include/wx/msw/ole/automtn.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        automtn.h
   3 // Purpose:     OLE automation utilities
   4 // Author:      Julian Smart
   5 // Modified by:
   6 // Created:     11/6/98
   7 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   8 // Copyright:   (c) 1998, Julian Smart
   9 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
  10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  11
  12 #ifndef _WX_AUTOMTN_H_
  13 #define _WX_AUTOMTN_H_
  14
  15 #include "wx/object.h"
  16 #include "wx/variant.h"
  17
  18 typedef void            WXIDISPATCH;
  19 typedef unsigned short* WXBSTR;
  20
  21 #ifdef GetObject
  22 #undef GetObject
  23 #endif
  24
  25 /*
  26  * wxAutomationObject
  27  * Wraps up an IDispatch pointer and invocation; does variant conversion.
  28  */
  29
  30 class WXDLLEXPORT wxAutomationObject: public wxObject
  31 {
  32 public:
  33     wxAutomationObject(WXIDISPATCH* dispatchPtr = NULL);
  34     ~wxAutomationObject();
  35
  36     // Set/get dispatch pointer
  37     inline void SetDispatchPtr(WXIDISPATCH* dispatchPtr) { m_dispatchPtr = dispatchPtr; };
  38     inline WXIDISPATCH* GetDispatchPtr() const { return m_dispatchPtr; }
  39
  40     // Get a dispatch pointer from the current object associated
  41     // with a class id, such as "Excel.Application"
  42     bool GetInstance(const wxString& classId) const;
  43
  44     // Get a dispatch pointer from a new instance of the the class
  45     bool CreateInstance(const wxString& classId) const;
  46
  47     // Low-level invocation function. Pass either an array of variants,
  48     // or an array of pointers to variants.
  49     bool Invoke(const wxString& member, int action,
  50         wxVariant& retValue, int noArgs, wxVariant args[], const wxVariant* ptrArgs[] = 0) const;
  51
  52     // Invoke a member function
  53     wxVariant CallMethod(const wxString& method, int noArgs, wxVariant args[]);
  54     wxVariant CallMethodArray(const wxString& method, int noArgs, const wxVariant **args);
  55
  56     // Convenience function
  57     wxVariant CallMethod(const wxString& method,
  58         const wxVariant& arg1 = wxNullVariant, const wxVariant& arg2 = wxNullVariant,
  59         const wxVariant& arg3 = wxNullVariant, const wxVariant& arg4 = wxNullVariant,
  60         const wxVariant& arg5 = wxNullVariant, const wxVariant& arg6 = wxNullVariant);
  61
  62     // Get/Put property
  63     wxVariant GetProperty(const wxString& property, int noArgs = 0, wxVariant args[] = (wxVariant*) NULL) const;
  64     wxVariant GetPropertyArray(const wxString& property, int noArgs, const wxVariant **args) const;
  65     wxVariant GetProperty(const wxString& property,
  66         const wxVariant& arg1, const wxVariant& arg2 = wxNullVariant,
  67         const wxVariant& arg3 = wxNullVariant, const wxVariant& arg4 = wxNullVariant,
  68         const wxVariant& arg5 = wxNullVariant, const wxVariant& arg6 = wxNullVariant);
  69
  70     bool PutPropertyArray(const wxString& property, int noArgs, const wxVariant **args);
  71     bool PutProperty(const wxString& property, int noArgs, wxVariant args[]) ;
  72     bool PutProperty(const wxString& property,
  73         const wxVariant& arg1, const wxVariant& arg2 = wxNullVariant,
  74         const wxVariant& arg3 = wxNullVariant, const wxVariant& arg4 = wxNullVariant,
  75         const wxVariant& arg5 = wxNullVariant, const wxVariant& arg6 = wxNullVariant);
  76
  77     // Uses DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET
  78     // and returns a dispatch pointer. The calling code should call Release
  79     // on the pointer, though this could be implicit by constructing an wxAutomationObject
  80     // with it and letting the destructor call Release.
  81     WXIDISPATCH* GetDispatchProperty(const wxString& property, int noArgs, wxVariant args[]) const;
  82     WXIDISPATCH* GetDispatchProperty(const wxString& property, int noArgs, const wxVariant **args) const;
  83
  84     // A way of initialising another wxAutomationObject with a dispatch object,
  85     // without having to deal with nasty IDispatch pointers.
  86     bool GetObject(wxAutomationObject& obj, const wxString& property, int noArgs = 0, wxVariant args[] = (wxVariant*) NULL) const;
  87     bool GetObject(wxAutomationObject& obj, const wxString& property, int noArgs, const wxVariant **args) const;
  88
  89 public:
  90     WXIDISPATCH*  m_dispatchPtr;
  91
  92     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxAutomationObject)
  93 };
  94
  95
  96 #endif
  97     // _WX_AUTOMTN_H_