php-general Digest 14 Jul 2013 19:18:53 -0000 Issue 8295
Topics (messages 321611 through 321611):
Re: COM - Assigning to method.
321611 by: Adam Nicholls
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Richard - I've tried that I get an error about it not being defined as
property of the object.
Andrew - do you mean try using the method Richard has shown?
Cheers
Adam.
On 13 July 2013 17:11, Richard Quadling <rquadl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 13 July 2013 01:24, Andrew Ballard <aball...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Jul 12, 2013 4:53 AM, "Adam Nicholls" <inkysp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Guys/Gals,
>> >
>> > I'm doing some integration work with a COM API and according to their
>> > documentation to save data in the API, you have to assign to the
>> > method.
>> >
>> > This is their example in Visual Basic:
>> >
>> >
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Set oBank = New CBank
>> > oBank.Init Application.SessionContext
>> > With oBank
>> > .Fields(BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NAME) = "Test account"
>> > .Fields(BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NO) = "12345"
>> > .Fields(BANK_fld_BANK) = "Bank of the Nation"
>> > .Fields(BANK_fld_BRANCH_NAME) = "State Street Branch"
>> > End With
>> > oBank.Save
>> >
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Obviously in PHP is isn't possible to assign to a method in this way
>> > (thats what parameters are for!) So I'm at a bit of a loose end. I'm
>> > wondering if anyone else has come across this? Or am I missing
>> > something obvious in PHP's implementation of the COM that allows me to
>> > work around this?
>> >
>> > My PHP Code is looks like this:
>> >
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > $API = new COM('API7.API');
>> > $API->Init($SerialNo, $Login, '', 1, '', 1);
>> > $API->SignOutOnTerminate = True;
>> >
>> > $Record = new COM("Data.Record");
>> > $Record->Init($API->SessionContext);
>> >
>> > $Record->Fields('BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NAME') = 'Test Account';//doesn't work
>> >
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > I've also tried (below) but the API says wrong number of parameters
>> > $Record->Fields('BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NAME', 'Test Account');
>> >
>> > I've also tried something crazy like this (below) but that overwrites
>> > the $Record object.
>> > $_R = &$Record->Fields('BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NAME');
>> > $_R = 'Test Account';
>> >
>> >
>> > Any ideas? Is it possible?
>> >
>> >
>> > Many Thanks
>> > Adam Nicholls
>> >
>>
>> That example isn't assigning values to method return value. Fields is a
>> collection of ADO Field objects. The default property of a Field object is
>> its Value property, so the shorthand is simply assigning the values of the
>> variables to the value of each field in a record within a Recordset.
>>
>> Andrew
>
>
> So ..
>
> $oBank->BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NAME = "Test account";
>
> sort of thing.
>
> --
> Richard Quadling
> Twitter : @RQuadling
--
Adam Nicholls
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