--- In [email protected], "Sheri" <sheri...@...> wrote:
> Above actually works quite nicely now. However, if you remove the > appRef.workbooks.Add (and no workbooks are open) you see that we've lost the > error trapping that appRef.Activebook failed. In early test versions that > crashed, then you caught it and reported an error, and now it just ignores > the error. Okay, should be able to trace that and fix, ta. > > Another situation where multiple type_specs would be handy: > > aServer.methodB(1, 2) ;; only works if supplied with VT_I4, > I would suggest: > aServer.methodB(1, unicode.new(2)) Yes, possible and will document. OTOH requires user to have unicode plugin, a solution within scope of com plugin keeps the noise level down. > With retry enabled, it doesn't make it "work" per se, but now it gives a > comprehenible error message related to the correct parameter. This is miles > better than an undifferentiated "com exception" or forcing the error to > migrate to the wrong parameter as happened in some of the previous test > versions. Good. But what error message did you get with retry enabled. > I currently have VS6 available. Is there is any single stepping I could do > for you with Search method, and collect results? Ok, will keep in mind. Meanwhile will try to find some service that behaves same same (VT_VARIANT accepting string, rejection number) on some server I have access to.
