ExtendedHostFunctionsnewComObj Method

Creates a COM/ActiveX object of the specified type.

Namespace: Microsoft.ClearScript
Assembly: ClearScript.Core (in ClearScript.Core.dll) Version: 7.5.0

Syntax

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

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

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

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

Parameters

progID String: The programmatic identifier (ProgID) of the registered class to instantiate.
serverName String (Optional): An optional name that specifies the server on which to create the object.

Return Value

Object
A new COM/ActiveX object of the specified 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 creates a Scripting.FileSystemObject instance and uses it to list the drives on the local machine. It assumes that an instance of ExtendedHostFunctions is exposed under the name "host" (see AddHostObject).

JavaScript

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var fso = host.newComObj('Scripting.FileSystemObject');
var ConsoleT = host.type('System.Console');
for (en = fso.Drives.GetEnumerator(); en.MoveNext();) {
    ConsoleT.WriteLine(en.Current.Path);
}

Reference

ExtendedHostFunctions Class

Microsoft.ClearScript Namespace