Obtaining an ActiveX Property with vlax-get-property

Using ActiveX without Importing a Type Library

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Updating an ActiveX Property with vlax-put-property

The vlax-put-property function updates the property of an object. The function requires the following arguments:

• A VLA-object identifying the object whose property you are updating
• A symbol or string naming the property to be set
• The value to set the property to

If vlax-put-property updates the property successfully, it returns nil.

The following function call changes the size of the Microsoft Word toolbar buttons by updating the LargeButtons property of the CommandBars object:

_$ (vlax-put-property
combars 'LargeButtons :vlax-true)

nil