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Per Amundsen, 08/23/2014 07:37 PM
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
name/N - The connection name or the N'th connection.
Properties
.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
name/N - The connection name or the N'th 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
name - Connection name.
member - Member name.
method - Combination of the following values added together:
1 = DISPATCH_METHOD
2 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET
4 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT
8 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF
type - The variable type, 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.
value - The value assigned to the variable type.
Updated by Per Amundsen over 10 years ago · 1 revisions