Automation (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

Automation (formerly OLE Automation) on is the COM-based technology used to create ActiveX® data objects, or Controls.

Specifically, Windows Embedded CE Automation differs from Windows NT Automation in the following areas:

• Automation on Windows Embedded CE supports only in-process, free-threaded automation objects.
• Shell interactions (for example, drag-and-drop operations) are not supported.

For a list of supported APIs for automation, see Automation Supported APIs.

**For more information about ActiveX Controls and Windows Embedded CE, download the article titled "How to Write and Use ActiveX Controls for Windows Embedded CE" from this Microsoft Web site.

Limited Automation support was added to Windows CE 2.12 and is identical in both the COM and DCOM implementations.

See Also

Concepts

COM and DCOM Application Development
Calling a Method With No Arguments
Getting and Setting Properties
Passing Parameters
Indexed Properties
Raising Exceptions During Invoke
Returning Errors