Can VB "script" other applications?

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1 total messages Started by compton@kronos.a Mon, 10 Jan 1994 23:37

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Author: compton@kronos.a
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 23:37

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(I apologize in advance if this is too rudimentary a question for this
newsgroup.)

Is it true that Visual Basic can be used to control other applications on a
PC?

I've been working for some time on a Macintosh-based workflow automation
system that uses AppleScript to permit the sharing of data between an
electronic forms package, a data base, and a knowledge system that does
validation and routing of the forms.

There has been considerable interest in the system by PC users.  All of the
applications I use either also run on PCs or are very similar to ones that do.
What I need is a good mechanism for allowing the programs to "seamlessly"
interact on a PC, and am told that VB might be just what I'm looking for.

If VB can be used to control other apps, must those apps be "VB-savvy" (i.e.
specially designed to work with VB)?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Michael Compton
AI Research Branch M/S 269-2
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
phone: (415) 604-6776
fax:   (415) 604-3594
internet: compton@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov

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