Difference between revisions of "Comopen"
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This opens a COM connection to object progid eg. Excel.Application, and assigns the connection a name. | This opens a COM connection to object progid eg. Excel.Application, and assigns the connection a name. | ||
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/comopen name progid | /comopen name progid | ||
| − | + | '''$comerr''' checked after a call to any COM command or identifier. Returns 1 if there was an error, 0 otherwise. | |
| − | == COMLIST | + | == /COMCLOSE == |
| + | Use /comclose to close the COM connection. | ||
| + | /comclose name | ||
| + | |||
| + | == /COMLIST == | ||
Use /comlist to list all open COM connections. | Use /comlist to list all open COM connections. | ||
/comlist | /comlist | ||
| − | + | == /COMREG == | |
| − | + | /comreg -u filename | |
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| + | This registers/unregisters a COM DLL with windows. | ||
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| + | '''Example''' | ||
| + | alias comRegister { | ||
| + | comopen name progid | ||
| + | |||
| + | ; if comopen failed, maybe the DLL that came with the script is not registered | ||
| + | if ($comerr) { | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;register the DLL | ||
| + | comreg test.dll | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;try to open it again | ||
| + | comopen name progid | ||
| − | + | ; still failed, halt the script | |
| − | + | if ($comerr) halt | |
| + | } | ||
| + | } | ||
Revision as of 21:29, 6 July 2014
This opens a COM connection to object progid eg. Excel.Application, and assigns the connection a name.
/comopen name progid
$comerr checked after a call to any COM command or identifier. Returns 1 if there was an error, 0 otherwise.
/COMCLOSE
Use /comclose to close the COM connection.
/comclose name
/COMLIST
Use /comlist to list all open COM connections.
/comlist
/COMREG
/comreg -u filename
This registers/unregisters a COM DLL with windows.
Example
alias comRegister {
comopen name progid
; if comopen failed, maybe the DLL that came with the script is not registered
if ($comerr) {
;register the DLL
comreg test.dll
;try to open it again
comopen name progid
; still failed, halt the script
if ($comerr) halt
}
}
