Rapid-Q Documentation by William Yu (c)1999	Appendix A: QOLEOBJECT

QOLEOBJECT Component

QOleObject implements an automation client. Type checking is disabled for this component, see examples on how this can help you. This component is currently in an experimental stage. Longs, Doubles, and Strings are currently supported, other data types may be added later.

QOleObject Properties

Field	Type	R/W	Default

QOleObject Methods

Method	Type	Description	Params

Container	QOLECONTAINER	W
CreateObject	FUNCTION (ClassName AS STRING) AS INTEGER	Create COM object, with actual name or CLSID	1
CreateRemote	FUNCTION (Host AS STRING, ClassName AS STRING) AS INTEGER	Create remote COM object, with actual name or CLSID	2
Free	SUB	Release object	0
GetIDofName	FUNCTION (Name AS STRING) AS INTEGER	Returns the ID of an identifier, good for checking if it exists. Returns -1 if name is not found.	1
GetObject	FUNCTION (ClassName AS STRING) AS INTEGER	Get active COM object, with actual name or CLSID	1
Invoke	FUNCTIONI (ID AS STRING, Params, ...) AS VARIANT	Invoke method/property	Infinite
InvokeCopy	SUB (ID AS STRING, Object AS QOLEOBJECT)	Copy object (might not work... yet)	2

QOleObject Events

Event	Type	Occurs when...	Params

QOleObject Examples

' This example requires MS WORD
' If you're using a localized version with a foreign language,
' you'll have to adjust the parameter names to match.
' Comments in italics indicate the old style syntax before
' type checking was disabled.  You can choose either approach.

$ESCAPECHARS ON

DIM Object AS QOLEOBJECT

'Object.CreateObject("{000209FE-0000-0000-C000-00046}")
Object.CreateObject("Word.Basic")
'Object.Invoke("AppShow")
Object.AppShow
'Object.Invoke("AppMaximize", "", 1)
Object.AppMaximize("", 1)
'Object.Invoke("FileNew")
Object.FileNew

PRINT Object.Bold  '-- is bold enabled?

Object.Insert("Hello world!\n")
Object.Bold

PRINT Object.Bold  '-- Bold should be enabled

Object.Insert("Rapid-Q is awesome!\n")
Object.Bold(0)     '-- Turn Bold off

SLEEP 5

Object.Free

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