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Added in 1.9.4

$com(name|N)

Returns name if connection is open, or name of Nth connection. N = 0 returns number of open connections.

Parameters

Parameter Description
name|N The connection name or the Nth connection.

Properties

Property Description
.progid The object name.
.result The value returned by the COM object member after the call
.error The error code if any.
.errortext The error text if any.
.argerr TODO
.dispatch $true if this is a dispatch pointer.
.unknown $true if this is a unknown pointer.

$com(name, &bvar)

Returns connection information for the connection and puts it into &bvar.

Parameters

Parameter Description
name| The connection name.
&bvar The &bvar to write to.

Properties

Property Description
.progid The object name.
.result The value returned by the COM object member after the call
.error The error code if any.
.errortext The error text if any.
.argerr TODO
.dispatch $true if this is a dispatch pointer.
.unknown $true if this is a unknown pointer.

$com(name/N,varname)

Returns value of the specified variable name.

Parameters

Parameter Description
name/N The connection name or the Nth connection.
varname Name of the referenced variable.

$com(name,member,method,type1,value1,...,typeN,valueN)

This calls a member of an open COM connection with the specified method and parameters.

Returns: 1 = ok, 0 = fail.

Parameters

Parameter Description
name Connection name.
alias Alias to call when the call is finished.
member Member name.
method Combination of the method values added together (see below).
type The variable type (see below),
value The value assigned to the variable type.

Methods

Method Description
1 DISPATCH_METHOD
2 DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET
4 DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT
8 DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF

Types

Can be: i1, i2, i4, ui1, ui2, ui4, int, uint, r4, r8, cy, date, decimal, bool, bstr, variant, dispatch, unknown, error.
VB equivalents are: boolean, byte, currency, date, double, integer, long, single, string, variant.
To make a variable by reference, use * in the type name, eg. i1*
To assign a name to a variable for later reference after a call, append it to the type, eg. i1* varname
When using a variant you must also specify the variable type after it, eg. variant bool.

Updated by Per Amundsen over 1 year ago · 7 revisions

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