From: Masaki Suketa <masaki.suketa@...>
Date: 2002-04-17T20:15:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Hello! Can you help me?

Hello,
In message "Re: Hello! Can you help me?"
    on 02/04/15, BJ <o612hw001@sneakemail.com> writes:
> > win32ole allows COM interaction ... in .vbs one can specify a machine name
> > as a 2nd parameter in CreateObject (same as WIN32OLE.new), but it doesn't
> > appear win32ole allows this. That'd be a nice feature to add in.
> 
> I agree!  I was hoping to find a way to work around winole's
> limitation of not allowing a server name to be specified (as in VB
> CreateObject) - does anyone know how?

I'm glad if you try the latest version of Win32OLE 0.4.7.

I only checked the following code works in my Windows 2000 box.

  require 'win32ole'
  excel = WIN32OLE.new('Excel.Application', 'localhost')
  excel.visible = true

  Regards,
  Masaki Suketa