Introduction

The components in your applications must have a mechanism through which they can communicate with each other. For example, if a frame contains a list box along with another object whose contents are updated based on an item that is selected from the list box, the list box must communicate to the other object that an item was selected and which item was selected.

The SAS Component Object Model (SCOM) provides this communication, and makes it possible for components to communicate with each other without you adding any programming code.

As an applications developer, you can take advantage of SCOM with