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OLECALL command

Gives access to method or property of an object instance created with OLECREATE.

 

Syntax

 

CHGVAR

VAR(&CMD) VALUE('OLECALL')

CHGVAR

VAR(&PARM1) VALUE('"Identifier of instance"')

CHGVAR

VAR(&PARM2) VALUE('Method or property to execute')

CALL

PGM(LNCCMD) PARM(&HANDLE &CMD &OPT &PARM1 +

&PARM2 &RESULT)

 

 Parameters

 

Parameters

 

Parm1

ID of the object instance.

 This ID was returned by a previous call of OLECREATE.

 

Parm2

Text of the method or property to apply.

Examples :

ActiveDocument.SaveAs("C:\MyDoc\Doc1.doc")
Saves current document.

ActiveDocument.Words.Count
Returns document words number.
 

 

RESULT

At the output, the &RESULT parameter contains a value possibly returned by the called method, or the value of a requested property.

 

 

The use of this command requires a good Windows OLE programming knowledge as well as a good knowledge of the object to communicate with.

 

Example

 

See OLECREATE.

 

See also

 

OLECREATE