How to find object name and properties

 Keywords: OLE Viewer object 

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Question:

I've got an application (GUS Display Builder provided by Honeywell) and I would like to manipulate its objects with OLE. The problem is that I don't know anything about the properties' name of the objects of this application.

I've tried:

db=objectopen("GPB.Application.1")

and it works! but now I need to create a sheet inside, how?

In the windows registry i've found this entries:

GPB.Application.1
GPB.Application.3
GPB.Document.1
GPB.Document.3

I've tried:

db.Document

But winbatch errored with "ole object doesn't exist"

Is there a good way to find out all the properties names and methods for GPB.Application.1 for example?

Thank you very much.

Answer:

Ideally you would want the vendor documentation to do stuff like that.

However if you cannot obtain that documentation you could try the following:

• If you have it, open MS Excel (blank workbook),

• hit alt-f11 and it'll take you to the VBA editor,

• go up to INSERT menu and insert a Module,

• go up to TOOLS menu and click REFERENCES,

• go down the list and see if the Honeywell app is listed (some may be cryptic), if it is check it.

• Now use the object browser, select the Honeywell app and then it should display all objects/methods provided.

• Look for an "application object" and then do searches on the ops you need to perform (like "add, file, save, create..."

It might be in there.

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Article ID:   W14907