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Q155934: INFO: OLE Automation Manager & RacMan

Article: Q155934
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbAutomation kbvfp500 kbvfp600
Last Modified: 10-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
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This article provides general information about the OLE Automation Manager and
its use within Microsoft Visual FoxPro.

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The Automation Manager and Remote Automation Connection Manager components were
developed for Visual Basic 4.0. Visual FoxPro adopted these components in an
effort to avoid duplicate efforts as new technologies affecting remote
automation become available. There is nothing specific that these components
support in Visual Basic 4.0 that they do not support in Visual FoxPro 5.0 or
6.0.

The Automation Manager component was developed for Visual Basic, but it is
actually written in C and handles all the remote procedure calls (RPCs) and
marshalling for remote automation. The Automation Manager program (Autmgr32.exe)
must be installed and running on the server machine in order for the client to
see the remote server. If an OLE callback is made from an object reference
passed by the client to the remote server, you must also install the Automation
Manager on the client machine.

NOTE: If the Automation Manager is not running, it is automatically launched.

The Remote Automation Connection Manager (RacMan) is written in Visual Basic 4.0
(Racmgr32.exe), which requires the distribution of the Visual Basic run-time
libraries. In addition, it uses some ActiveX controls. RacMan's sole purpose is
to handle registry settings that control remote connectivity on the client side
and client access on the server side. In terms of registering servers remotely,
RacMan requires that the server be registered locally. The Setup Wizard uses a
tool called Clireg32.dll that allows you to register a server remotely without
first actually having to install it or register it locally.

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbAutomation kbvfp500 kbvfp600 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP600
Issue type        : kbinfo

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