From: Brian Mac <mcnamarabrian@...>
Date: 2008-03-01T03:24:55+09:00
Subject: Re: WIN32OLE Question

hi kyle,

awesome - thanks for giving me a jab in the right direction.  much
appreciated!  (now the trick is to make heads or tails of the
information i do get...)

thanks!
brian

On Feb 29, 12:53 pm, Kyle Schmitt <kyleaschm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian,
>      I don't have time to hunt it down right now, but there are
> several free(speech & beer) ole/com browsers out there, that will
> display all the available objects for you to play with, and their
> methods.  There's even one written in ruby.
> Google for something like ruby win32 com browser, and see if you find it.
>
> --Kyle
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Brian Mac <mcnamarabr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > newbie question from one not too familiar with windows ole...
>
> >  is there a way to determine if a windows application has win32ole
> >  automation capabilities?  if i understand what i've read correctly, if
> >  a component is listed in the mmc component service dcom config menu it
> >  has ole server capability.
>
> >  how can one tell what methods are available to manipulate the
> >  underlying component.  i'm trying to work with an application on a
> >  remote machine but need to know what i can do.
>
> >  any and all help is greatly appreciated,
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