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External Object |
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| Syntax | External Object "ObjectName" [Version] InternalObjectName |
| Action | [Statement] Declares an ActiveX object and its interface. |
| Scope | Usable anywhere. |
| Notes | This statement declares a ActiveX object or one of its access methods, so that you can use it in Equinox. It is generated automatically by Equinox in the Public Procedure editor, via the menu option Add External Object. See the section on ActiveX for more details. The format is very similar to the External statement, which shares many of its parameters. Refer to that statement for more details about parameters not described. The first form describes an object, and the second form includes the description of an access method. The ObjectName parameter contains the name of the object as known to the operating system, inside quotes. Version is a number in the format Major dot Minor which defaults to 1.0, the version of the object interface required. The dot Minor is optional, and defaults to zero. InternalObjectName is the unique name by which Equinox will know the object. It can be any valid Equinox identifier. CallType must be one of the three keywords PropertyGet, PropertyPut or Method. CallName is the name of the method or property as known to the object, inside quotes. InternalCallName is the name of the method or property as known to Equinox, which can be any valid Equinox identifier. The MustReturn keyword may be substituted for Returns. |
| Category | Windows and DLLs |
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| Example | The following example shows how Equinox might define an object. Features which Equinox cannot support are included, but commented out. The define statement is used to make the object definition more readable. define Variant long |