Description

Creates an instance of an OLE object

Syntax

object = OLECREATEINSTANCE(classname)

Parameters

The function has the following parameters:

ParameterDescription
classnameThe OLE classname.

Returns

An OLE object of the Classname class.

Remarks

The OleCreateInstance function is used to create instances of an OLE Object for use in Basic+ scripts.

See also

OleGetProperty function, OlePutProperty subroutine, OleCallMethod function, OleStatus function

Example

subroutine Test_OLE_Basic_PDF(void)
declare subroutine OlePutProperty, Msg
declare function OleCreateInstance, OleGetProperty, OleCallMethod, OleStatus
 
// Create the Ole Object for VSPrinter
 
oleObj = OleCreateInstance('VSPRINTER7.VSPRINTER.1')
status = OleStatus()
if status then
   msg(@window,'OLE Error code: ':status)
   return
end
 
// Get the AbortCaption property of the VSPrinter Print window
 
property1 = OleGetProperty(oleObj, 'AbortCaption')
status = OleStatus()
if status then
   msg(@window,'OLE Error code: ':status)
end
 
// Change the AbortCaption property of the VSPrinter Print window
 
OlePutProperty(oleObj, 'AbortCaption', 'Testing...')
status = OleStatus()
if status then
   msg(@window,'OLE Error code: ':status)
end
 
// Get the AbortCaption property of the VSPrinter Print window after it has been changed
 
property2 = OleGetProperty(oleObj, 'AbortCaption')
status = OleStatus()
if status then
   msg(@window,'OLE Error code: ':status)
end
 
// Calls the STARTDOC method of the ole object to begin printing the document.
 
ReturnValue = OleCallMethod(oleObj, "STARTDOC")
status = OleStatus()
if status then
  msg(@window,'OLE Error code: ':status)
end
 
// Create the text to print
 
text  = "OpenInsight is the only database development and application environment that provides both Windows, "
text: = "Linux and Java-based GUI tools to develop and deploy web-based and client server applications that "
text: = "support native XML, SQL, Lotus Notes. There are 1.6 mm licenses of Revelation products across 80k "
text: = "deployed sites worldwide."
 
// Print the text
 
OlePutProperty(oleObj,"TEXT",text)
status = OleStatus()
if status then
   msg(@window,'OLE Error code: ':status)
end
 
// End the print job
 
ReturnValue = OleCallMethod(oleObj, "ENDDOC")
status = OleStatus()
if OleStatus() then
   msg(@window,'OLE Error code: ':status)
end
 
// Save the text to a temp file for use in the VSPDF OLE object
 
returnValue = OleCallMethod(oleObj,"SAVEDOC","pdftemp.txt")
status = OleStatus()
if OleStatus() then
   msg(@window,'OLE Error code: ':status)
end
 
// Start the VSPDF OLE object to create the pdf file
 
oleObj2 = OleCreateInstance('VSPDF.VSPDF.1')
status = OleStatus()
if OleStatus() then
   msg(@window,'OLE Error code: ':status)
   return
end
 
// Create the PDF file
 
returnvalue = OleCallMethod(oleObj2,"convertfile","pdftemp.txt","C:\temp\new_ole_func.pdf")
status = OleStatus()
if OleStatus() then
   msg(@window,'OLE Error code: ':status)
end
return
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