Specifications
General
Gallagher & Robertson Glink: API reference manual 1
General
GLINK provides both the standard windows APIs (Application Programmable
Interface) and the more specific emulator APIs from IBM and Bull.
GlinkApi COM+ component
COM+ and OLE Automation allows you to manipulate objects from other
applications using the Component Object Model (COM). COM defines how
objects interact between applications.
The Glink COM+ component is a complete and comprehensive API designed for
a wide range of uses from E-business servers such as Microsoft's IIS or MTS,
for client based applications written in languages such as C, Delphi, Visual Basic
(VB), Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), to simple macros used by office
applications such as the Office 97 suite from Microsoft.
Glink.Auto OLE Automation
Glinks OLE Automation object (Glink.Auto) was designed more for simple
macros written for office applications.
DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange)
The GLINK DDE interface will transfer data to other applications using the
standard Windows text format, OEM format or using the extensions to the
Windows character set used internally by GLINK. (The GLINK character set
may be inspected using Alt+F9 when running GLINK - it is a superset of the
standard set). To use this last character set you must obtain a clipboard format
identifier by using the RegisterClipboardFormat call with the name 'GlinkFont'.
The format identifier may then be used in DDE requests in place of cf_Text.