Integrate EasyMap in Workflows

Remote control of EasyMap via the COM object model

EasyMap provides a COM object model (Component Object Model, a model provided by Windows for communication between different applications) that you can use to control (automate) EasyMap externally. Most operations and settings that you normally make manually via the user interface can also be triggered or changed "externally" automatically.

If most of your processes are implemented using standard software (e.g. your CRM or ERP system, your merchandise management system, a BI tool, etc.), you may want EasyMap to be integrated into these processes as well. For example, you would like to print a monthly map report if certain data in your "system" has changed. You can now use this software to have EasyMap automatically open a certain map folder after a data change, update the data, print the report and then close it again.

The COM object model is ideal for integrating EasyMap into other software. It is always interesting if processes are to be triggered and executed automatically and without explicit intervention by a user.

Another use is in Office applications. For example, if you are using Microsoft Excel, you may want to modify an existing map folder after a data change. You can do this automatically from within Excel by remotely controlling EasyMap using the Office programming language VBA (Visual Basic for Applications).

To use the COM object model, you can use any programming language that supports COM (for example, VBS scripts, Office VBA, C#, Visual Basic.NET, C++, Delphi).