WIN32OLE::Variable objects represent OLE variable information.

Instance Methods

Returns the OLE variable name and the value with class name.

Returns the name of variable.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart
  xlDialogSheet
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet
  xlExcel4MacroSheet
  xlWorksheet

Returns OLE type string.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.ole_type} #{variable.name}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  INT xlChart
  INT xlDialogSheet
  INT xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet
  INT xlExcel4MacroSheet
  INT xlWorksheet

Returns detail information of type. The information is array of type.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('DirectX 7 for Visual Basic Type Library', 'D3DCLIPSTATUS')
variable = tobj.variables.find {|variable| variable.name == 'lFlags'}
tdetail  = variable.ole_type_detail
p tdetail # => ["USERDEFINED", "CONST_D3DCLIPSTATUSFLAGS"]
An alias for name

Returns value if value is exists. If the value does not exist, this method returns nil.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.value}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart = -4109
  xlDialogSheet = -4116
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet = 4
  xlExcel4MacroSheet = 3
  xlWorksheet = -4167

Returns variable kind string.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.variable_kind}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart CONSTANT
  xlDialogSheet CONSTANT
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet CONSTANT
  xlExcel4MacroSheet CONSTANT
  xlWorksheet CONSTANT

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 true if the variable is public.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.visible?}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart true
  xlDialogSheet true
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet true
  xlExcel4MacroSheet true
  xlWorksheet true