2.3 Creating Objects

With the ProgID or the CLSID of an object, it's now possible to create a new instance of it or to get a running instance. To do so, the easiest way is to use the method CreateObject of the Lua API:

  word = luacom.CreateObject("Word.Application")
  assert(word)
  word.Visible = true

If there is an already running instance of the object you want, GetObject must be used to use it. The following code illustrates this:

  -- If there is an instance of Word(r) running,
  -- it will end it
  word = luacom.GetObject("Word.Application")
  if word then
    word:Quit()
    word = nil
  end