OLE Automation using Delphi
Using object linking and embedding to control Windows applications with Delphi.
What is (OLE) Automation? What is Automation Server? What is Automation Client?
Why buy spell checking components or write them from scratch when you can easily use MS Word? Find out how to add spell checking and thesaurus capabilities to your Delphi application using the MS Word Object Library.
Why buy spell checking components or write them from scratch when you can easily use MS Word? Find out how to add spell checking and thesaurus capabilities to your Delphi application using the MS Word Object Library.
Accessing Outlook Contacts
Suppose you used Delphi to write a little address database, and now you want to synchronize this database with the contacts stored in Microsoft Outlook. This article explains how.
Suppose you used Delphi to write a little address database, and now you want to synchronize this database with the contacts stored in Microsoft Outlook. This article explains how.
Spell Checking with MS Word
Why buy spell checking components or write them from scratch when you can easily use MS Word? Find out how to add spell checking and thesaurus capabilities to your Delphi application using the MS Word Object Library.
Why buy spell checking components or write them from scratch when you can easily use MS Word? Find out how to add spell checking and thesaurus capabilities to your Delphi application using the MS Word Object Library.
Restrict Internet access
Here's how to close an instance of Internet Explorer, if you find the current URL "inappropriate" (after retrieving the full URL of all opened Internet Explorer windows) - using only Delphi code!
Here's how to close an instance of Internet Explorer, if you find the current URL "inappropriate" (after retrieving the full URL of all opened Internet Explorer windows) - using only Delphi code!
Automation with Delphi
Articles on automating various Windows applications with Delphi. See how to automate MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Internet Explorer, MathCAD Microsoft Project, Winfax ...
Articles on automating various Windows applications with Delphi. See how to automate MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Internet Explorer, MathCAD Microsoft Project, Winfax ...
Creating Excel Reports and Charts via Automation
The demonstration application accompanying this article uses Excel to create a report and chart of monthly sales from a database.
The demonstration application accompanying this article uses Excel to create a report and chart of monthly sales from a database.
Delphi and MS Office: Automating Excel and Word
"You can use Delphi to fully control virtually all the features of Excel and Word. There is very little that you can do from inside Excel or Word that you cannot also automate from outside Excel or Word with Delphi"
"You can use Delphi to fully control virtually all the features of Excel and Word. There is very little that you can do from inside Excel or Word that you cannot also automate from outside Excel or Word with Delphi"
Drawings with Delphi and Autodesk's AutoCAD
The new recipe allows developers to use AutoCAD Release 14 (R14) as a graphics rendering engine and control it from your Delphi applications.
The new recipe allows developers to use AutoCAD Release 14 (R14) as a graphics rendering engine and control it from your Delphi applications.
Implementing OLE Drop and Paste
OLE drop and paste operations greatly simplify getting the data from the other application to yours.
OLE drop and paste operations greatly simplify getting the data from the other application to yours.
Outlook from Delphi
This article explores the MS Outlook 98 object model and how you can use it from Delphi.
This article explores the MS Outlook 98 object model and how you can use it from Delphi.
Word Control: Part I
This article discussed controlling Microsoft Word using run-time and compile-time Automation in Delphi. It also presented the Word object model and explained some of its conventions.
This article discussed controlling Microsoft Word using run-time and compile-time Automation in Delphi. It also presented the Word object model and explained some of its conventions.
Delphi and Word Part II
This article shows how to use interfaces to access Word, Excell and the Internet Explorer from Delphi
This article shows how to use interfaces to access Word, Excell and the Internet Explorer from Delphi
Top 10 list for using Microsoft Excel to speed Delphi develo
This article shows creative ways to use Excel to speed coding and database development.
This article shows creative ways to use Excel to speed coding and database development.
Word-Delphi-Mail Merge
Automate Word 97 to Perform Mail Merge from Delphi
Automate Word 97 to Perform Mail Merge from Delphi
Writing And Controlling Automation Servers - Part 1
How to connect an application to an Automation server in order to control it, and also how to build a basic Automation server.
How to connect an application to an Automation server in order to control it, and also how to build a basic Automation server.
Writing And Controlling Automation Servers - Part 2
This second part covers: instancing options, Automation events, Automation object hierarchies, Automation collections and the Running Object Table in an attempt to open up additional avenues to Automation programmers.
This second part covers: instancing options, Automation events, Automation object hierarchies, Automation collections and the Running Object Table in an attempt to open up additional avenues to Automation programmers.