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In order to improve product usability and license management, by default the Standalone automation instance is now created with no user interface and without license usage to access the powerful API/Shell features.

With the new behavior, a typical custom usage is:

Set DBWAloneApp = CreateObject("DBWAlone.Api")

DBWApp.Callback("@StartApplication")
' all possible code...
DBWAloneApp.CallBack("@EndApplication")

where the new "@EndApplication" callback is called to ensure a cleanup process termination.

In case of user interface requirement via automation, after the CreateObject, the new "@SetVisible" callback must be invoked:

Set DBWAloneApp = CreateObject("DBWAlone.Api")

DBWAloneApp.CallBack("@SetVisible")
DBWApp.Callback("@StartApplication")
' all possible code...

In case of interactive usage (based on license acquirement) via automation, after the CreateObject, the new "@SetInteractive" must be invoked:

Set DBWAloneApp = CreateObject("DBWAlone.Api")

DBWAloneApp.CallBack("@SetInteractive")
DBWApp.Callback("@StartApplication")
' all possible code...

With the new "@SetInteractive" callback, the Standalone automation instance becomes automatically visible and it is possible to access any command menu or browser functionalities interactively.