[AccessD] Access and COM objects

[Stuart McLachlan]

COM and WIn32 API are two very different things.

And of course I remember WIn32. I use it just about every day.

Every time you put something like
Declare PtrSafe Function GetUserName Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "GetUserNameA" _
  (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As LONG
in a VBA module, you are using WIn32.

Every time you embed an ActiveX control on an Access form, you are using a COM object.
Or go to Tools-References in the VBE. Every one of those entries is a COM object.
If you use one, you are using COM.

On 20 Dec 2022 at 17:51, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> I confess that I know pretty much nothing about this, but I looked it
> up this morning to get familiar with it. From what I can tell, it
> seems to be a thing of the past; all the references and citations
> suggest that it has to do with Win32 (remember that?), but I thought
> I'd best check with you all first, before jumping to conclusions.

> 
> Is this still a Thing? If so, can you describe your use of it, and
> maybe point me at an example or two?
> 
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