> Is it possible to call functions embedded in a com > object from within rbase? I have a .dll file that has > various e-mail functions built in. Can I access these > within r:base?
At present, R:Base has no mechanism to directly access COM objects or to call outside DLLs that do not conform to the R:Base DLL calling convention. That said, you could write an R:Base specific DLL as a wrapper around the call you want to make to the COM object (your DLL can do whatever you want it to do). The complicating factor is that R:Base will load and unload your DLL _every_ time it's called, so you can't persist a single COM object across multiple calls to your DLL unless it runs out-of-process, and even then it might be tricky to preserve the reference across DLL calls. Failing that you could, as Mike Byerly described, use VBScript and the LAUNCH command to talk to the COM object. VBScript is specifically written to script interactions with COM objects, so this would be a very natural thing to do. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about VBScript to know if you will have the same persistence problem or not, but I suspect you will. -- Larry Lustig _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
