COM_invoke

Invoke method on COM object or interface.

📝 Syntax

• S = invoke(h, methodname, arg1, arg2, ...)

• S = COM_invoke(h, methodname, arg1, arg2, ...)

📥 Input argument

• h - a COM object.

• methodname - a string: the method name invoked on COM object.

• arg1, arg2, ... - a Nelson variable of type double, int, boolean, string, ... used as parameters of COM function invoked.

📤 Output argument

• S - a COM object or data.

📄 Description

If the method returns a COM interface, then ole_invoke returns a new COM object that represents the returned interface.

💡 Example

pWord = actxserver('Word.Application')
pWord.Visible = true
invoke(pWord, 'Quit')
delete(pWord)
clear pWord

🔗 See also

COM_get, COM_set.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version