#include <wx/msw/ole/automtn.h>

Inheritance diagram for wxAutomationObject:

Detailed Description

The wxAutomationObject class represents an OLE automation object containing a single data member, an IDispatch pointer.

It contains a number of functions that make it easy to perform automation operations, and set and get properties. The class makes heavy use of the wxVariant class.

The usage of these classes is quite close to OLE automation usage in Visual Basic. The API is high-level, and the application can specify multiple properties in a single string. The following example gets the current Excel instance, and if it exists, makes the active cell bold.

wxAutomationObject excelObject;
  if (excelObject.GetInstance("Excel.Application"))
      excelObject.PutProperty("ActiveCell.Font.Bold", @true);

Note that this class obviously works under Windows only.

Availability: only available for the wxMSW port.

Library: wxCore

Category: Data Structures

See also: wxVariant, wxVariantDataCurrency, wxVariantDataErrorCode, wxVariantDataSafeArray

Public Member Functions
	wxAutomationObject (WXIDISPATCH *dispatchPtr=NULL)
	Constructor, taking an optional IDispatch pointer which will be released when the object is deleted. More...

	~wxAutomationObject ()
	Destructor. More...

bool	CreateInstance (const wxString &progId) const
	Creates a new object based on the ProgID, returning true if the object was successfully created, or false if not. More...

bool	IsOk () const
	Checks if the object is in a valid state. More...

void *	GetDispatchPtr () const
	Gets the IDispatch pointer. More...

bool	GetInstance (const wxString &progId, int flags=wxAutomationInstance_CreateIfNeeded) const
	Retrieves the current object associated with the specified ProgID, and attaches the IDispatch pointer to this object. More...

bool	GetObject (wxAutomationObject &obj, const wxString &property, int noArgs=0, wxVariant args[]=NULL) const
	Retrieves a property from this object, assumed to be a dispatch pointer, and initialises obj with it. More...

bool	Invoke (const wxString &member, int action, wxVariant &retValue, int noArgs, wxVariant args[], const wxVariant *ptrArgs[]=0) const
	This function is a low-level implementation that allows access to the IDispatch Invoke function. More...

void	SetDispatchPtr (WXIDISPATCH *dispatchPtr)
	Sets the IDispatch pointer. More...

LCID	GetLCID () const
	Returns the locale identifier used in automation calls. More...

void	SetLCID (LCID lcid)
	Sets the locale identifier to be used in automation calls performed by this object. More...

long	GetConvertVariantFlags () const
	Returns the flags used for conversions between wxVariant and OLE VARIANT, see wxOleConvertVariantFlags. More...

void	SetConvertVariantFlags (long flags)
	Sets the flags used for conversions between wxVariant and OLE VARIANT, see wxOleConvertVariantFlags. More...


wxVariant	CallMethod (const wxString &method, int noArgs, wxVariant args[]) const
	Calls an automation method for this object. More...

const wxVariant	CallMethod (const wxString &method,...) const
	Calls an automation method for this object. More...


wxVariant	GetProperty (const wxString &property, int noArgs, wxVariant args[]) const
	Gets a property value from this object. More...

const wxVariant	GetProperty (const wxString &property,...) const
	Gets a property value from this object. More...


bool	PutProperty (const wxString &property, int noArgs, wxVariant args[])
	Puts a property value into this object. More...

const bool	PutProperty (const wxString &property,...)
	Puts a property value into this object. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from wxObject
	wxObject ()
	Default ctor; initializes to NULL the internal reference data. More...

	wxObject (const wxObject &other)
	Copy ctor. More...

virtual	~wxObject ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual wxClassInfo *	GetClassInfo () const
	This virtual function is redefined for every class that requires run-time type information, when using the wxDECLARE_CLASS macro (or similar). More...

wxObjectRefData *	GetRefData () const
	Returns the wxObject::m_refData pointer, i.e. the data referenced by this object. More...

bool	IsKindOf (const wxClassInfo *info) const
	Determines whether this class is a subclass of (or the same class as) the given class. More...

bool	IsSameAs (const wxObject &obj) const
	Returns true if this object has the same data pointer as obj. More...

