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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:11:14 +0530, Venkatesh VT wrote:

> How can i use the Server components(Word,Excel etc) in a Vcl.Net
> application.I know presently they are only available for Win 32 applications
> Venkatesh

Are you trying to embed Word into your application or just control
them programmatically?

For the latter just bring up the 'add reference' dialog and go to the
'COM Imports' tab and add the libraries you need (you may need more
than one)
Once you have done this you can create and access objects in the type
library just as if they were any other .NET object.  (You would
normally have to include something like 'uses Interop.Word'.

If you right click on the added reference and choose 'open' you will
get the assembly browser which is quite useful.

-- 
Marc Rohloff [TeamB]
marc rohloff -at- myrealbox -dot- com

Marc Rohloff [TeamB] wrote:

> 
> Are you trying to embed Word into your application or just control
> them programmatically?
> 
> For the latter just bring up the 'add reference' dialog and go to the
> 'COM Imports' tab and add the libraries you need (you may need more
> than one)
> Once you have done this you can create and access objects in the type
> library just as if they were any other .NET object.  (You would
> normally have to include something like 'uses Interop.Word'.
> 
> If you right click on the added reference and choose 'open' you will
> get the assembly browser which is quite useful.
> 

Thanks for the information.How ever  is it possible to create server 
components in vcl.net.In Delphi 2005 there are no such components for 
vcl.net where as they exist for VCL win 32.
Do you know the reason why these server components were left out of vcl.net
Venkatesh

Marc Rohloff [TeamB] wrote:

> Are you trying to embed Word into your application or just control
> them programmatically?
> 
> For the latter just bring up the 'add reference' dialog and go to the
> 'COM Imports' tab and add the libraries you need (you may need more
> than one)
> Once you have done this you can create and access objects in the type
> library just as if they were any other .NET object.  (You would
> normally have to include something like 'uses Interop.Word'.
> 
> If you right click on the added reference and choose 'open' you will
> get the assembly browser which is quite useful.
> 

I tried the following code for automating outlook in a VCL.Net 
application(after adding the reference of Outlook & adding Outlook to 
the uses class)
****************************************************

procedure TForm2.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var

   Outlook, NmSpace, Folder: olevariant;


begin
   Outlook1 := CreateOleObject('Outlook.Application');
   NmSpace := Outlook.GetNamespace('MAPI');
   NmSpace.Logon(EmptyParam, EmptyParam, False, True);
   Folder := NmSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox);
   Folder.Display;
end.
*********************************************************

I got the error
"[Pascal Error] Unit2.pas(33): E2003 Undeclared identifier: 
'CreateOleObject'"
Where cani find some documentation to correctly create the Outlook objects
Venkatesh

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:48:26 +0530, VT Venkatesh wrote:

> Marc Rohloff [TeamB] wrote:
> I tried the following code for automating outlook in a VCL.Net 
> application(after adding the reference of Outlook & adding Outlook to 
> the uses class)
> ****************************************************
> 
> procedure TForm2.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
> var
> 
>    Outlook, NmSpace, Folder: olevariant;
> 
> begin
>    Outlook1 := CreateOleObject('Outlook.Application');
>    NmSpace := Outlook.GetNamespace('MAPI');
>    NmSpace.Logon(EmptyParam, EmptyParam, False, True);
>    Folder := NmSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox);
>    Folder.Display;
> end.
> *********************************************************
> 
> I got the error
> "[Pascal Error] Unit2.pas(33): E2003 Undeclared identifier: 
> 'CreateOleObject'"
> Where cani find some documentation to correctly create the Outlook objects
> Venkatesh

You don't treat them any differently to any other .NET object you
shouldn't use OleVariant and you shouldn't use CreateOleObject. 
It should go something like:

var
  o:Outlook;
begin
  o := Outlook.Create;
  ...
  
(I am not sure what the name of the class is)

-- 
Marc Rohloff [TeamB]
marc rohloff -at- myrealbox -dot- com