Thanks for your help. I can find it in regedit.
I have to find it out in OLE/COM Object Viewer or OLE-Browser to get the methods and properties of this OLE server. It's really not good that OLE/COM Object Viewer and OLE-Browser don't have a search function... On 6/2/05, Siegfried Heintze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I'm surprised that you cannot find with the OLE/COM viewer. Did you try > regedit like I recommended? You can search with regedit more easily than you > can OLE/COM viewer anyway. > > But I don't' understand your problem: if your application is working, why do > you care if you can find it in OLE/COM viewer? > > Re. shutdown: Check the documentation for Win32::OLE -- I remember there is > a way to shut down an application. > > Now beware the some applications, like Microsoft Word, don't follow the > rules. You can observer this by creating an instance of Microsoft word and > $app->Visible = $true; > > When you release the application, the application (and its window, of > course) is supposed to shut down but it does not. So maybe your application > misbehaves in the same manor. There may be a function you can call like > quit, or exit that will make the application shut down. > > Siegfried > -----Original Message----- > From: J aperlh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 6:48 PM > To: Siegfried Heintze > Cc: beginners@perl.org > Subject: Re: A question about Win32:OLE > > Thanks for your help! > > I have a application installed on my system. > I can start the application by using: > my $app = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Aaa.Bbb'); > > The problem is that I cannot find Aaa.Bbb in OLE/COM Object Viewer or > OLE-Browser. > I did a thorough search! > > Another question is: > How do I shut the application down? > > > > On 6/1/05, Siegfried Heintze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can use regedit too. The OLE/COM Object Viewer is the favorite. > > > > Well, actually, the documentation/tutorial for the function you are trying > > to call is the favorite. > > > > If you know the CLSID, you can call a function like CLSIDtoString (or > > something like that) to get the progid. > > > > Siegfried > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: J aperlh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 8:10 PM > > To: beginners@perl.org > > Subject: A question about Win32:OLE > > > > A question about Win32:OLE! > > > > Where can I get the program ID of an application? > > Get it from OLE/COM Object Viewer or something else? > > > > my $app = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit'); > > ! > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
