activexcomponentfactorytest.java

Very Nice library for using ActiveX controls directly from java without heavy knowledge of JNI, simp

package com.jacob.com;

import com.jacob.activeX.ActiveXComponent;
import com.jacob.test.BaseTestCase;

/**
 * This exercises the two Dispatch factor methods that let you control whether
 * you create a new running COM object or connect to an existing one
 * <p>
 * May need to run with some command line options (including from inside
 * Eclipse). Look in the docs area at the Jacob usage document for command line
 * options.
 */
public class ActiveXComponentFactoryTest extends BaseTestCase {
	/**
	 * Test that verifies function of the ActiveXComponentFactory
	 */
	public void testActiveXComponentFactory() {
		ComThread.InitSTA(true);
		try {
			System.out
					.println("This test only works if MS Word is NOT already running");
			String mApplicationId = "Word.Application";
			ActiveXComponent mTryConnectingFirst = ActiveXComponent
					.connectToActiveInstance(mApplicationId);
			if (mTryConnectingFirst != null) {
				mTryConnectingFirst.invoke("Quit", new Variant[] {});
				System.out
						.println("Was able to connect to MSWord when hadn't started it");
			} else {
				System.out
						.println("Correctly could not connect to running MSWord");
			}
			System.out.println("    Word Starting");
			ActiveXComponent mTryStartingSecond = ActiveXComponent
					.createNewInstance(mApplicationId);
			if (mTryStartingSecond == null) {
				System.out.println("was unable to start up MSWord ");
			} else {
				System.out.println("Correctly could start MSWord");
			}
			ActiveXComponent mTryConnectingThird = ActiveXComponent
					.connectToActiveInstance(mApplicationId);
			if (mTryConnectingThird == null) {
				fail("Was unable able to connect to MSWord after previous startup");
			} else {
				System.out.println("Stopping MSWord");
				// stop it so we can fail trying to connect to a running
				mTryConnectingThird.invoke("Quit", new Variant[] {});
			}
			Thread.sleep(2000);
			ActiveXComponent mTryConnectingFourth = ActiveXComponent
					.connectToActiveInstance(mApplicationId);
			if (mTryConnectingFourth != null) {
				mTryConnectingFourth.invoke("Quit", new Variant[] {});
				fail("Was able to connect to MSWord that was stopped");
			} else {
				System.out
						.println("Correctly could not connect to running MSWord");
			}
		} catch (InterruptedException ie) {
		} catch (ComException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			fail("Caught COM exception");
		} finally {
			// System.out.println("About to sleep for 2 seconds so we can bask
			// in the glory of this success");
			// Thread.sleep(2000);
			ComThread.Release();
			ComThread.quitMainSTA();
		}
	}
}