Symantec PCANYWHERE - OLE AUTOMATION GUIDE V12.1 User manual

Symantec pcAnywhere™

OLE Automation Guide

Symantec pcAnywhere™ OLE Automation Guide

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Documentation version 12.1

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Contents

Chapter 1 Using OLE Automation with Symantec pcAnywhere

About OLE Automation ....................................................................................... 11

About the pcAnywhere Automation Server .................................................... 12

What you can do with the pcAnywhere Automation Server ........................ 12

Before you start .................................................................................................... 13

Automatically registering the remote engine ......................................... 13

Manually registering the remote engine .................................................. 14

Accessing the pcAnywhere Automation Server ..................................... 14

Accessing the pcAnywhere Automation Server with Visual Basic ...... 14

Accessing the pcAnywhere Automation Server with Visual C++ ........ 15

Launching host and remote OLE objects .................................................. 17

Where to find more information ....................................................................... 17

Chapter 2 Visual Basic object definitions

About Visual Basic objects .................................................................................. 19

CRemoteDataManager methods ........................................................................ 20

CurrentDirectory() ....................................................................................... 20

ChangeDirectory(NewDirectory) ............................................................... 21

FindFirst(Pattern, Name string) ................................................................ 21

FindNext(Name) ........................................................................................... 22

RetrieveObject(Name, AccessMode, Password) ......................................23

RetrieveObjectEx(Name, AccessMode, Password) ..................................23

CreateObject(Name) ..................................................................................... 24

CreateObjectEx(Name) ................................................................................ 24

DeleteObject(Name, Password) .................................................................. 25

CRemoteData properties .................................................................................... 26

Connection type properties ........................................................................ 28

Dialing properties ........................................................................................ 30

COM device properties ................................................................................ 31

NetBIOS device properties ......................................................................... 34

ISDN via CAPI 2.0 device properties ......................................................... 35

CRemoteDataEx object ........................................................................................ 36

Visual Basic sample code for remote functionality ................................ 37

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CHostDataManager methods ............................................................................. 39

CurrentDirectory() ....................................................................................... 39

FindFirst(Pattern, Name string) ................................................................ 39

FindNext(Name) ........................................................................................... 40

RetrieveObject(Name, AccessMode, Password) ...................................... 41

RetrieveObjectEx(Name, AccessMode, Password) .................................. 41

CreateObject(Name) ..................................................................................... 42

CreateObjectEx(Name) ................................................................................ 42

DeleteObject(Name, Password) .................................................................. 43

Launch(Name) .............................................................................................. 43

CHostData properties .......................................................................................... 44

Connection type properties ........................................................................ 46

AssignConnection(ConnectionType) method .......................................... 48

UnassignConnection(ConnectionType) method ..................................... 48

Dialing properties ........................................................................................ 49

COM device properties ................................................................................ 50

NetBIOS device properties ......................................................................... 53

ISDN via CAPI 2.0 device properties ......................................................... 54

CHostDataEx object ............................................................................................. 55

Visual Basic sample code for host functionality ..................................... 62

Awrem32 functions ............................................................................................. 63

awConnect(FileName) ................................................................................. 63

awDisconnect() ............................................................................................. 64

FileXferFromHost(HostFile, RemoteFile) ................................................ 64

FileXferToHost(HostFile, RemoteFile) ..................................................... 65

CreateFolderOnHost(FolderName) ........................................................... 65

ExecuteHostFile(FileName) ........................................................................ 66

GetError() ...................................................................................................... 66

ConnectionStatus() ...................................................................................... 67

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Chapter 3 Visual C++ object definitions

About Visual C++ objects .................................................................................... 69

CRemoteDataManager methods ........................................................................ 71

BSTR CurrentDirectory(); ........................................................................... 71

BOOL ChangeDirectory(LPCTSTR lpszNewDirectory); ......................... 71

BOOL FindFirst(LPCTSTR lpszPattern, BSTR FAR*

pbstrFullQualName); ........................................................................... 72

BOOL FindNext(BSTR FAR* pbstrFullQualName); ................................. 72

LPDISPATCH RetrieveObject(LPCTSTR lpszFQName, short

wAccessMode, LPCTSTR lpszPassword); ......................................... 73

LPDISPATCH RetrieveObjectEx(LPCTSTR lpszFQName, short

wAccessMode, LPCTSTR lpszPassword); ......................................... 73

LPDISPATCH CreateObject(LPCTSTR lpszFQName); ............................ 74

LPDISPATCH CreateObjectEx(LPCTSTR lpszFQName); ........................75

BOOL DeleteObject(LPCTSTR lpszFQName, LPCTSTR

lpszPassword); ...................................................................................... 76

BOOL Launch(LPCTSTR lpszFQName); .................................................... 76

CRemoteData object ............................................................................................ 77

Get and Set methods ...................................................................................77

Remote object Detail methods ................................................................... 79

Remote object methods ............................................................................... 82

CRemoteDataEx object ........................................................................................ 85

Visual C++ sample code for remote functionality .................................. 85

CHostDataManager methods ............................................................................. 86

BSTR CurrentDirectory(); ........................................................................... 86

BOOL ChangeDirectory(LPCTSTR lpszNewDirectory); ......................... 86

BOOL FindFirst(LPCTSTR lpszPattern, BSTR FAR*

pbstrFullQualName); ........................................................................... 87

BOOL FindNext(BSTR FAR* pbstrFullQualName); ................................. 87

LPDISPATCH RetrieveObject(LPCTSTR lpszFQName, short

wAccessMode, LPCTSTR lpszPassword); ......................................... 88

LPDISPATCH RetrieveObjectEx(LPCTSTR lpszFQName, short

wAccessMode, LPCTSTR lpszPassword); ......................................... 89

LPDISPATCH CreateObject(LPCTSTR lpszName); ................................. 90

LPDISPATCH CreateObjectEx(LPCTSTR lpszName); ............................. 90

BOOL DeleteObject(LPCTSTR lpszFQName, LPCTSTR

lpszPassword); ...................................................................................... 91

BOOL Launch(LPCTSTR lpszFQName); .................................................... 91

CHostData object ................................................................................................. 92

Get and Set methods ...................................................................................92

Host object Detail methods ........................................................................ 93

Host object methods .................................................................................... 97

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CHostDataEx object ...........................................................................................101

Visual C++ sample code for host functionality .....................................103

Awrem32 functions ........................................................................................... 104

boolean awConnect(BSTR FileName); ....................................................104

boolean awDisconnect(); ...........................................................................105

boolean FileXferFromHost(BSTR HostFile, BSTR RemoteFile); .........105

boolean FileXferToHost(BSTR HostFile, BSTR RemoteFile); ..............105

boolean CreateFolderOnHost(BSTR FolderName); ...............................106

boolean ExecuteHostFile(BSTR FileName); ...........................................106

BSTR GetError(); ........................................................................................107

short ConnectionStatus(); .........................................................................107

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