What's New in Oracle COM Automation Feature?

The following sections describe the new features in Oracle COM Automation Feature:

New Features in Oracle COM Automation Feature for Release 9.2

This section contains these topics:

Granting Privileges for Java

A new SQL script, grant.sql, must be run for each user of Oracle COM Automation for Java. The script grants the necessary privileges. For more information, see "Configuring Oracle COM Automation Feature for Java".
Many new features were added for Oracle9i release 1 (9.0.1). If you are upgrading from a pre-9.0.1 release, read the new features for "New Features in Oracle COM Automation Feature for Release 9.0.1".

This section contains these topics:

Using Oracle9i on Windows 2000

There are some differences between using Oracle9i on Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0.

See Also:
Oracle9i Database Getting Started for Windows

Sample Schema

Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle. Refer to Oracle9i Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.
New functionality to support Java Stored Procedures

Oracle COM Automation Feature is now available for Java as well as PL/SQL. While the general functionality is parallel, this document indicates those areas where functionality, setup, and architecture differ.
Migration from Oracle8i to Oracle9i

For this release, Oracle has renamed the com81.dll to orawpcom.dll. If you are migrating from Oracle8i, you must re-run comwrap.sql to continue using Oracle COM Automation Feature for PL/SQL.
Microsoft Word Java Demo

For Oracle COM Automation Feature for Java, a demo is available that shows how to load and run a Microsoft Word code sample.
Oracle COM Automation Feature for PL/SQL

Additional instructions have been presented to aid in use of the MAPI demo.

See Also:
"Setting Up the Environment to Use the MAPI Demo" and "Preparing to Install MAPI Demo".

Support provided for PL/SQL OUT parameters

SetPtrArg is being replaced with an implementation that provides the same functionality with IN and OUT parameters. This implementation consists of modification of SetArg functionality and SetArg datatype strings and the introduction of InitOutArg and GetArg.

To use OUT parameters, see SetArg datatype strings in the section on "SetArg".

Oracle8i release 8.1.6 included the following:

Two new demonstration programs:
- Microsoft PowerPoint Demo - Exchanges data from Oracle to PowerPoint.
- MAPI Demo - Exchanges data from Oracle to Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) compliant applications.
  
  See Also:
  Chapter 4, "Oracle COM Automation PL/SQL Demos" for information on using the demonstration programs.