ExtendedHostFunctionscomType Method

Imports a COM/ActiveX type.

Namespace: Microsoft.ClearScript
Assembly: ClearScript.Core (in ClearScript.Core.dll) Version: 7.4.5

Syntax

public Object comType(
	string progID,
	string serverName = null
)

Public Function comType ( 
	progID As String,
	Optional serverName As String = Nothing
) As Object

public:
Object^ comType(
	String^ progID, 
	String^ serverName = nullptr
)

member comType : 
        progID : string * 
        ?serverName : string 
(* Defaults:
        let _serverName = defaultArg serverName null
*)
-> Object

Parameters

progID String: The programmatic identifier (ProgID) of the registered class to import.
serverName String (Optional): An optional name that specifies the server from which to import the type.

Return Value

Object
The imported COM/ActiveX type.

Remarks

The progID argument can be a class identifier (CLSID) in standard GUID format with braces (e.g., "{0D43FE01-F093-11CF-8940-00A0C9054228}").

Example

The following code imports the Scripting.Dictionary class and uses it to create and populate an instance. It assumes that an instance of ExtendedHostFunctions is exposed under the name "host" (see AddHostObject).

JavaScript

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var DictT = host.comType('Scripting.Dictionary');
var dict = host.newObj(DictT);
dict.Add('foo', 123);
dict.Add('bar', 456.789);
dict.Add('baz', 'abc');

Reference

ExtendedHostFunctions Class

Microsoft.ClearScript Namespace