Re: IIS and COM

No, com_invoke() is simply the old (PHP 3) way of doing what the OO interface of PHP 4 gives you transparently. You never need to use com_invoke() in PHP 4. Zeev On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Andy Hoffman wrote: > Matthew Podwysocki wrote: > > > Warning: Invoke() failed: No description available in > > D:\webroot\lib\comtest.php on line 11 > > > > Warning: Invoke() failed: Exception occurred. in D:\webroot\lib\comtest.php > > on line 13 > > > > The lines it is talking about is: > > $word->Documents->Add(); > > and > > $word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("Useless test.doc"); > > > > Can someone shed some light on this? Thanks! > > Matt Podwysocki > > Looks like you need to use the com_invoke() function to call methods of the > instantiated COM object... while you can get at the properties like > $word->Version, try this to access the methods after instantiating object... > > com_invoke($word, "Document.Add"); > com_invoke($word,"Documents[1].SaveAs","Usless_test.doc"); > > Mind you, I've never tried these, it's just a guess. Basing this on BASIC > information on php.net - the COM methods are not well documented. > > http://www.php.net/manual/ref.com.php > > -- > Andy Hoffman > Web Developer > Bristol-Myers Squibb > email: andy.hoffman@bms.com > > > -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/