The role of ActiveX and VBA in SNA client emulation. (ActiveX Automation and Visual Basic for Applications technology) (Technology Information)

Enterprise Systems Journal,  April, 1997  by Lorain, Nicolas

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Microsoft's ActiveX Automation and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) technology seamlessly brings the power of mainframe computing to desktop users via a host-access paradigm. ActiveX Automation provides a communications interface that coordinates object control via an interpreted scripting language, such as Visual Basic Script.

This method allows end users to run sessions using an application with which they are familiar, while the VBA script automates the host connectivity demands. Simplifying access to host information better utilizes system resources by allowing users to access more ...

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