COMCreateObjectByProgID

DFCOM Subroutine: Passes a programmatic identifier, creates an instance of an object, and returns a pointer to the object's IDispatch interface.

Modules: USE DFCOM

Syntax

CALL COMCreateObjectByProgID (prog_id, idispatch, status)

prog_id
The programmatic identifier of type CHARACTER*(*).

idispatch
An output argument that returns the object's IDispatch interface pointer. Must be of type INTEGER(4) on ia32 processors; INTEGER(8) on ia64 processors.

status
The status of the operation. It can be any status returned by CLSIDFromProgID or CoCreateInstance. Must be of type INTEGER(4).

See Also:

CLSIDFromProgID and CoCreateInstance in the Win32 SDK.

For more information on CLSIDFromProgID and CoCreateInstance, see the OLE section of the Win32 SDK.