Vista - RE: Howto: Use a com object in Powershell

12-15-2006

did you try $vol.psobject | gm or .psbase?

"allanhh" wrote:

> I am trying to use a com object instance of the Novell volume administration
> control (nwvola.ocx) to list file details on a Netware server. I have used
> this technique successfully with vbscript and vb.net. Here's what I get:
>
> PS C:\> $vol = New-Object -comObject "NWVolAdmLib.NWVolAdmCtrl.1"
> PS C:\> $vol | Get-Member
>
> TypeName: System.__ComObject#{ebe2fdab-6c8f-11d1-a149-00401c6047e4}
>
> Name MemberType Definition
> ---- ---------- ----------
> AboutBox Method void AboutBox ()
> FindEntry Method INWEntry FindEntry (string)
> Load Method bool Load ()
> Unload Method bool Unload ()
>
> PS C:\>
>
> The problem is that only the methods are listed (there are several
> properties), and I cannot read or set the properties. This also happens with
> other Novell objects.
>

12-15-2006	#1 (permalink)
fixitchris n/a posts	RE: Howto: Use a com object in Powershell did you try $vol.psobject \| gm or .psbase? "allanhh" wrote: > I am trying to use a com object instance of the Novell volume administration > control (nwvola.ocx) to list file details on a Netware server. I have used > this technique successfully with vbscript and vb.net. Here's what I get: > > PS C:\> $vol = New-Object -comObject "NWVolAdmLib.NWVolAdmCtrl.1" > PS C:\> $vol \| Get-Member > > TypeName: System.__ComObject#{ebe2fdab-6c8f-11d1-a149-00401c6047e4} > > Name MemberType Definition > ---- ---------- ---------- > AboutBox Method void AboutBox () > FindEntry Method INWEntry FindEntry (string) > Load Method bool Load () > Unload Method bool Unload () > > PS C:\> > > The problem is that only the methods are listed (there are several > properties), and I cannot read or set the properties. This also happens with > other Novell objects. >
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