The Crystal Reports Formula Editor can access User
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An automation server is a Dynamic Link Library or executable file that exposes its functionality to other modules and processes through the Component Object Model. For complete information on the Component Object Model (COM), refer to Microsoft documentation or the Microsoft World Wide Web site. U2LCOM.DLL is a UFL that can access any functions exposed by any Automation Servers named with a CRUFL prefix. This means that you can create an Automation Server in any language environment that supports COM, name the server with a CRUFL prefix, register the server on a system, and the Crystal Reports Formula Editor will access and make available any functions exposed by that Automation Server.
Note: You may be more familiar with Automation Servers as OLE Automation. Though the technology behind Automation Servers is the same as OLE Automation, the correct name for these servers is now simply Automation Servers.
Visual Basic, version 4.0 and later, allows you to design 32
Note: Any development environment that allows the creation of COM
The steps for creating automation servers in Visual Basic are slightly different, depending on the version of Visual Basic you are using.
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