I'm in need of finding documentation (syntax and explanations) for all of the OLE functions and statements that can be used in Visual Basic to manipulate a HostExplorer (telnet) connection. I've tried searching online to no avail(am I searching for the wrong thing?) and I've read the Hummingbird HostExplorer helpfiles, but there's little explanation to my knowledge. Just example programs using a few functions. If anyone can help me, I'd be greatly appreciative. Thanks. -Justin

Documentation is often lacking in today's products, but one of the good features of COM is the browsable Type Library system. Two common ways to view the functions, parameters, enums, etc., are to use the OLE-COM Object Viewer (oleview.exe), or VB's internal version, known as the Object Browser. Oleview.exe is still available in the latest download of the Windows PSDK, though the internal VB one will be much easier to use. In Project>>References, select the HostExplorer TypeLib, and then select that lib in the Object Browser. Every COM function, parameter, enum, constant, and struct, along with their types, will be listed. If the Hummingbird developers were allowed time to be professional, each item will also have a COM string description of what it does. I understand that you'd like more thorough explanations, but corporations often are no longer willing to pay the pittance documenters make, to complete the development cycle. I know, for I've been told to sub in for sacked writers, and it never gets finished when you're busy trying to push past beta.