1 files changed, 50 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ext/win32ole/win32ole.c b/ext/win32ole/win32ole.c
index 5d8c59dbf..c63401a7c 100644
--- a/ext/win32ole/win32ole.c
+++ b/ext/win32ole/win32ole.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 
 #define WC2VSTR(x) ole_wc2vstr((x), TRUE)
 
-#define WIN32OLE_VERSION "1.0.1"
+#define WIN32OLE_VERSION "1.0.2"
 
 typedef HRESULT (STDAPICALLTYPE FNCOCREATEINSTANCEEX)
     (REFCLSID, IUnknown*, DWORD, COSERVERINFO*, DWORD, MULTI_QI*);
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ static VALUE ole_usertype2val(ITypeInfo *pTypeInfo, TYPEDESC *pTypeDesc, VALUE t
 static VALUE ole_ptrtype2val(ITypeInfo *pTypeInfo, TYPEDESC *pTypeDesc, VALUE typedetails);
 static VALUE ole_typedesc2val(ITypeInfo *pTypeInfo, TYPEDESC *pTypeDesc, VALUE typedetails);
 static VALUE fole_method_help(VALUE self, VALUE cmdname);
+static VALUE fole_activex_initialize(VALUE self);
 static VALUE foletype_s_ole_classes(VALUE self, VALUE typelib);
 static VALUE foletype_s_typelibs(VALUE self);
 static VALUE foletype_s_progids(VALUE self);
@@ -4260,6 +4261,53 @@ fole_method_help(VALUE self, VALUE cmdname)
 }
 
 /*
+ *  call-seq:
+ *     WIN32OLE#ole_activex_initialize() -> Qnil
+ *
+ *  Initialize WIN32OLE object(ActiveX Control) by calling 
+ *  IPersistMemory::InitNew.
+ *
+ *  Before calling OLE method, some kind of the ActiveX controls 
+ *  created with MFC should be initialized by calling 
+ *  IPersistXXX::InitNew.
+ *
+ *  If and only if you recieved the exception "HRESULT error code:
+ *  0x8000ffff catastrophic failure", try this method before
+ *  invoking any ole_method.
+ *
+ *     obj = WIN32OLE.new("ProgID_or_GUID_of_ActiveX_Control")
+ *     obj.ole_activex_initialize
+ *     obj.method(...)
+ *  
+ */ 
+static VALUE
+fole_activex_initialize(VALUE self) 
+{
+    struct oledata *pole;
+    IPersistMemory *pPersistMemory;
+
+    HRESULT hr = S_OK;
+
+    OLEData_Get_Struct(self, pole);
+
+    hr = pole->pDispatch->lpVtbl->QueryInterface(pole->pDispatch, &IID_IPersistMemory,
+                                                 (void **)&pPersistMemory);
+    if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+        hr = pPersistMemory->lpVtbl->InitNew(pPersistMemory);
+        OLE_RELEASE(pPersistMemory);
+        if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+            return Qnil;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (FAILED(hr)) {
+        ole_raise(hr, eWIN32OLERuntimeError, "fail to initialize ActiveX control");
+    }
+
+    return Qnil;
+}
+
+/*
  *   call-seq:
  *      WIN32OLE_TYPE.ole_classes(typelib)
  * 
@@ -7959,6 +8007,7 @@ Init_win32ole()
 
     rb_define_method(cWIN32OLE, "ole_method", fole_method_help, 1);
     rb_define_alias(cWIN32OLE, "ole_method_help", "ole_method");
+    rb_define_method(cWIN32OLE, "ole_activex_initialize", fole_activex_initialize, 0);
     rb_define_method(cWIN32OLE, "ole_type", fole_type, 0);
     rb_define_alias(cWIN32OLE, "ole_obj_help", "ole_type");
     rb_define_method(cWIN32OLE, "ole_typelib", fole_typelib, 0);