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# About the Main Tab

The Main tab is used to select a COM object method and set values for its parameters. The tab contains the items listed below.
|  | Select object to call — An object method may be selected through the Browse button which pops up the Object Browser dialog box. The selected object is then displayed.
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|  | Method — The method selected in the browser screen above is displayed. The drop down list also displays the other methods available for the selected object.

|  | Return Value — Displays a list of variables for selection to which the return value may be mapped. Only one variable may be selected.

|  | Parameters — Displays a list of parameter properties for the selected method under the following headings:

|  | Name — Displays the parameter name

|  | Type — Displays the data type.

|  | Attributes — Displays the attributes.

|  | Value — Displays the default value which may be manually edited or a column, property or variable containing the required parameter value dragged and dropped from the Task Browser dialog box to enter a value dynamically.

|  | Output — Displays a list of variables for selection. Where a COM Object has one or more "output" parameters, they can be mapped to a Task variable.

|  | Memory — Displays the Memory Definitions dialog box through which an Internal, ODBC, OLEDB or Call Stored Procedure (OLEDB) memory may be created to memorise some or all of the recordset used by the Step.

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