Browsing the COM library

Most development environments on Windows allow you to browse COM objects. The following sections briefly describe how to browse the COM library in some common development environments.

Microsoft Developer Studio (Visual C++)

To browse the COM notification library using Microsoft Developer Studio (Visual C++, J++):

1. Choose OLE/COM Object Viewer from the Tools menu.

The OLE/COM Object Viewer appears.

2. In the OLE/COM Object Viewer, choose View Typelib from the File menu.
3. In the file browser that appears, find the upnotify.dll library and double-click on it.

The library classes appear. On Windows 95 systems, the upnotify.dll library is installed in the windows/system directory of the boot drive. On Windows NT, it is installed in the winnt/system32 directory of the boot drive.

Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0

To browse the COM notification library using Visual Basic:

1. Open a project that uses the library.

For instruction on including the library in a project, see the UP.SDK Developer's Guide.

2. Choose Object Browser from the View menu.

The classes of all the referenced libraries appear.

3. Choose UPNOTIFYLib from the Libraries popup menu.

The Notification library classes appear.