Nomenclature

 

 

Array

An ordered collection of items of a particular data type.

Automation

(Formerly OLE Automation) is a feature of the Component Object Model (COM), an industry-standard technology that applications use to expose their objects to development tools, macro languages, and other applications that support Automation

Binding

Process of creating a link between two programs, such as linking Maxsurf to Excel.

Boolean

Data type, contains a True or False variable

Collection

A group containing all of a type of items in the design, such as all the markers

COM

Component Object Model, a common interface used to communicate between applications.

Decimal

Data Type, Largest available numeric data type, can hold a positive or negative number up to 29 digits.

Double

Data Type, a single precision floating point value between 4.094E-324 and 1.797E308 and the opposite in negatives.

Integer

Data type containing a whole number between –32768 and 32767

List

A specified group of one or more members of a data type, such as several surfaces in a design. A list is a subset of a collection.

Long

Data type containing a whole number between –2,147,483,648 and 2,147,483,647

Macro

Code written in VBA to perform an action in an application such as Microsoft Excel

Method

Part of the Object hierarchy, methods are actions to do something in the design.

Object

Part of automation interface hierarchy, containing Properties and Methods, or other objects

Procedure

A procedure tells the application how to perform a specific task

Property

Part of the Object hierarchy, properties contain information regarding the design

Script

Another name for a procedure

Single

Data type, a single precision floating point value between 1.401298E-45 and 3.402823E38 and the opposite in negatives.

String

Data Type, containing textual information comprising of any ASCII characters

Variant

Data type, Containing any other data type including arrays

VBA

Visual Basic for Applications. The programming language used in this manual.