OBJECT CALL - err 99

[Thomas Udo Eichler]

Hi all,

has anyonbe an idea why this does return an OBJRETURN value of
-2147352567 while calling the method of the object?

The original code was posted by Robert Mantovan but did not run either...

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#DIM ALL
#COMPILE EXE "VIENNA"
#INCLUDE "domino.inc"
#INCLUDE "win32api.inc"

'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Lotus Notes COM Sample to run a server console command
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FUNCTION PBMAIN
CHDIR "\DOMINO"
' Object Variables
DIM oSession AS LotusNotesSession
DIM vServer AS VARIANT
DIM vCommand AS VARIANT
DIM vReturn AS VARIANT
DIM vPassword AS VARIANT

DIM A AS ASCIIZ * 1024

' Open an instance of Lotus Notes
SET oSession = NEW LotusNotesSession IN "Lotus.NotesSession.7.0"
IF ISFALSE ISOBJECT(oSession) OR ERR THEN
MSGBOX "Notes could not be opened - Check notes.ini and directories."
EXIT FUNCTION
END IF

'Send Console Command
LET vServer = "DOMINO1"
LET vCommand = "sh stat"
LET vPassword = "adelaide"
OBJECT CALL oSession.Initialize(vPassword)
OBJECT CALL oSession.SendConsoleCommand(vServer, vCommand) TO vReturn
MSGBOX VARIANT$(vReturn)
MSGBOX STR$(OBJRESULT)
SET oSession = NOTHING
END FUNCTION

[Thomas Tierney]

Is it possible that the Session.Initialize is what is erroring out?

Try
OBJECT CALL oSession.Initialize(vPassword)
MSGBOX STR$(OBJRESULT)
OBJECT CALL oSession.SendConsoleCommand(vServer, vCommand) TO vReturn
MSGBOX STR$(OBJRESULT)

Just to see is intialize is working. Secondly I believe that
"Notes.XXX" is for early binding
"Lotus.XXX" is for late binding

Also make sure that
"Lotus.NotesSession.7.0" is what you are supposed to be calling
or
"Lotus.NotesSession" (should be this one)

[Thomas Udo Eichler]

Initialize also fails

Hi Thomas,

thanks for your hints! The initialization as an OBJECT CALL xxx.yyy does not work either. The Debugger shows an ERR 99 and the OBJRESULT gives the same number for all of these calls.

I made a copy of the Domino.inc to show ProgID & Interface
' ------------------------------------------------------------
' Library Name: Lotus Domino Objects 1.2
' Library File: C:\notes\domobj.tlb
' ------------------------------------------------------------
' ProgID: Lotus.NotesSession.7.0
' Interface Name: LotusNotesSession
'
' Interface Prefix: Lotus
' ------------------------------------------------------------
$PROGID_LotusNotesSession70 = "Lotus.NotesSession.7.0"

The include file was created with the com browser in PBWIN80. I suppose it must have to do with the call itself. Any more ideas ?

[Thomas Tierney]

Try
SET oSession = NEW LotusNotesSession IN "Lotus.NotesSession"

or

SET oSession = NEW LotusNotesSession IN "Notes.NotesSession.7.0"

or

SET oSession = NEW LotusNotesSession IN "Notes.NotesSession"

If none of these work then look in the registry for Lotus.NotesSession in HK Classes Root for Lotus. or Notes. and see if they exist. My bet is either the names do not exist or may be an automation type not supported by PB.

[Thomas Udo Eichler]

... all three did no work...
The failure must be in the somewhere else ...

[Thomas Tierney]

Were you able to check the registry to see if the classes you are calling do exist there? It really sounds like the Automation Type is not supported. Another way to check this would be to do the same thing in VB Script.

Try this in a VBS File

'--------------------------------------------------------------------
On Error Resume Next
Dim oSession 
Dim sServer
Dim sCommand
Dim sPassword
Dim oReturn

sServer = "DOMINO1"
sCommand = "sh stat"
sPassword = "adelaide"

Set oSession = CreateObject("Lotus.NotesSession")
If oSession is nothing then
       Msgbox "Couldnt create session object"
else
       oSession.Initialize(Cstr(sPassword))
       if err then
            Msgbox Err.Description
       else
            oReturn = oSession.SendConsoleCommand(CStr(sServer), Cstr(sCommand))
            Msgbox oReturn
       End if
End if

Give that a go, if it doesnt work Remove the CSTR() that wraps the strings and see if that doesnt help.

[Thomas Udo Eichler]

Thank you Thomas for your help!

the vbs worked fine so I suppose the classes are installed correctly. It seems my PBWIN code has another problem. Even if the initialization does not succeed.

Maybe you have another idea about that ?

Thanks in advance !

[Thomas Tierney]

If the vb script worked fine then the classes are installed correctly. Did the vbs code work with the CSTR() and without? There must be an issue with early vs late binding.

Try this

#Compile Exe
#Include "Win32Api.Inc"


Function PBMain
    '-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    'Author :   <your name here>
    'Purpose:   Main Entry Point into application
    'Date   :   <todays date>
    '-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Dim oSession As Dispatch
    Dim sServer As String
    Dim sCommand As String
    Dim sPassword As String
    Dim vReturn As Variant
    Dim vServer As Variant
    Dim vCommand As Variant
    Dim vPassword As Variant

    sServer = "DOMINO1"
    sCommand = "sh stat"
    sPassword = "adelaide"

    Let vServer = sServer
    Let vCommand = sCommand
    Let vPassword = sPassword

    
    Set oSession = New Dispatch In "Lotus.NotesSession"
    If IsFalse(IsObject(oSession)) Or Err Then
       MsgBox "Couldnt Create Object"
       Exit Function
    Else
       Object Call oSession.Initialize(vPassword)
       MsgBox Str$(ObjResult)
       Object Call oSession.SendConsoleCommand(vServer, vCommand) To vReturn
       MsgBox Str$(ObjResult)
    End If
    Set oSession = Nothing

End Function

[Dominic Mitchell]

If the last set of code posted by Thomas Tierney does not work on your system, send me an email if the version of your OS is Windows NT or greater. I have a component that might help you track down the problem.
The code posted by Thomas Tierney does work.

[Thomas Udo Eichler]

Thanks for your help

Hi folks,

the code Thomas has published works fine. What I was not aware is, that the COM interface does not allow to specify a dedicated Notes environment. That for it would be necessary to user real CPP Notes API. Otherwise the notes.ini to be used cannot be specified. The COM interface works fine for backend tools but can as far as I could see not be used to create for instance a server addin. So my search con tinues here....

But for all, it helped alot to getg at least a piece of code running and to make experiences with the COM interface.

Many thanks, best regards & cheers,

Thomas