Automation allows applications to communicate, exchange data, and control one another. Specifically, automation allows a client application to create and control an object using the exposed object's interface. Automation is powerful because programmers can use this technology to access the functionality of any application that supports Automation.

This Best Practice document covers the VBA, VSTA, CATScriptBasics, Automation with end-to-end scenarios, Best coding practices, Troubleshooting, and Debugging on 3DEXPERIENCE R2017x platform.

The target audience for this Best Practice are the users who want to learn automation and customers who are associated with the Automation development.

Following this document user will be able to:

1. Create - Use - Record - Edit and Run macros

2. Know different scripting languages and its usage

3. Troubleshoot some commonly seen errors

4. Use VBA Debugging Environment effectively

5. Customize applications to automate repetitive tasks

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