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Class: WIN32OLE::Variable

Relationships & Source Files
Inherits: Object
Defined in: ext/win32ole/win32ole_variable.c,
ext/win32ole/win32ole_variable.c

Overview

Variable objects represent OLE variable information.

Instance Attribute Summary

Instance Method Summary

Instance Attribute Details

#visible?Boolean (readonly)

Returns true if the variable is public.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.visible?}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart true
  xlDialogSheet true
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet true
  xlExcel4MacroSheet true
  xlWorksheet true
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# File 'ext/win32ole/win32ole_variable.c', line 248

static VALUE
folevariable_visible(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_visible(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}

Instance Method Details

#inspectString

Returns the OLE variable name and the value with class name.

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# File 'ext/win32ole/win32ole_variable.c', line 359

static VALUE
folevariable_inspect(VALUE self)
{
    VALUE v = rb_inspect(folevariable_value(self));
    VALUE n = folevariable_name(self);
    VALUE detail = rb_sprintf("%"PRIsVALUE"=%"PRIsVALUE, n, v);
    return make_inspect("WIN32OLE::Variable", detail);
}

#to_s #name

Alias for #to_s.

#ole_type_detail

Returns detail information of type. The information is array of type.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('DirectX 7 for Visual Basic Type Library', 'D3DCLIPSTATUS')
variable = tobj.variables.find {|variable| variable.name == 'lFlags'}
tdetail  = variable.ole_type_detail
p tdetail # => ["USERDEFINED", "CONST_D3DCLIPSTATUSFLAGS"]
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# File 'ext/win32ole/win32ole_variable.c', line 158

static VALUE
folevariable_ole_type_detail(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_ole_type_detail(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}

#to_s Also known as: #name

Returns the name of variable.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart
  xlDialogSheet
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet
  xlExcel4MacroSheet
  xlWorksheet
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# File 'ext/win32ole/win32ole_variable.c', line 84

static VALUE
folevariable_name(VALUE self)
{
    return rb_ivar_get(self, rb_intern("name"));
}

#value

Returns value if value is exists. If the value does not exist, this method returns nil.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.value}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart = -4109
  xlDialogSheet = -4116
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet = 4
  xlExcel4MacroSheet = 3
  xlWorksheet = -4167
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# File 'ext/win32ole/win32ole_variable.c', line 202

static VALUE
folevariable_value(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_value(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}

#variable_kind

Returns variable kind string.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.variable_kind}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart CONSTANT
  xlDialogSheet CONSTANT
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet CONSTANT
  xlExcel4MacroSheet CONSTANT
  xlWorksheet CONSTANT
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# File 'ext/win32ole/win32ole_variable.c', line 304

static VALUE
folevariable_variable_kind(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_kind(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}

#varkind

Returns the number which represents variable kind.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.varkind}"
end

The result of above script is following:
   xlChart 2
   xlDialogSheet 2
   xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet 2
   xlExcel4MacroSheet 2
   xlWorksheet 2
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# File 'ext/win32ole/win32ole_variable.c', line 344

static VALUE
folevariable_varkind(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_varkind(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}