Communicating With PowerDesigner Using OLE Automation

OLE Automation (or Visual Basic for Applications) is a way to communicate with PowerDesigner from another application using the COM architecture in the same application or in other applications. You can write a program using any language that support COM, such as Word and Excel macros, VB, C++, or PowerBuilder.

OLE Automation samples for different languages are provided in the OLE Automation directory within your PowerDesigner installation directory.

• Differences Between Scripting and OLE Automation
  VBScript programs and OLE Automation programs are very similar. You can easily create VB or VBA programs, if you know how to use VBScript. However, some differences remain. The following example program highlights what differentiates OLE Automation from VBScript.
• Preparing for OLE Automation
  To use OLE Automation to communicate with PowerDesigner, you need to: