
2-2 Introduction
2-2
2.1 Introduction
Automation, defined in its simplest terms, is the ability to drive
one application from another. For example, the developers of
Product A have decided in the design phase that it would make
their product more usable if they exposed Product A’s objects,
thereby making it accessible to Automation. Since Products B, C
and D all have the ability to connect to applications that have
exposed objects, each can programmatically interact with
Product A.
In the early product planning stages, the HYSYS development
team had the vision to begin exposing objects. That makes
HYSYS a very powerful and useful tool in the design of hybrid
solutions. Since access to an application through Automation is
language-independent, anyone who can write code in Visual
Basic, C++ or Java, to name three languages, can write
applications that interact with HYSYS. There are a number of
applications that can be used to access HYSYS through
Automation, including Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Excel and
Visio. With so many combinations of applications that can
transfer information, the possibilities are numerous and the
potential for innovative solutions is endless.
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