<< Microsoft Office / Word >> // *** Recent addition to MSDN Library. Great intro. Starts from ABC...

Automating Microsoft Office 97 and Microsoft Office 2000 by Lori Turner // *** FAQ: Office Automation Using Visual C++ ID: Q196776 WD2000: Operating Parameter Limitations and Specifications ID: Q211489 HOWTO: Add Custom Table to the Clipboard to be Pasted into Word ID: Q216676 HOWTO: Build a Microsoft Word Add-in (WLL) Using Visual C++ ID: Q183758 // (uses CAPI interface) HOWTO: Catch Microsoft Word97 Application Events Using VC++ ID: Q183599 HOWTO: Use Automation to Run a Word 97 Macro with Arguments ID: Q183369 Word Popups (By Mike Craven) Creating Custom Popup Menus in Word 97 WD2000: Problems with AutoExec Macro That Calls Macro in Add-in ID: Q201939 How to Disable Control Menu Items Using a WordBasic Macro ID: Q89728 WD97: Disable System Menu Button and Keyboard Close Command ID: Q192320 // less effective: WD: How to Turn Off the Menu Bar Close Window Button ID: Q201365 // Why to hate Microsoft: WD2000: DocClose/FileClose Macros Fail to Work As Expected ID: Q220505 // minor: WD2000: ALT+F4 Does Not Close All Document Windows ID: Q192076 WD2000: Categories, Locations, and Registry Keys for Word Templates ID: Q216595 // WD2000: Where Settings Are Stored in the Registry ID: Q212242 WD2000: Document_Close Event Runs Twice When Quitting Word ID: Q220438 ** Extended runtime error information:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm // (Curious!) WD2000: How to Generate a List of Keyboard Commands ID: Q198546 XL97: How to Display a UserForm Whose Name Is in a Variable ID: Q157609 WD97: How to Pass a Parameter to a Macro Using Automation // comprehensive WD: General Information About Master Documents PRB: GetObject or GetActiveObject Cannot Find a Running Office Application

<< COM/Automation >> Dr. GUI and COM Automation, Part 1 February 10, 1999 // +Part 2: A ton of VARIANT helper functions // +Part 3: CY, DATE, SAFEARRAY, etc. datatypes; collection enumerators; // returning error info // ** Building COM Components That Take Full Advantage of Visual Basic and Scripting Understanding Interface Definition Language: A Developer's Survival Guide by Bill Hludzinski // * Type Libraries; VBA and C++ integration; VB's COM support Inside Distributed COM: Type Libraries and Language Integration by Guy Eddon and Henry Eddon // // In a more distilled form: INFO: How Visual Basic Classes Map to COM ID: Q259529 (If not on the MSDN discs, this can be found here: http://support.mi crosoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q259/5/29.ASP.) Develop Composite [ActiveX] Controls With ATL 3.0 by Ash Rofail Implementing OLE Automation Collections by Charlie Kindel

<< (V)C++ >> Explicit Instantiation //for creating libraries of template classes

BUG: C1001 or C2434: Using Templates in Default Arguments ID: Q140188 PRB: LNK2005 Errors When Link C Run-Time Libs Before MFC Libs ID: Q148652

<< STL >> HOWTO: Exporting STL Components Inside & Outside of a Class ID: Q168958

<< Win32 >> SAMPLE: Modules, Instances, and Tasks ID: Q81496

<< GUI >> "Coordinate Mapping" Control Spy Exposes the Clandestine Life of Windows Common Controls // Cool! Give Your Applications the Hot New Interface Look with Cool Menu Buttons by Paul DiLascia Software Driving Software: Active Accessibility-Compliant Apps Give Programmers New Tools to Manipulate Sof tware "PRB: Modeless Dialog Box in a DLL Does Not Process TAB Key" -- proposes solution with message hook(!)

<< MFC >> Deriving Controls from a Standard Control

<< VC++ IDE >> HOWTO: Derive From Classes not Listed in ClassWizard ID: Q99161 // ClWz Renaming or Moving Classes Using Workspaces with Team Development in the Visual Studio 97 Environment