void	Ref (const wxObject &clone)
	Makes this object refer to the data in clone. More...

void	SetRefData (wxObjectRefData *data)
	Sets the wxObject::m_refData pointer. More...

void	UnRef ()
	Decrements the reference count in the associated data, and if it is zero, deletes the data. More...

void	UnShare ()
	This is the same of AllocExclusive() but this method is public. More...

void	operator delete (void *buf)
	The delete operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier `WXDEBUG` is defined. More...

void *	operator new (size_t size, const wxString &filename=NULL, int lineNum=0)
	The new operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier `WXDEBUG` is defined. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from wxObject
void	AllocExclusive ()
	Ensure that this object's data is not shared with any other object. More...

virtual wxObjectRefData *	CreateRefData () const
	Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and returns it. More...

virtual wxObjectRefData *	CloneRefData (const wxObjectRefData *data) const
	Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and initializes it copying data. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from wxObject
wxObjectRefData *	m_refData
	Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data. More...

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

wxAutomationObject::wxAutomationObject ( WXIDISPATCH * dispatchPtr = NULL )

Constructor, taking an optional IDispatch pointer which will be released when the object is deleted.

wxAutomationObject::~wxAutomationObject ( )

Destructor.

If the internal IDispatch pointer is non-null, it will be released.

Member Function Documentation

wxVariant wxAutomationObject::CallMethod	(	const wxString &	method,
		int	noArgs,
		wxVariant	args[]
	)		const

Calls an automation method for this object.

The first form takes a method name, number of arguments, and an array of variants. The second form takes a method name and zero to six constant references to variants. Since the variant class has constructors for the basic data types, and C++ provides temporary objects automatically, both of the following lines are syntactically valid:

Note that method can contain dot-separated property names, to save the application needing to call GetProperty several times using several temporary objects. For example:

const wxVariant wxAutomationObject::CallMethod	(	const wxString &	method,
			...
	)		const

Calls an automation method for this object.

The first form takes a method name, number of arguments, and an array of variants. The second form takes a method name and zero to six constant references to variants. Since the variant class has constructors for the basic data types, and C++ provides temporary objects automatically, both of the following lines are syntactically valid:

Note that method can contain dot-separated property names, to save the application needing to call GetProperty several times using several temporary objects. For example:

bool wxAutomationObject::CreateInstance ( const wxString & progId ) const

Creates a new object based on the ProgID, returning true if the object was successfully created, or false if not.

long wxAutomationObject::GetConvertVariantFlags ( ) const

Returns the flags used for conversions between wxVariant and OLE VARIANT, see wxOleConvertVariantFlags.

The default value is wxOleConvertVariant_Default for compatibility but it can be changed using SetConvertVariantFlags().

Notice that objects obtained by GetObject() inherit the flags from the one that created them.

Since: 3.0

void* wxAutomationObject::GetDispatchPtr ( ) const

Gets the IDispatch pointer.

Notice that the return value of this function is an untyped pointer but it can be safely cast to IDispatch.

bool wxAutomationObject::GetInstance	(	const wxString &	progId,
		int	flags = `wxAutomationInstance_CreateIfNeeded`
	)		const

Retrieves the current object associated with the specified ProgID, and attaches the IDispatch pointer to this object.

If attaching to an existing object failed and flags includes wxAutomationInstance_CreateIfNeeded flag, a new object will be created. Otherwise this function will normally log an error message which may be undesirable if the object may or may not exist. The wxAutomationInstance_SilentIfNone flag can be used to prevent the error from being logged in this case.

Returns true if a pointer was successfully retrieved, false otherwise.

Note that this cannot cope with two instances of a given OLE object being active simultaneously, such as two copies of Excel running. Which object is referenced cannot currently be specified.

Parameters

progId	COM ProgID, e.g. "Excel.Application"
flags	The creation flags (this parameters was added in wxWidgets 2.9.2)

LCID wxAutomationObject::GetLCID ( ) const

Returns the locale identifier used in automation calls.

The default is LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT but the objects obtained by GetObject() inherit the locale identifier from the one that created them.

