Automation action and structures

The Automation active link action enables a Windows client to control Automation servers on the same computer, accessing the data and methods that those servers make available.

The ARAutomationStruct structure (see the following figure) defines an Automation action.

Structures used to define automation action 

 

The ARAutomationStruct structure has the following elements:

Each method in an ARCOMMethodList structure uses the ARCOMMethodStruct structure (see the following figure).

Structures used to define OLE automation method 

 

The ARCOMMethodStruct structure has the following elements:

Each parameter in an ARCOMMethodParmList structure is specified in an ARCOMMethodParmStruct structure (see the following figure), which has the following elements:

The value returned by a method and the value passed in a parameter are each specified in the ARCOMValueStruct structure (see the following figure).

Structures used to define OLE method and parameter values 

 

The ARCOMValueStruct structure has the following elements:

Method return value types for ARCOMValueStruct

Parameter value types for ARCOMValueStruct