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Per Amundsen, 08/11/2015 01:50 PM

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_Added in 1.9.4_
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*$com(name|N)*
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Returns name if connection is open, or name of Nth connection. N = 0 returns number of open connections.
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*Parameters*
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name|N - The connection name or the Nth connection.
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*Properties*
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.progid - The object name.
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.result - The value returned by the COM object member after the call
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.error - The error code if any.
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.errortext - The error text if any.
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.argerr - TODO
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.dispatch - [[$true]] if this is a dispatch pointer.
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.unknown - [[$true]] if this is a unknown pointer.
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*$com(name/N,varname)*
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Returns value of the specified variable name.
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*Parameters*
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name/N - The connection name or the Nth connection.
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varname - Name of the referenced variable.
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*$com(name,member,method,type1,value1,...,typeN,valueN)*
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This calls a member of an open COM connection with the specified method and parameters.
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Returns: 1 = ok, 0 = fail.
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*Parameters*
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name - Connection name.
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member - Member name.
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method - Combination of the following values added together:
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             1 = DISPATCH_METHOD
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             2 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET
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             4 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT
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             8 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF
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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.
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             VB equivalents are: boolean, byte, currency, date, double, integer, long, single, string, variant.
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             To make a variable by reference, use * in the type name, eg. i1*
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             To assign a name to a variable for later reference after a call, append it to the type, eg. i1* varname
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             When using a variant you must also specify the variable type after it, eg. variant bool.
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value - The value assigned to the variable type.