From: Masaki Suketa <masaki.suketa@...>
Date: 2006-04-07T23:59:44+09:00
Subject: Re: win32ole with COM method taking two out refs

Hello,

In message "win32ole with COM method taking two out refs"
    on 06/04/07, Adam Gardiner <adam.gardiner@bt.com> writes:

> I've tried passing nil, which leads to a Type mismatch error.
> I've tried passing Object.new, which allows the method to succeed and 
> returns WIN32OLE objects in ARGV[3] and ARGV[4]. However, these objects 
> have no associated type library information, so I then receive 
> "undefined method" errors if I try to call any methods on them.

What is the result of the following?
  p ARGV[3]
  p ARGV[4]

If the result is nil, then Win32OLE can not get ARGV[3] and ARGV[4].

> In VB, the example code defines variables for arg3 and arg4 that are of 
> types defined in the type library (HsxServer and HsvSession), i.e.
> 
>     Dim session as HsvSession
>     Dim server as HsxServer
> 
> Is there any way to achieve the same thing in Ruby with win32ole?

Unfortunately, there is no way to create variable defined in the type library.

  Regards,
  Masaki Suketa