From: David Naseby <david.naseby@...>
Date: 2002-06-26T10:22:57+09:00
Subject: RE: Two properties with the same name

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maur�cio [mailto:briqueabraque@yahoo.com]
> 
>     How can I access the value of the "type" property (in 
> this example, it's
> supposed to be 25) instead of WIN32OLE?

WIN32OLE uses method_missing trick to dispatch to OLE properties. To
explicitly call a member, instead of relying on method_missing (which
obviously won't be called if a method exists with that name), call
WIN32OLE::invoke(cmd, *args).

So in your case:
> element.invoke('type')

David Naseby