Is there a way to pass ~keyword~ arguments to a WIN32OLE method in
Ruby? For example, I've tried...

@selection.Find.Execute( :FindText=>"look
for", :ReplaceWith=>"something else")

.... and the same with the arguments as an explicit hash. They don't
work. I'm reduced to using terribly ugly, error-prone things like...

def replace( find, replace)
@selection.Find.Execute( find, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil,
nil, replace)
end

which is OK once set up. But translating ruby-style hash keyword
arguments to WIN32OLE keyword arguments would be tremendous .

BTW, the VBA function used above is...

expression.Execute(FindText, MatchCase, MatchWholeWord,
MatchWildcards, MatchSoundsLike, MatchAllWordForms, Forward, Wrap,
Format, ReplaceWith, Replace, MatchKashida, MatchDiacritics,
MatchAlefHamza, MatchControl)

Thanks. --David.

Hello,

djlewis wrote:
> Is there a way to pass ~keyword~ arguments to a WIN32OLE method in
> Ruby? For example, I've tried...
>
> @selection.Find.Execute( :FindText=>"look
> for", :ReplaceWith=>"something else")

Try
@selection.Find.Execute({:FindText=>"look
for", :ReplaceWith=>"something else"})
or
@selection.Find.Execute({"FindText"=>"look
for", "ReplaceWith"=>"something else"})

Regards,
Masaki Suketa

In Ruby 1.8, hash keys must be String object.
And in Ruby 1.9, hash keys must be String or Symbol object.

So,
> @selection.Find.Execute({:FindText=>"look
> for", :ReplaceWith=>"something else"})
style is supported in Ruby 1.9

> @selection.Find.Execute({"FindText"=>"look
> for", "ReplaceWith"=>"something else"})
style is supported in Ruby 1.8 and Ruby 1.9.

Regards,
Masaki Suketa

On 3/10/08, Masaki Suketa <masaki.suketa@nifty.ne.jp> wrote:
> In Ruby 1.8, hash keys must be String object.
> And in Ruby 1.9, hash keys must be String or Symbol object.
>

To be clear you're talking about hashes used as arguments to win32ole
methods, not Ruby hashes in general.

Right?

--
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

Rick DeNatale wrote:
> On 3/10/08, Masaki Suketa <masaki.suketa@nifty.ne.jp> wrote:
>> In Ruby 1.8, hash keys must be String object.
>> And in Ruby 1.9, hash keys must be String or Symbol object.
>>
>
> To be clear you're talking about hashes used as arguments to win32ole
> methods, not Ruby hashes in general.
>
> Right?

Yes. I'm talking about Win32OLE methods, not Ruby hashes in general.

Regards,
Masaki Suketa