John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Feb 4 19:58:50 CST 2004
oh, ok.
John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com
-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Stuart
McLachlan
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:41 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Date
On 4 Feb 2004 at 20:30, John W. Colby wrote:
> Charlotte,
>
> What is the answer to this? It isn't so much "a reference to a specific
> version" as it is "a reference to a lib" and that lib unfortunately
includes
> a "version". I have this problem myself. I use outlook and word both,
one
> of which requires an actual reference to an OLB. That OLB is a specific
> file in a specific location.
>
Late binding.
From
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q245115
<quote>
'No reference to a type library is needed to use late binding.
'As long as the object supports IDispatch, the method can be dynamically
'located and invoked at run-time.
' Declare the object as a late-bound object
Dim oExcel As Object
Set oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
</quote>
--
Stuart McLachlan
Lexacorp Ltd
Application Development, IT Consultancy
http://www.lexacorp.com.pg
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