I wanted to call the GetIdsOfNames function from a COM object that implements the IDispatch interface in c#. I've written the following code but it fails with the DISP_E_UNKNOWNNAME. Is this the correct approach to do this?
Object so = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("ProgID"));
Object[] args = new Object[5];
string[] rgsNames = new string[1];
rgsNames[0] = "PrintNormal";
uint LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT = 0x0800;
uint lcid = LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT;
int cNames = 1;
int[] rgDispId = new int[1];
args[0] = IntPtr.Zero;
args[1] = rgsNames;
args[2] = cNames;
args[3] = lcid;
args[4] = rgDispId;
Object result = so.GetType().InvokeMember("GetIDsOfNames", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, so, args);
Thanks,
Richard
No you cannot, because InvokeMember internally uses GetIDsOfNames, and this one only checks actual methods, not the first 6 in IDispatch. Or in other words, GetIDsOfNames cannot be invoked using IDispatch's method Invoke. That is how COM works.
Yes, doesn't work, the RCW doesn't expose the IDispatch methods. You have to obtain the IDispatch interface reference explicitly. This worked well:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes;
class Program {
static void Main() {
Object so = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("SAPI.SpVoice"));
string[] rgsNames = new string[1];
int[] rgDispId = new int[1];
rgsNames[0] = "Speak";
IDispatch disp = (IDispatch)so;
Guid dummy = Guid.Empty;
disp.GetIDsOfNames(ref dummy, rgsNames, 1, 0x800, rgDispId);
Console.WriteLine(rgDispId[0]);
}
[ComImport, InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown), Guid("00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")]
private interface IDispatch {
int GetTypeInfoCount();
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)]
ITypeInfo GetTypeInfo([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int iTInfo, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int lcid);
void GetIDsOfNames([In] ref Guid riid, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] string[] rgszNames, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int cNames, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int lcid, [Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] int[] rgDispId);
}
}