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Per Amundsen, 08/12/2015 09:39 AM
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| 3 | 1 | Per Amundsen | *$comcall(name,alias,member,method,type1,value1,...,typeN,valueN)* |
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| 5 | This calls a member of an open COM connection with the specified method and parameters. |
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| 7 | Uses the same format as [[$com]]() apart from the alias. It is multi-threaded so it will not halt the script and will call the specified alias once the call returns. |
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| 9 | Returns: 1 = ok, 0 = fail. |
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| 11 | *Parameters* |
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| 13 | 5 | Per Amundsen | name - Connection name. |
| 14 | alias - Alias to call when the call is finished. |
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| 15 | member - Member name. |
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| 16 | method - Combination of the following values added together: |
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| 17 | 1 | Per Amundsen | <pre> |
| 18 | 1 = DISPATCH_METHOD |
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| 19 | 2 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET |
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| 20 | 4 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT |
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| 21 | 8 = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF |
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| 22 | </pre> |
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| 23 | 5 | 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. |
| 24 | 1 | Per Amundsen | <pre> |
| 25 | VB equivalents are: boolean, byte, currency, date, double, integer, long, single, string, variant. |
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| 26 | To make a variable by reference, use * in the type name, eg. i1* |
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| 27 | 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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| 28 | When using a variant you must also specify the variable type after it, eg. variant bool. |
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| 29 | </pre> |
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| 30 | 5 | Per Amundsen | value - The value assigned to the variable type. |