class WIN32OLE::Variable

Returns the OLE variable name and the value with class name.

static VALUE
folevariable_inspect(VALUE self)
{
    VALUE v = rb_inspect(folevariable_value(self));
    VALUE n = folevariable_name(self);
    VALUE detail = rb_sprintf("%"PRIsVALUE"=%"PRIsVALUE, n, v);
    return make_inspect("WIN32OLE::Variable", detail);
}

Returns the name of variable.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart
  xlDialogSheet
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet
  xlExcel4MacroSheet
  xlWorksheet

static VALUE
folevariable_name(VALUE self)
{
    return rb_ivar_get(self, rb_intern("name"));
}

Returns OLE type string.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.ole_type} #{variable.name}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  INT xlChart
  INT xlDialogSheet
  INT xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet
  INT xlExcel4MacroSheet
  INT xlWorksheet

static VALUE
folevariable_ole_type(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_ole_type(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}

Returns detail information of type. The information is array of type.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('DirectX 7 for Visual Basic Type Library', 'D3DCLIPSTATUS')
variable = tobj.variables.find {|variable| variable.name == 'lFlags'}
tdetail  = variable.ole_type_detail
p tdetail # => ["USERDEFINED", "CONST_D3DCLIPSTATUSFLAGS"]

static VALUE
folevariable_ole_type_detail(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_ole_type_detail(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}

Returns value if value is exists. If the value does not exist, this method returns nil.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.value}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart = -4109
  xlDialogSheet = -4116
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet = 4
  xlExcel4MacroSheet = 3
  xlWorksheet = -4167

static VALUE
folevariable_value(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_value(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}

Returns variable kind string.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.variable_kind}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart CONSTANT
  xlDialogSheet CONSTANT
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet CONSTANT
  xlExcel4MacroSheet CONSTANT
  xlWorksheet CONSTANT

static VALUE
folevariable_variable_kind(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_kind(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}

Returns the number which represents variable kind.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.varkind}"
end

The result of above script is following:
   xlChart 2
   xlDialogSheet 2
   xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet 2
   xlExcel4MacroSheet 2
   xlWorksheet 2

static VALUE
folevariable_varkind(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_varkind(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}

Returns true if the variable is public.

tobj = WIN32OLE::Type.new('Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object Library', 'XlSheetType')
variables = tobj.variables
variables.each do |variable|
  puts "#{variable.name} #{variable.visible?}"
end

The result of above script is following:
  xlChart true
  xlDialogSheet true
  xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet true
  xlExcel4MacroSheet true
  xlWorksheet true

static VALUE
folevariable_visible(VALUE self)
{
    struct olevariabledata *pvar;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct olevariabledata, &olevariable_datatype, pvar);
    return ole_variable_visible(pvar->pTypeInfo, pvar->index);
}