What is Remote Automation?
Remote automation is simply an OLE server that does not reside on the client application s computer. It is located on another machine accessible via a network. As far as building the server, there is nothing special that needs to be done. A local OLE server can also function as a remote OLE server. No code changes are necessary. (Of course, since the server machine needs to have the Automation Manager running, and this will only run under Windows 95 or Windows NT, then the OLE server should be compiled as a 32 bit application). As far as the client application is concerned, it does not know or care that the OLE server is being accessed remotely. The client will load the Automation Proxy and the server needs to run the Automation Manager. The client finds the particular server, local or remote by looking at the information that is stored in the registration database. When the server is registered on the client, its location is registered so the client will know where to connect to the s
