Oracle COM Automation Feature Developer’s Guide

Oracle COM Automation Feature Developer’s Guide is intended for developers who develop solutions that use COM.To use this document, you need familiarity with:■ Component Object Model (COM)■ Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Automation■ Structured Query Language (SQL)■ Data Definition Language (DDL)■ Data Manipulation Language (DML)■ PL/SQL or Java■ Oracle object-relational database management (ORDBMS) concepts■ Windows NT”

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 3
Send Us Your Comments……Page 7
Preface……Page 9
Organization……Page 10
Related Documentation……Page 11
Conventions……Page 12
Documentation Accessibility……Page 16
What’s New in Oracle COM Automation Feature?……Page 19
Oracle9i Release 1 (9.0.1) New Features in Oracle COM Automation Feature……Page 20
Oracle8i Release 8.1.6 New Features in Oracle COM Automation Feature……Page 21
1 Introducing Oracle COM Automation Feature……Page 23
Oracle COM Automation Feature for PL/SQL……Page 24
Benefits of Oracle COM Automation Feature……Page 25
PL/SQL Architecture……Page 27
Invoking COM Automation External Procedure APIs……Page 28
Java Architecture……Page 29
Reliability……Page 30
2 Installing and Configuring Oracle COM Automation Feature……Page 31
Oracle COM Automation Feature Components……Page 32
Migration from Oracle8i to Oracle9i……Page 33
Configuring Oracle COM Automation Feature for Java……Page 34
Configuring the Listener for PL/SQL……Page 35
Troubleshooting Listener Problems……Page 36
Configurations for the Computer Running the Database Instance……Page 37
Configuring the Computer Containing the Remote Object……Page 38
3 Oracle COM Automation Feature Core Functionality……Page 41
Datatype Conversion for Java……Page 42
HRESULT Error Codes……Page 43
Oracle COM Automation for Java Exception Handling……Page 44
Information Required for COM Objects……Page 46
OLE/COM Object Viewer……Page 47
Using COM Automation Feature APIs……Page 48
Application Programming Interfaces……Page 49
CreateObject……Page 50
GetLastError……Page 52
GetProperty……Page 54
SetProperty……Page 55
InitArg……Page 56
GetArg……Page 57
SetArg……Page 58
Invoke……Page 60
Java APIs……Page 62
Automation Constructor……Page 63
Create……Page 64
Destroy……Page 65
GetProperty……Page 66
SetProperty……Page 67
InitArg……Page 68
SetArg……Page 69
Invoke……Page 70
Get……Page 72
Set……Page 73
4 Oracle COM Automation PL/SQL Demos……Page 75
Microsoft Word Demo……Page 76
Core Functionality……Page 77
Installing the Microsoft Excel Demo……Page 81
Core Functionality……Page 82
Installing the Microsoft PowerPoint Demo……Page 85
Core Functionality……Page 86
Preparing to Install MAPI demo……Page 89
Using the MAPI Demo……Page 90
Core Functionality……Page 91
5 Oracle COM Automation Java Demos……Page 95
Microsoft Word Java Demo……Page 96
Installing the Microsoft Word Java Demo……Page 97
Creating a Custom Application……Page 98
Core Functionality……Page 99
A Appendix……Page 103
Oracle COM Automation Feature, PL/SQL Errors……Page 104
Microsoft COM Automation Errors……Page 106
Glossary……Page 109
Index……Page 111