What is an OLE server?
An OLE server is essentially an application that exposes, or makes available, to another program its Properties and Methods. OLE server applications range from Microsoft Excel and Word to an application that Joe programmer found useful and is releasing to the public use. In order for an application to be an OLE server, it must conform to the OLE 2.0 standards and properly expose the necessary properties and methods. This is called the OLE application interface. OLE Automation is the means by which a client accesses the properties and methods of a server. Automation can be both local and remote, depending on the needs of the client application. In the Visual Basic (VB) programming environment, OLE automation is built into the language. Object variables are the foundation by which you can access the OLE server interface. In VB, by instantiating (using the SET statement) an object that references an OLE server, you have access to the published properties and methods of the server. You hav
