[R] R as COM client (rather than server)

[Duncan Temple Lang]

There is also the Omegahat collection of packages for DCOM 
which supports R as a client, user-definable server objects and event handlers.
Together, RDCOMClient and  RDCOMServer  (and the SWinRegistry and SWinTypeLibs packages)
provide a general way to handle arbitrary data types in R and COM.
There is a description of how this differs from the S-Plus approach  and Thomas' rdcom package.

See http://www.omegahat.org/RDCOMClient


Erich Neuwirth wrote:
> It can be done.
> But it is still in development and therefore not on CRAN.
> There is a library rcom which does exactly what you are asking for.
> 
> http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/rcom/
> 
> always has the latest version of the R COM package,
> currently including the package for R as a client also.
> 
> There is a special mailing list for questions
> related to R and (D)COM
> you can subscribe to it at
> 
> http://mailman.csd.univie.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/rcom-l
> 
> 
> 
> 
> DED (David George Edwards) wrote:
> > Hello all
> > 
> > Can R be used as a COM client (rather than as a COM server)? The following
> > (Splus) code shows the sort of thing I'd like to do:
> > 
> > 	pMIM <- create.ole.object("mim31.Server")
> > 	NoOutputLines <- call.ole.method(pMIM, "SendCmdLine", "show w") 
> > 	for (i in 1:NoOutputLines) show(call.ole.method(pMIM,
> > "GetOutputLine"))
> > 	release.ole.object(pMIM)
> > I've tried to look at the RDCOM documentation but could not figure out
> > whether this can be done.
> > Regards
> > David
> > 
> > David Edwards, Biostatistics, 
> > Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsværd, Denmark.
> > DEd at novonordisk.com <mailto:DEd at novonordisk.com> 
> > Tlf: +45 44 42 62 35. Fax: +45 44 42 14 80
> > 
> > 
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