Does C# .NET support IDispatch late binding?

Question

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The Question

My question is: Does C# nativly support late-binding IDispatch?

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Pretend i\'m trying to automate Office,

Answer 1

You can, relativly, use late-binding IDispatch binding in C#.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302902

Here's some sample for using Excel. This way you don't need to add a needless dependancy on Microsoft's bloaty PIA:

//Create XL
Object xl = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Excel.Application"));

//Get the workbooks collection.
//   books = xl.Workbooks;
Object books = xl.GetType().InvokeMember( "Workbooks", 
      BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, xl, null);

//Add a new workbook.
//   book = books.Add();
Objet book = books.GetType().InvokeMember( "Add", 
      BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, books, null );

//Get the worksheets collection.
//   sheets = book.Worksheets;
Object sheets = book.GetType().InvokeMember( "Worksheets",
      BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, book, null );

Object[] parameters;

//Get the first worksheet.
//   sheet = sheets.Item[1]
parameters = new Object[1];
parameters[0] = 1;
Object sheet = sheets.GetType().InvokeMember( "Item", 
      BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, sheets, parameters );

//Get a range object that contains cell A1.
//   range = sheet.Range["A1];
parameters = new Object[2];
parameters[0] = "A1";
parameters[1] = Missing.Value;
Object range = sheet.GetType().InvokeMember( "Range",
      BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, sheet, parameters );

//Write "Hello, World!" in cell A1.
//   range.Value = "Hello, World!";
parameters = new Object[1];
parameters[0] = "Hello, World!";
objRange_Late.GetType().InvokeMember( "Value", BindingFlags.SetProperty, 
      null, range, parameters );

//Return control of Excel to the user.
//   xl.Visible = true;
//   xl.UserControl = true;
parameters = new Object[1];
parameters[0] = true;
xl.GetType().InvokeMember( "Visible", BindingFlags.SetProperty,
      null, xl, Parameters );
xl.GetType().InvokeMember( "UserControl", BindingFlags.SetProperty,
      null, xl, Parameters );