Re: accessing an OLE Automation (IDispatch) server from python which requires the use of "out params"

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Date	2012-12-11 07:37 -0800
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Subject	Re: accessing an OLE Automation (IDispatch) server from python which requires the use of "out params"
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On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 3:42:35 AM UTC-5, Paul Kölle wrote:
> Before switching technologies I'd check if this solves your problem 
> 
> http://geekswithblogs.net/Lance/archive/2009/01/14/pass-by-reference-parameters-in-powershell.aspx 
> 
> TL;DR IMHO "out" parameters are basically pointers (pass by reference) 
> 
> and need to be passed like GetSettingValue("name", [ref]$value)...
> 

Thanks for the suggestion.  I believe the [ref] syntax was one of the things I tried, but it didn't work in the context of OLE Automation (IDispatch) calls.

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  Re: accessing an OLE Automation (IDispatch) server from python which requires the use of "out params" Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-12-10 15:58 -0500
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      Re: accessing an OLE Automation (IDispatch) server from python which requires the use of "out params" Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-12-10 18:39 -0500
      Re: accessing an OLE Automation (IDispatch) server from python which requires the use of "out params" Mark Hammond <skippy.hammond@gmail.com> - 2012-12-11 12:16 +1100
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          Re: accessing an OLE Automation (IDispatch) server from python which requires the use of "out params" Mark Hammond <mhammond@skippinet.com.au> - 2012-12-12 08:55 +1100
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