Class: WIN32OLE_RECORD

Inherits:

Object

Object
WIN32OLE_RECORD

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Defined in:: win32ole_record.c

Overview

WIN32OLE_RECORD objects represents VT_RECORD OLE variant.

Win32OLE returns WIN32OLE_RECORD object if the result value of invoking
OLE methods.

If COM server in VB.NET ComServer project is the following:

  Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
  Public Class ComClass
      Public Structure Book
          <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)> _
          Public title As String
          Public cost As Integer
      End Structure
      Public Function getBook() As Book
          Dim book As New Book
          book.title = "The Ruby Book"
          book.cost = 20
          Return book
      End Function
  End Class

then, you can retrieve getBook return value from the following
Ruby script:

  require 'win32ole'
  obj = WIN32OLE.new('ComServer.ComClass')
  book = obj.getBook
  book.class # => WIN32OLE_RECORD
  book.title # => "The Ruby Book"
  book.cost  # => 20