Using COM in VTS

The information provided in the sections that follow is intended to assist you in using the component object model (COM) in VTS. Before you review this section, it is important to review and become familiar with the definitions that appear below.

•      Automation Interface A COM interface that uses late binding.

•      CLSID Class Identifier. A GUID that represents a COM class

•      COM Component Object Model. A software architecture that allows the components made by different software vendors to be combined into a variety of applications.

•      DDE Direct Data Exchange.

•      GUID A Globally Unique Identifier.

•      OLE Object Linking and Embedding.

•      ProgID Program Identifier. A human readable form of a class identifier.

•      SRO Scope Resolution Operator or "\".

•      VTable Interface A COM interface that uses early binding.