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Unlike objects you create using the ActiveX controls in Visual Basic or C++, objects that you access through ActiveX Automation remain with the object's server. They are not incorporated as part of your application. They are made available by reference, as shown in Figure 11.1.

Figure 11.1. The object container creates and holds a reference to the object. Access to the properties and methods of the object is available through the interface provided by the object. The object always resides with its source.

Everything you do with a server's object you do by way of a reference to that object. You assign that reference to an ...