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# About COM Objects

Microsoft COM (Component Object Model) technology in the Microsoft Windows-family of Operating Systems enables software components to communicate. COM is used by developers to create re-usable software components, link components together to build applications, and take advantage of Windows services. The family of COM technologies includes COM+, Distributed COM (DCOM) and ActiveX® Controls.

COM is used in applications such as the Microsoft Office Family of products. For example COM OLE technology allows Word documents to dynamically link to data in Excel spreadsheets and COM Automation allows users to build scripts in their applications to perform repetitive tasks or control one application from another.

The COM Objects dialog box is displayed when the Add button is selected in the Script Objects tab of the New User Properties dialog box and displays a list of commonly used COM Objects for selection. Objects selected in the dialog box are then added to the table of objects available to a specific User in the Script Objects tab.

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