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Early binding is a mechanism in which objects are declared to the compiler as being of a specific type.

Early binding is a mechanism in which objects are declared to the compiler as being of a specific type.

The specific type of an early bound object is known to the compiler at compile time. This means the compiler can determine if method calls are valid, before a program is run by an end user. This is contrasted with late binding, where objects are declared generically and errors are caught during runtime.

It is expected that questions tagged specifically relate to programming using early bound code. You should also tag your post with the specific programming language being used.

Example (VBA):

' early bound objects are declared as a specific type
Dim obj As Excel.Application
Set obj = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

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Inheritance and memory allocation

for the following code: class Parent { public void say(){ System.out.println("Parent"); } } class Child extends Parent{ public void say(){ System.out.println("Parent"); } } class Test { public static void…
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Error 429 when calling CreateObject("Lotus.NotesSession") from Word VBA script

Trying to build a rather simple VBA script in Word 2013 accessing data from a specific Domino database. My script is working fine if I resort to old-school OLE Automation (see 2nd snippet), but not if using specific Domino COM objects using early…
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Is a call to Application.VBE considered early-bound?

I have a VBA project in Excel, without a reference to VBIDE, but I'm aware that the Excel Type Library has an importlib statement in the MIDL: // TLib : // TLib : Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Extensibility 5.3 :…
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Dynamics CRM Early Bound Generator Error (XRMToolBox)

We are using XrmToolBox to support early bound (with early bound generattor). From one day to the other the early bound generator doesn't work anymore. I got this log from the ui. What's the problem or where can I find the entire log? CrmSvcUtil…
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sort property list according to inheritance

I have certain classes that all inherit from other classes. Each class, only inherits from one other class, never two classes. I've also got a Base-Class that is the "top" of my inheritance tree. Classes are for example: public class IfcAlignment :…
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How do I convert CRM Online $metadata XML to C# classes?

I used to generate early bound classes for Dynamics CRM using CrmSvcUtil and the 2011 endpoint. This still works but is due to be deprecated so I'm trying to understand the new OData endpoint and use this to generate the classes. You can view the…
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Access Dictionary Data Type from Word

I need to access Dictionary data type from Microsoft Word. I added the reference to scripting library, but Word has it's own Dictionary data type which I can't turn off or put it's priority lower. It confuses with desired Dictionary, so I decided to…
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XmlSerializer error on early-bound Entity "ActivityPointers"

I'm getting a XmlSerializer error when I serialize an object with a refrence to an early-bound CRM entity. Have you seen anything like this and/or have any thoughts on how I can correct?... {"Cannot serialize member…
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Can early binding Types be refreshed in Dynamics CRM 2011

I've written a service that uses early binding types in dynamics CRM 2011. Now, I've updated one of my custom entity and created a few attributes to it of different types like new_visitdate and new_visitonly. The problem is while updating the…
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Convert Early Binding VBA to Late Binding VBA : Excel to Outlook Contacts

Each employee gets an updated contact list. I'm creating a macro in Excel that will delete all outlook contacts, then import all the contacts on that sheet into their main outlook contacts. Not all users are on the same outlook version, so I can't…
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Early Binding with Generics

I have a class which takes the method address and arguments, and executes it later when told to do so. ' need to turn option strict off due to Execute method executing late-bound code Option Strict Off Public Class WorkItem Private Action As…
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Why it's not early binding?

class a{ void display(){ System.out.println("display1"); } } class b extends a{ void display(){ System.out.println("display1b"); } } class c extends b{ void display(){ System.out.println("display1c"); …
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ServiceContext (Early-Bound) retrieve causing InvalidCastException in CRM 2011 Plugin

My question is quite related to this post but i am unable to assemble all the pieces together. I am trying to fetch SystemUser using ServiceContext object, XrmServiceContext via Linq in Plugin code as shown below: var serviceFactory =…
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late binding issue with outlook mailitem.save method

I have a function that re-creates an email using the contents of another email (using the Outlook Redemption library). I have almost finished converting it to early binding (I am using Option Strict ON in vb.net), but visual studio 2010 underlines…
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Binding vs Polymorphism

Is there any direct relationship between Late Binding and Overriding, similarly for Early Binding and Overloading? They (Binding/Overriding/Overloading) can be termed as ways to implement polymorphism, but is there any "Direct Relationship" ex: Late…
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