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; if comopen failed, maybe the DLL that came with the script is not registered | ; if comopen failed, maybe the DLL that came with the script is not registered | ||
if ($comerr) { | if ($comerr) { | ||
;register the DLL | ;register the DLL | ||
comreg test.dll | comreg test.dll | ||
;try to open it again | ;try to open it again | ||
comopen name progid | comopen name progid | ||
; still failed, halt the script | ; still failed, halt the script | ||
if ($comerr) halt | if ($comerr) halt | ||
} | } | ||
} | } | ||
Revision as of 20:29, 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
}
}