method

invoke

ruby latest stable - Class: WIN32OLE

invoke(*args)

public

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

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;
}

invoke

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