Choosing How to Use Repository with Visual Basic

You can choose how to use Repository. The choices you make affect how you set up your Visual Basic projects that use Repository.

• Do you use Repository to manage your Visual Basic projects? If so, you must enable the Repository Add-in for Visual Basic as an add-in. Only after you register it can it automatically populate the MDO Model with information about your Visual Basic projects. You make the choice only once; whatever you decide affects all your Visual Basic projects.
  
  
• Does your project directly manipulate Repository? Your project manipulates Repository directly only if it uses an open connection with a repository via an Automation object of type Repository. If your project manipulates Repository directly, you must include a reference to the Microsoft Repository type library.
  
  
• Does your project need to respond to events triggered by the Repository Add-in for Visual Basic? If your project is an add-in, it might need to respond to particular events triggered by the Repository Add-in for Visual Basic. Include a reference to the Microsoft Repository Add-In type library. Your project should register for particular events to which you need to respond.
  
  
• Does your project store values in extensions to the MDO Model, or does your project read information directly from the MDO Model? If it does, add references from your project to the Microsoft Development Objects type library and to the Microsoft Repository type library.