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The first step to use a COM object is to find it. COM objects are
registered in the system registry and are associated with an unique
Class Identifier, known as CLSID. A CLSID may also be associated with
a string known as Programmatic Identifier or ProgID. This last one is
the easiest way to reference a COM object. E.g., the ProgID for
Microsoft© Word© is ``Word.Application''.
If one do not know in advance what is the CLSID or the ProgID of the
object of interest, them it's possible to use tools like OleView to
find the object, although the best place to find it is in the object's
documentation.
Fabio Mascarenhas de Queiroz
2005-06-06