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Array
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An
ordered collection of items of a particular data type.
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Automation
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(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
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Binding
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Process
of creating a link between two programs, such as linking Maxsurf to Excel.
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Boolean
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Data
type, contains a True or False variable
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Collection
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A
group containing all of a type of items in the design, such as all the
markers
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COM
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Component
Object Model, a common interface used to communicate between applications.
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Decimal
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Data
Type, Largest available numeric data type, can hold a positive or negative
number up to 29 digits.
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Double
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Data
Type, a single precision floating point value between 4.094E-324 and
1.797E308 and the opposite in negatives.
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Integer
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Data
type containing a whole number between –32768 and 32767
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List
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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.
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Long
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Data
type containing a whole number between –2,147,483,648 and 2,147,483,647
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Macro
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Code
written in VBA to perform an action in an application such as Microsoft Excel
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Method
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Part
of the Object hierarchy, methods are actions to do something in the design.
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Object
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Part
of automation interface hierarchy, containing Properties and Methods, or other
objects
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Procedure
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A
procedure tells the application how to perform a specific task
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Property
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Part
of the Object hierarchy, properties contain information regarding the design
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Script
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Another
name for a procedure
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Single
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Data
type, a single precision floating point value between 1.401298E-45 and
3.402823E38 and the opposite in negatives.
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String
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Data
Type, containing textual information comprising of any ASCII characters
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Variant
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Data
type, Containing any other data type including arrays
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VBA
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Visual
Basic for Applications. The programming language used in this manual.
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