Runs OLE method. The first argument specifies the method name of OLE Automation object. The others specify argument of the method. If you can not execute method directly, then use this method instead.
excel = WIN32OLE.new('Excel.Application') excel.invoke('Quit') # => same as excel.Quit
Runs the early binding method. The 1st argument specifies dispatch ID, the 2nd argument specifies the array of arguments, the 3rd argument specifies the array of the type of arguments.
excel = WIN32OLE.new('Excel.Application') excel._invoke(302, [], []) # same effect as excel.Quit
Returns help string of OLE method. If the help string is not found, then the method returns nil.
tobj = WIN32OLE_TYPE.new('Microsoft Internet Controls', 'IWebBrowser') method = WIN32OLE_METHOD.new(tobj, 'Navigate') puts method.helpstring # => Navigates to a URL or file.
Returns the method name with class name.
Returns true if the parameter is input.
tobj = WIN32OLE_TYPE.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'Workbook') method = WIN32OLE_METHOD.new(tobj, 'SaveAs') param1 = method.params[0] puts param1.input? # => true
Returns the parameter name with class name. If the parameter has default value, then returns name=value string with class name.
Returns the OLE struct name and member name and the value of member
If COM server in VB.NET ComServer project is the following:
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Class ComClass
<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)> _
Public title As String
Public cost As Integer
End Class
then
srver = WIN32OLE.new('ComServer.ComClass') obj = WIN32OLE_RECORD.new('Book', server) obj.inspect # => <WIN32OLE_RECORD(ComClass) {"title" => nil, "cost" => nil}>
Returns number which represents type.
tobj = WIN32OLE_TYPE.new('Microsoft Word 10.0 Object Library', 'Documents') puts tobj.typekind # => 4
Returns help string.
tobj = WIN32OLE_TYPE.new('Microsoft Internet Controls', 'IWebBrowser') puts tobj.helpstring # => Web Browser interface
Returns the type name with class name.
ie = WIN32OLE.new('InternetExplorer.Application')
ie.ole_type.inspect => #<WIN32OLE_TYPE:IWebBrowser2>
Returns the type library name with class name.
tlib = WIN32OLE_TYPELIB.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library') tlib.inspect # => "<#WIN32OLE_TYPELIB:Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library>"
Returns the number which represents variable kind.
tobj = WIN32OLE_TYPE.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.varkind}"
end
The result of above script is following:
xlChart 2
xlDialogSheet 2
xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet 2
xlExcel4MacroSheet 2
xlWorksheet 2
Returns the OLE variable name and the value with class name.
Return the contents of this hash as a string.
h = { "c" => 300, "a" => 100, "d" => 400, "c" => 300 } h.to_s #=> "{\"c\"=>300, \"a\"=>100, \"d\"=>400}"
Returns a new hash created by using hsh’s values as keys, and the keys as values. If a key with the same value already exists in the hsh, then the last one defined will be used, the earlier value(s) will be discarded.
h = { "n" => 100, "m" => 100, "y" => 300, "d" => 200, "a" => 0 } h.invert #=> {0=>"a", 100=>"m", 200=>"d", 300=>"y"}
If there is no key with the same value, Hash#invert is involutive.
h = { a: 1, b: 3, c: 4 } h.invert.invert == h #=> true
The condition, no key with the same value, can be tested by comparing the size of inverted hash.
# no key with the same value h = { a: 1, b: 3, c: 4 } h.size == h.invert.size #=> true # two (or more) keys has the same value h = { a: 1, b: 3, c: 1 } h.size == h.invert.size #=> false
Returns true if the given key is present in hsh.
h = { "a" => 100, "b" => 200 } h.has_key?("a") #=> true h.has_key?("z") #=> false
Note that include? and member? do not test member equality using == as do other Enumerables.
See also Enumerable#include?
Returns a new hash created by using environment variable names as values and values as names.
Returns the contents of the environment as a String.
Deprecated method that is equivalent to ENV.key
Returns true if there is an environment variable with the given name.
This is a deprecated alias for each_line.
This is a deprecated alias for each_codepoint.
Reads ARGF‘s current file in its entirety, returning an Array of its lines, one line per element. Lines are assumed to be separated by sep.
lines = ARGF.readlines lines[0] #=> "This is line one\n"
Returns the next line from the current file in ARGF.
By default lines are assumed to be separated by $/; to use a different character as a separator, supply it as a String for the sep argument.
The optional limit argument specifies how many characters of each line to return. By default all characters are returned.
An EOFError is raised at the end of the file.
Positions the current file to the beginning of input, resetting ARGF.lineno to zero.
ARGF.readline #=> "This is line one\n" ARGF.rewind #=> 0 ARGF.lineno #=> 0 ARGF.readline #=> "This is line one\n"