HOW TO: Find Office Web Components (OWC) Programming Documentation and Samples (319793)

SUMMARY

This article shows the different ways that you can access the documentation for Microsoft Office Web Components (OWC). The article also includes information about additional resources for programming the OWC.

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Using Office Web Components Reference

The following table shows the Help files that are installed by Office Web Components. To open these Help files, locate the appropriate directory in Windows Explorer, and then double-click the file that you want.

Component Name	Office Web Components 9.0	Office XP Web Components	Office 2003 Web Components	Description
Chart	MSOWCDCH.chm	OWCDCH10.chm	OWCDCH11.chm	Chart component design-time reference
PivotTable	MSOWCDPL.chm	OWCDPL10.chm	OWCDPL11.chm	PivotTable component design-time reference
Spreadsheet	MSOWCDSS.chm	OWCDSS10.chm	OWCDSS11.chm	Spreadsheet component design-time reference
Spreadsheet	MSOWCFUN.chm	OWCFUN10.chm	OWCFUN11.chm	Spreadsheet component built-in function reference
DataSource, Chart, PivotTable and Spreadsheet	MSOWCVBA.chm	OWCVBA10.chm	OWCVBA11.chm	Programming reference for all components

NOTE: By default, the Help files for Office Web Components 9.0 are installed in the %SystemDrive%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\1033 folder. By default, the Help files for Office XP Web Components are installed in the %SystemDrive%\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Components\10\1033 folder. By default, the Help files for Office 2003 Web Components are installed in the %SystemDrive%:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Components\11\1033 folder.

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Using Context-Sensitive Help in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0

The following steps show you how to get design-time help for Office Web Components.

1. In Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, right-click the toolbox, and then select Components.
2. Select Microsoft Office Web Components 9.0, Microsoft Office XP Web Components, or Microsoft Office Web Components 11.0, and then click OK.
3. Select a Web component from the toolbox, and then draw it on a form.
4. To get design-time help for the control, click Help on the toolbar of the control. You can also press F1 while the control has focus.

The following steps show you how to get programming help.

1. In the code window, select the method or the property about which you want help.
2. Press F1.

NOTE: With Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, you cannot access context-sensitive help by pressing F1. To get design-time help or programming help, click Help on the toolbar of the control.

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Using the Object Browser

You can use the Object Browser to view the classes of a Web component. You can also view the properties, the methods, the events, and the constants that are associated with the objects of each class. The following steps show you how to get help for the classes, the methods, and the properties of the Web components.

1. In Visual Basic 6.0, right-click the toolbox, and then select Components.
2. Select the Microsoft Office Web Components 9.0, the Microsoft Office XP Web Components, or the Microsoft Office Web Components 11.0, and then click OK.
3. Select a Web component from the toolbox, and then draw it on a form.
4. Press F2 to open the Object Browser.
5. Select the name of the type library from the Project/Library list. The Office Web Components 9.0 library name is OWC. The Office XP Web Components library name is OWC10. The Office 2003 Web Components library name is OWC11. The Object Browser will display available classes in the Classes list.
6. Select a class, a method, or a property.
7. Press F1 to get help on the selected item.

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Additional Resources for Programming the OWC

For more information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web sites: back to the top