From: Masaki Suketa <masaki.suketa@...>
Date: 2007-01-04T07:07:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Win32OLE: how to pass parameters by reference?


In message "Win32OLE: how to pass parameters by reference?"
    on 07/01/03, "Jan Svitok" <jan.svitok@gmail.com> writes:

> I need to call an OLE method that takes a VARIANT argument, and fills
> it with data. How can I accomplish this? Somewhere in the ruby-cvs
> attic I've found WIN32OLE_VARIANT, unfortunately it is removed now.

No, WIN32OLE_VARIANT is Ruby 1.9 feature.
Sorry, Ruby 1.8 does not support WIN32OLE_VARIANT.

In Ruby 1.8, WIN32OLE#_invoke method may help you.

  oleobj._invoke(dispid, [value], [WIN32OLE::VARIANT::VT_VARIANT])

The dispid is the dispatch id of the OLE method to call.
The value is the data which you want to pass.

  Regards,
  Masaki Suketa