Re: How to set a COM Object property to TRUE

[Jenda Krynicky]

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I am trying to set a WIN32 COM Object bool property true to enable a
> validation option.
> 
> I can do it in VB like so.
> 
> emailPtr.CorrectSyntax = True
> 
> How do I do it in PERL?
> 
> I have tried so many different things to no avail.
> 
> $emailObj->{MxLookup} = (TRUE);
> $emailObj->{MxLookup} = $TRUE;
> $emailObj->{MxLookup} = 1;
> $emailObj->{MxLookup} = TRUE;

Try
  $emailObj->{MxLookup} = -1; 
  # yes, CInt(True) == -1

or
  use Win32::OLE::Variant;
  $emailObj->{MxLookup} = Variant(VT_BOOL, -1);

HTH, Jenda
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