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Per Amundsen, 06/29/2016 07:19 PM
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3 | 4 | Per Amundsen | *$com(name|N)* |
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5 | Returns name if connection is open, or name of Nth connection. N = 0 returns number of open connections. |
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7 | *Parameters* |
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9 | 4 | Per Amundsen | name|N - The connection name or the Nth connection. |
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11 | *Properties* |
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13 | .progid - The object name. |
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14 | .result - The value returned by the COM object member after the call |
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15 | .error - The error code if any. |
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16 | .errortext - The error text if any. |
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17 | .argerr - TODO |
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18 | .dispatch - [[$true]] if this is a dispatch pointer. |
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19 | .unknown - [[$true]] if this is a unknown pointer. |
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23 | *$com(name, &bvar)* |
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25 | Returns connection information for the connection and puts it into &bvar. |
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27 | *Parameters* |
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29 | name|- The connection name. |
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30 | &bvar - The &bvar to write to. |
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32 | *Properties* |
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34 | .progid - The object name. |
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35 | .result - The value returned by the COM object member after the call |
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36 | .error - The error code if any. |
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37 | .errortext - The error text if any. |
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38 | .argerr - TODO |
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39 | .dispatch - [[$true]] if this is a dispatch pointer. |
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40 | .unknown - [[$true]] if this is a unknown pointer. |
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44 | 1 | Per Amundsen | *$com(name/N,varname)* |
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46 | Returns value of the specified variable name. |
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48 | *Parameters* |
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50 | 3 | Per Amundsen | name/N - The connection name or the Nth connection. |
51 | 1 | Per Amundsen | varname - Name of the referenced variable. |
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54 | 1 | Per Amundsen | |
55 | *$com(name,member,method,type1,value1,...,typeN,valueN)* |
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57 | This calls a member of an open COM connection with the specified method and parameters. |
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59 | Returns: 1 = ok, 0 = fail. |
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61 | *Parameters* |
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63 | name - Connection name. |
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64 | member - Member name. |
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65 | method - Combination of the following values added together: |
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66 | 2 | Per Amundsen | <pre> |
67 | 1 | Per Amundsen | 1 = DISPATCH_METHOD |
68 | 2 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET |
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69 | 4 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT |
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70 | 8 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF |
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71 | 2 | Per Amundsen | </pre> |
72 | 1 | Per Amundsen | 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. |
73 | 2 | Per Amundsen | <pre> |
74 | 1 | Per Amundsen | VB equivalents are: boolean, byte, currency, date, double, integer, long, single, string, variant. |
75 | To make a variable by reference, use * in the type name, eg. i1* |
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76 | 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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77 | When using a variant you must also specify the variable type after it, eg. variant bool. |
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78 | 2 | Per Amundsen | </pre> |
79 | 1 | Per Amundsen | value - The value assigned to the variable type. |