From: Graham Brooks Date: 2002-01-23T23:34:24+09:00 Subject: Re: WIN32OLE GetObject Mmm the plot thickens. In VBScript the line oObject = GetObject("IIS://LocalHost") returns an object from the object moniker. The same request in Ruby WIN32OLE.connect('IIS://LocalHost') returns 'invalid class string' Anyone know how to get around this? Graham "Graham Brooks" wrote in message news:a2m8gn$bo6$1@newsfeed.th.ifl.net... > And the answer is WIN32OLE.connect > > Sorry to for the annoyance. > > "Graham Brooks" wrote in message > news:a2m7gd$ah4$1@newsfeed.th.ifl.net... > > Does anyone know if it is possible to retrieve a running object instead of > > creating a new one with WIN32OLE.new(). I have searched the documentation > > but could not find anything. Have I missed something? > > > > Thanks in advance > > Graham > > > > > >