Questions tagged [comobject]
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Select All Cells in Active Worksheet using ComOject Excel.Application in Powershell
Very new to Powershell.
Situation:
My script below is meant to do the following:
Open New Workbook
Put "This is A1" in the cell 'A1'
Select all cells in the Active Worksheet
Set the selection to TEXT data format
Here is my Script for…
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C# Excel process won't close
I'm writing a program where you can enter stuff into an excel via a button.
When the button is pressed the Application is started it interacts with the spreadsheet.
But when it's finished interacting the process should be closed completely but it…
Triims
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How to marshal C# type to LPWSTR *
I have a native C++ project which has a struct that looks like this:
struct COMStringArray
{
long lSize;
LPWSTR * array;
};
Which uses a com object written in C#, so I need to marshal my C# types to be used in my C++…
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C# COM server returning E_POINTER from GetIDsOfNames
I'm trying to create a COM server in C# to expose an OLE automation object. I'd like to implement the IDispatch interface manually, since I need to do some amount of dynamic lookup for the members. When i call my custom GetIDsOfNames the C# method…
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Using Unicode (PIC N) in safearray in Native Cobol
I need to create safearray (to pass it into COM object outside Cobol), and each item in this safearray must be PIC N string.
I am using this code:
05 w-hostArray object reference.
05 w-listA.
10 w-item …
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How to Make a ComObject "internetexplorer.application" settings persist through new window navigation
Within Citrix, we are calling a site by using the path as the PowerShell local path:
%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
And using The following command line argument:
. C:\Temp\IELockdown.ps1 -server…
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Remote execution of powershell script with autosys - to interact with IE _ComObject
I have a Powershell script designed to automate the testing of some URLs. The script invokes an Internet Explorer session as such:
$IEProcess = Start-Process -FilePAth 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe' -ArgumentList "-private…
PBebb93
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DirectShow (C#): Weird black screen issue
I am new to COM and C#.
I have a pretty basic filter graph that is modified to show the image on a picturebox in winforms application.
Everything is working as expected in a regular PC.
But I am getting black image on picturebox (as if the same…
dp2050
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COM coobjects and interfaces C#
I am completely new to this and am following a tutorial on msdn: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa645736(v=vs.71).aspx#vcwlkcominteroppart1cclienttutorialanchor2
My question is why do we use COM Interfaces AND COM CoClasses? It seems odd to…
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COM object run as elevated privileges in C#
Currently I am calling ADMT COM object in C# with the following code.
Type admtMigration = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("ADMT.Migration",true);
dynamic admt = Activator.CreateInstance(admtMigration);
IList…
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When to correctly release Outlook COM-objects?
I know similar questions have been asked here, but I feel like I don't understand it correctly.
I have the following code for example:
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Explorer expl = myOutlooApplication.ActiveExplorer();
if (expl.Selection.Count >…
cmos
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Compile a COM (ActiveX) dll using .NET Core CLI (dotnet.exe) and register it with Regasm.exe
I need to create a dll in C# to use in visual foxpro as COM object. I have Visual Studio Code installed with C# extension and the .NET Core Tools. The dll that I compile does not register accusing RegAsm : error RA0000. The procedure I took was as…
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Does clearing a List containing ComObject, release all of them in c#?
I have a list containing different ComObjects. If I do myList.Clear() would it be enough or should I loop through it and does this.
for (int i = 0; i < myList.Count; ++i)
if (System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.IsComObject(myList[i]))
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Lion King
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Com Object Exception
I wrote an application that loops through a set of records and prints two things.
One is a report from SSRS wich works correctly.
The other is a drawing that uses a COM object to print. The COM object randomly fails and causes the program to quit.…
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System.__ComObject in Battery.FromIdAsync(id)
I am currently playing with Windows.Devices.Power.
I have created a watcher for Bluetooth devices, and already retrieved the devices which were discovered nearby. But the problem is that when I try to get the battery level of specific device, I am…
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