the SaveAs() method of the Workbooks collection.
2.	Modify your Excel example so that after summing the four cells, you retrieve the sum from Excel and then send the value to a new Word document.