Does C# .NET support IDispatch late binding?

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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

probably you can get away with much nicer code in in C# 2.0/3.0 if you take the time to write an interface containing the methods and properties you want of the object and add some attributes (i write it from memory, so details may not be correct, but i swear it worked for me...)

    using System.Runtime.Interopservices;

    [Guid("00024500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")]
    [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
    interface IExcel
    {
      // sample property
      string Name{get;}
      // more properties
    }

    // and somewhere else
    void main()
    {
      Object xl = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Excel.Application"));
      IExcel excel = (IExcel)xl;
      string name = xl.name
    }

As mentioned, the code will not work out of the box, it is more a hint what to dig for in msdn.