Date sent: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:36:27 -0600
Subject:Re: How to simulate VB Casting for $perl_objects via
Win32::OLE?
From: w...@serensoft.com w...@serensoft.com
To: Jenda Krynicky je...@krynicky.cz
Copies to: perl-win32-users@listserv.activestate.com
That looks like
Subject:How to simulate VB Casting for $perl_objects via
Win32::OLE?
Short version: how can we simulate .NET/VB object-type CASTing, in
Win32::OLE Perl?
Long version:
We're building a bridge between a java-web-app and a .net-based-desktop app.
Perl is the glue language of choice,
That looks like a utility to take an existing perl program and convert it to
a .NET-savvy executable:
http://docs.activestate.com/pdk/8.1/ = click PerlNET link
If that's the case, it won't resolve our issue. If it's not the case, we
misunderstood. :)
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Jenda
Win32::OLE uses late binding (the IDispatch interface, aka OLE Automation);
there is no such thing as casting to different objects
as there is only a single IDispatch interface per object. This is the same as
using Jscript or VBScript, but not VB or C++ which
normally use early binding.
It
