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Re: Scripting documentation and "hello world"

  •  07-04-2008, 5:09 PM

    Re: Scripting documentation and "hello world"

    Thanks admin for the quick reply!

    As you reasoned, I had not discovered the Meta Model browser - in fact I had in mind to ask "what's this MetaModel stuff that keeps showing up?"...  and had searched help for MetaModel with no satisfaction, managing to miss "Meta Model" in both search and index. Doh!

     So, Meta Model == application API Object Model.  Got it.

    > Not too many users venture into this more advanced feature

    Of the users starting with least barrier-to-entry will be a large set to whom VBA is familiar, likely from Access or Excel. For us, a very few added clues in the help would make for immediate adoptability:

    1. I'd strongly suggest adding to one of the Concepts > Scripting pages a sentence or two and a link for Meta Model, as that vastly decreases the barrier-to-entry for scripting!

    2. On the Meta Model Browser page you might mention that this browser is the equivalent of the Object Browser in VBA.

    3. A quickee example of controlling MR from VBA, which may already be familiar, and has conveniences like IntelliSense.

    Thanks again, Graham

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