The install instructions are not the same for Pharo 7, or pharo 8/9 On Sun, Apr 5, 2020, 22:18 teso...@gmail.com <teso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you are using pharo 7, you have to install a different branch of the > project. Check in the documentation of pharo-com(the read me in the same > repo) > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020, 21:41 PBKResearch <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk> wrote: > >> Hello Pablo >> >> Many thanks for the suggestion. I have tried to use Pharo-Com to connect >> to Outlook, and have now got myself into a complete tangle. I have been >> able to connect to my already-running copy of Outlook, but when I tried to >> enter propertyNamed: 'Folders', an error message appeared with the text: >> "Instance of FFIExternalObjectType did not understand >> emitArgument:context:inCallout:". >> I could not understand this, so I closed the debugger, assuming the >> effects would be unwound. >> >> I found that, whatever I tried after that, the same message appeared. In >> desperation I closed down Pharo, without saving the image, and started >> again. Whatever I tried in using Pharo-Com, the exact same message >> appeared. Even when I tried running one of your tests, the same message. >> >> It seems clear that something in my system, not part of Pharo, has been >> changed in a way which persists from one run of Pharo to another. I have no >> idea what it can be, but I see that some parts of Pharo-Com address the >> registry, so I wonder if I have corrupted that in some way. >> >> For the time being I have stopped work on Pharo-Com. I hope that a >> night's sleep will bring inspiration. In case it means anything to you, I >> attach a screenshot of the error stack when I try to run the testWord case >> in PharoCOM-Tests. >> >> Thanks again >> >> Peter Kenny >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pharo-users <pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org> On Behalf Of >> teso...@gmail.com >> Sent: 05 April 2020 16:23 >> To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> >> Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Automation of MS Office from Pharo >> >> Hello, >> One of the alternatives to integrate with Office is the use of the COM >> interface. There is an implementation in >> https://github.com/tesonep/pharo-com. In the test package, there are >> examples to integrate with Word, Excell, Internet Explorer, and Access. >> Integration with Outlook can be done in the same fashion. It is good that >> the API of all the Office products is heavily documented. >> >> You can get more information about how to use Outlook here: >> >> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/overview/outlook/object-model >> >> If you have any questions, please let me know. >> Cheers, >> Pablo. >> >> On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 2:44 PM PBKResearch <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hello All >> > >> > >> > >> > I am using Pharo (currently P7, moving to P8) under Windows 10. I have >> MS Office 365 on my system, and use it regularly for non-Smalltalk tasks. >> It would be very convenient if I could issue commands to MS Office >> components from within Pharo. My current interest is to manage my incoming >> e-mails in Outlook, but I can see many other applications. I have a >> recollection of seeing a reference to automation of Excel to transfer data >> both ways, but I cannot recall where. I have searched the catalog, but >> could not see anything that looked relevant. I have also read the uFFI >> booklet, but again no luck. Could anyone point me to any information or >> examples of such control, please? It would not have to be Outlook, though >> that is my main interest; given examples for other Office components, I >> should be able to follow the pattern. >> > >> > >> > >> > TIA >> > >> > >> > >> > Peter Kenny >> >> >> >> -- >> Pablo Tesone. >> teso...@gmail.com >> >
