Bruce,
I don't think commandline switches can be used in either CreateObject() or GetObject(). They both look to the registry for the program ID which you pass in, you cannot specify paths or switches here (except perhaps on the document name, which is the optional first parameter of GetObject()). Jonathin, the only thing else I can mention is that the syntax is different slightly when using GetObject() in Windows Script Host, there I think you use WScript.GetObject(), while in VBS run from Window-Eyes is just GetObject(). I'm not sure I did understand your post Jonathin, but one point I wanted to mention is that GetObject() can only successfully be used if the program is already running. If it's not running, you have to handle the error, and then use CreateObject() to get it running. Both of these can only be used if the program registers a COM object to be used this way; otherwise, you have to run the program using the standard shell execute command to get the .exe running. Chip From: LBX [mailto:lab...@fltg.net] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 2:34 PM To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com Subject: Re: GetObject syntax / function Hi Jonathan When using this program there are issues for the path, including placing path in quotes. Below is the link and tech blog on these issues, especially running VB and such. Bruce http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2441.html Switch Support in Reflection for HP, UNIX, OpenVMS, or ReGIS The following switches are supported by R1Win.exe, R2Win.exe, and R4Win.exe. /FMIGRATE Causes the Reflection F-Secure Migration Wizard to display before Reflection starts. /LAYOUT <layout file> Opens Reflection using the information contained in the layout file (*.rlo). /N Suppresses the display of the Reflection startup screen. /NOCONNECT Loads the connection information but doesn't automatically make the connection. You would want to use this switch, for example, if you wanted to make changes to connection settings in a settings file before connecting. /NOLOADSETTINGS Specifies that the default settings file, or any other settings file specified, is not loaded. This forces Reflection to load with its factory default values or site default values, depending on how it's configured. /RB <command> Where <command> is a Visual Basic command. Although the switch is called /RB, the Visual Basic compiler is used, not the older Reflection Basic compiler. This startup switch is identical to /VBA. /RBS <script file name> [<script argument>] Where <script file name> is a Reflection Basic script. /RCL <command> Where <command> is a Reflection command language command. /RCLS <command language file name> [<command file argument>] Where <command language file name> is a Reflection command language file (*.rcl). /S <settings file> Where <settings file> is the name of a settings file to load. When you specify multiple settings files, each successive one overwrites the previous settings. In the following example, the settings in the Second settings file will overwrite any toolbar settings that were in the First settings file. "C:\Program Files\Attachmate\Reflection\R2win.exe" /S First.r2w /S Second.r2w If your settings file name includes spaces, quotes are required. For example: "C:\Program Files\Attachmate\Reflection\r2win.exe" /S "C:\My path\My Settings.r2w" If you use a UNC path for the file, it must begin with 3 backslashes. (The /S switch can be omitted for the first settings file if it does not contain spaces.) /U <path> Where <path> designates what your user folder will be for the current session. If no path is provided, the user folder that was designated at Setup will be used. /VBA <command> Where <command> is a Visual Basic command. This startup switch is identical to /RB. Use quotation marks around path names and/or commands that include spaces. Use a double set of quotation marks for macro data contained within other quotation marks, for example: "C:\Program Files\Attachmate\Reflection\R2win.exe" /VBA ".ConnectionType = ""TELNET"" " /VBA .Connect /W <telnet URL> Opens Reflection from a telnet URL, such as in a web browser (see also Technical Note 2307 ). If you have multiple startup switches, then the /W switch must be the last switch in the string. Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 7:28 AM Subject: Re: GetObject syntax / function Chip, Thanks for the advice in a later post I showed code that I ran directly with the vbs system doing a GetObject of Reflection2.Session and CreateObject of WindowEyes.Application. This code worked and WindowEyes spoke the current X coordinate of the cursor. I then commented out the CreateObject and ran the same script in the WindowEyes script host and the GetObject on the first line failed to execute. Bruce suggested I look at environment variables but I thought Object Name translation was done via registry and I don' know the specific place to look. The binary is called "r2win.exe' Best wishes, Jonathan On Oct 9, 2014, at 7:03 AM, Chip Orange <lists3...@comcast.net> wrote: BTW, class # 16 (when I did a quick search), seems to include a discussion of getObject(). Hth, Chip From: Chip Orange [ <mailto:lists3...@comcast.net> mailto:lists3...@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 6:52 AM To: <mailto:gw-scripting@gwmicro.com> gw-scripting@gwmicro.com Subject: RE: GetObject syntax / function Hi Jonathan, There's a trick to use of GetObject(); it does have two parameters, but the first parameter should not be a null string, but should be omitted entirely if what you want is to obtain a pointer to any currently running copy of this application object (see my Word Advanced Features app, which does this, rather than start up a second copy of Word). For instance: Set WordApp = getObject(, "word.application") Then, if it ends up returning nothing, you can then use CreateObject() to start the application. As Steve says, this is standard VBScript, so you can search the internet for all information on it. Hth, Chip From: Jonathan C. Cohn [ <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com> mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 7:22 AM To: <mailto:gw-scripting@gwmicro.com> gw-scripting@gwmicro.com Subject: GetObject syntax / function I am having issues reproducing a GetObject() command I am using in a JAWS script to work in WindowEyes. In JAWS GetObject(R"eflection.Session"). Note that in JAWS this takes just one argument. After invoking this command I can act directly with the scriptable objects of the current session. In VBS with WindowEyes the GetObject requires two parameters, where the second parameter appears to be equivalent to the parameter that JAWS uses. If I use a null string for the first parameter then Reflection creates a new hidden window. If I use the path of the Reflections settings file then I get a new session to the host. If I leave the first parameter completely blank, I get back an ActiveX error. What am I missing here? Thanks in advance for any hints.Best wishes, Jonathan _____ <http://www.avast.com/> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/> protection is active.
