What are the differences between early binding and late binding?
Binding refers to how your application connects to an Automation server. There are two common methods: early binding and late binding. The method you should use depends on your application design and objectives. For additional information, see INFO: Using Early Binding and Late Binding in Automation (Q245115). Should I package and distribute the Office application’s object library (.olb) file with my application? You should not distribute the object library of the Office application you are automating. Redistribution of the object library is not necessary since it is automatically installed with the Office application on the client machine. For more information, see PRB: Visual Basic Package & Deployment Wizard – Includes Office OLB Files in Setup List (Q249843). I get an Automation error while running my code. How can I find out what the error number means? Automation errors can be difficult to diagnose. They are often raised with no meaningful text description. To find a matching des