Method: WIN32OLE#invoke

Defined in:
win32ole.c

#invoke(method, [arg1,...]) ⇒ Object

Runs OLE method. The first argument specifies the method name of OLE Automation object. The others specify argument of the method. If you can not execute method directly, then use this method instead.

excel = WIN32OLE.new('Excel.Application')
excel.invoke('Quit')  # => same as excel.Quit



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# File 'win32ole.c', line 2840

static VALUE
fole_invoke(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    VALUE v = ole_invoke(argc, argv, self, DISPATCH_METHOD|DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET, FALSE);
    if (v == rb_eNoMethodError) {
        return rb_call_super(argc, argv);
    }
    return v;
}