Since: 2.9.5

bool wxAutomationObject::GetObject	(	wxAutomationObject &	obj,
		const wxString &	property,
		int	noArgs = `0`,
		wxVariant	args[] = `NULL`
	)		const

Retrieves a property from this object, assumed to be a dispatch pointer, and initialises obj with it.

To avoid having to deal with IDispatch pointers directly, use this function in preference to GetProperty() when retrieving objects from other objects. Note that an IDispatch pointer is stored as a void* pointer in wxVariant objects.

See also: GetProperty()

wxVariant wxAutomationObject::GetProperty	(	const wxString &	property,
		int	noArgs,
		wxVariant	args[]
	)		const

Gets a property value from this object.

The first form takes a property name, number of arguments, and an array of variants. The second form takes a property name and zero to six constant references to variants. Since the variant class has constructors for the basic data types, and C++ provides temporary objects automatically, both of the following lines are syntactically valid:

Note that property can contain dot-separated property names, to save the application needing to call GetProperty several times using several temporary objects.

const wxVariant wxAutomationObject::GetProperty	(	const wxString &	property,
			...
	)		const

Gets a property value from this object.

The first form takes a property name, number of arguments, and an array of variants. The second form takes a property name and zero to six constant references to variants. Since the variant class has constructors for the basic data types, and C++ provides temporary objects automatically, both of the following lines are syntactically valid:

Note that property can contain dot-separated property names, to save the application needing to call GetProperty several times using several temporary objects.

bool wxAutomationObject::Invoke	(	const wxString &	member,
		int	action,
		wxVariant &	retValue,
		int	noArgs,
		wxVariant	args[],
		const wxVariant *	ptrArgs[] = `0`
	)		const

This function is a low-level implementation that allows access to the IDispatch Invoke function.

It is not meant to be called directly by the application, but is used by other convenience functions.

Parameters

member	The member function or property name.
action	Bitlist: may contain DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT, DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF, DISPATCH_METHOD.
retValue	Return value (ignored if there is no return value)
noArgs	Number of arguments in args or ptrArgs.
args	If non-null, contains an array of variants.
ptrArgs	If non-null, contains an array of constant pointers to variants.

Returns: true if the operation was successful, false otherwise.

Remarks: Two types of argument array are provided, so that when possible pointers are used for efficiency.

bool wxAutomationObject::IsOk ( ) const

Checks if the object is in a valid state.

Returns true if the object was successfully initialized or false if it has no valid IDispatch pointer.

See also: GetDispatchPtr()

bool wxAutomationObject::PutProperty	(	const wxString &	property,
		int	noArgs,
		wxVariant	args[]
	)

Puts a property value into this object.

The first form takes a property name, number of arguments, and an array of variants. The second form takes a property name and zero to six constant references to variants. Since the variant class has constructors for the basic data types, and C++ provides temporary objects automatically, both of the following lines are syntactically valid:

Note that property can contain dot-separated property names, to save the application needing to call GetProperty several times using several temporary objects.

const bool wxAutomationObject::PutProperty	(	const wxString &	property,
			...
	)

Puts a property value into this object.

The first form takes a property name, number of arguments, and an array of variants. The second form takes a property name and zero to six constant references to variants. Since the variant class has constructors for the basic data types, and C++ provides temporary objects automatically, both of the following lines are syntactically valid:

Note that property can contain dot-separated property names, to save the application needing to call GetProperty several times using several temporary objects.

void wxAutomationObject::SetConvertVariantFlags ( long flags )

Sets the flags used for conversions between wxVariant and OLE VARIANT, see wxOleConvertVariantFlags.

The default value is wxOleConvertVariant_Default.

Since: 3.0

void wxAutomationObject::SetDispatchPtr ( WXIDISPATCH * dispatchPtr )

Sets the IDispatch pointer.

This function does not check if there is already an IDispatch pointer. You may need to cast from IDispatch* to WXIDISPATCH* when calling this function.

void wxAutomationObject::SetLCID ( LCID lcid )

Sets the locale identifier to be used in automation calls performed by this object.

The default value is LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT.

Notice that any automation objects created by this one inherit the same LCID.

Since: 2.9.5

Detailed Description

Public Member Functions

Additional Inherited Members

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation