From: Keith Sader <ksader@...>
Date: 2006-04-08T03:59:47+09:00
Subject: Re: windows application automation

require 'win32ole' and read up on your favorite OLE browser.

What I've found is that I wind up fighting the (lack of) Ole
documentation as much as anything.

Here's a simple Ruby script I've written to check a mail store via
Mapi for #of new messages and attachments:

require 'win32ole'

mapiSession = WIN32OLE::new('Mapi.Session')
logonParam = "server" + "\n" + "account"
mapiSession.Logon('ProfileInfo' => logonParam)

new_messages = 0
total_messages = 0

mapiSession.Inbox.Messages.each {
    |message|
    begin
        new_messages += 1 if(message['UnRead'])
        total_messages += 1
        puts message['Sender'].Address
        puts message['Subject']
        puts 'Number of Attachments: ' + message['Attachments'].count.to_s
    end
}

 puts "You have #{new_messages} new message(s)"
 puts "You have #{total_messages} total message(s)"

 mapiSession.Logoff

Was there a particular application(Outlook, Excel, etc?) that you were
hoping to automate?


On 4/7/06, Wolfgang <wollez@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wan't to automate some applications which are running on mswin. Is it
> somehow possible to "send" key prints to that application? For example
> like "control s" for save.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
>


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