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Creating a Reference to an Automation Library

To use the objects of a program that supports Automation (a server), you have to reference the program's type library. A program's type library (also called object library) is a file that contains a description of the program's object model. After you've referenced the type library of an automation server (also called a component), you can access the objects of the server as though they were internal C# objects.

To create a reference to a type library, first display the Add Reference dialog box by choosing ...