You can use CreateObject to create a new instance of an Automation application. For example, you can use CreateObject to start Reflection 2008 if it isn't currently running.
CreateObject takes one argument of the form AppName.ObjectType. AppName is the name of the application and ObjectType is the type of object to create.
This example shows how to create an application object for Reflection 2008. For the argument AppName.ObjectType, it uses the following:
"Attachmate_Reflection_Objects_Framework.ApplicationObject"
The line continuation character, an underscore preceded by a space, is used to break up the long line of code.
Dim ApplicationObject As Object
Set ApplicationObject=CreateObject("", _
"Attachmate_Reflection_Objects_Framework.ApplicationObject")
CreateObject Example