COMInvoke

Syntax

COMInvoke(strObjHandle, strMethodName, var_1 [, var_2, var_3, ...var_N], ReturnVar);

strObjHandle	The handle associated with the component.
strMethodName	The method to be invoked.
var_1, var_2,...	One or more variables from StreamServe scripts to be used as arguments.
ReturnVar	The variable that will be set to the return value from the invoked method.

Description

Invokes the specified method for the COM component associated with the specified handle. The COMInvoke function can take several variables as arguments. All the variables must be defined in StreamServe scripts. Explicit values, or return values from other functions can not be passed directly to the COMInvoke function.

Returns

A number indicating whether the method was successfully invoked.

	The method was successfully invoked.
num<0	Failed to invoke the method.

Example

$iRetVal=COMInvoke("objTest", "DocProcessed", $job_id, $doc_id, $nr_of_docs);

$iRetVal=COMInvoke("objTest", "FireNewJob");