5.1 Object Library in VB6

sdk development
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I am getting more competent and confident with VBA and can create useful add-ins to assist with reporting for the University where I work.

My question is, while I was browsing through the ‘References’ in VB6 I noticed three entries:

BusinessObjects 5.1 Object Library
BusinessObjects Designer 5.1 Object Library
BusinessQuery 5.1 Object Library

I also noticed that there is an ‘insertable object’ called ‘BusinessObjects Document’

Now I have attempted to figure out how to use these to control and manipulate BO documents and reports but can’t make any ground at all.

Can someone please start me off or point me in the right direction.

I have searched the net and BOB but there seems to only be help for people who are experienced BO/VB programmers.

My VB knowledge is of Degree standard so I’m hoping that marrying that with BO itself will be a powerful combination.

Thanks,

Matt

LAWSONIUM (BOB member since 2004-03-15)

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First, if you’re looking to “control and manipulate BO documents and reports” then only the BusinessObjects Object Library is relevant. The other two (Designer and BusinessQuery) are for other parts of the product line.

As far as learning more, I found the Intro to Developer Suite document to be useful. There are also samples on the Tech Support website as well as here on BOB. Those are useful to trigger ideas as to what’s possible, how others have used it, and so forth. Cruising the SDK forum will also highlight the limitations. All of that said, I’ve found that the best real learning happens when you have a specific problem to solve.

Dwayne Hoffpauir :us: (BOB member since 2002-09-19)

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Thanks for the info.

Basically I have plenty of problems to work on. What I am looking for is a starters guide type of thing. As you know, with the BO add-ins with VBA you can simply refer to the ‘activeDocument’ but in a standalone VB app this is not possible. Once I can do the simple things like reference a file directly I am sure I can work the rest out just by playing (and as you suggest, solving known problems).

So, any help with this would be great.

Matt.

LAWSONIUM (BOB member since 2004-03-15)