# Calling COM Objects

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-com-objects/131023>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 5, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-com-objects/131023 "2008-03-05T10:25:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![stamtam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@stamtam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stamtam)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-com-objects/131023/1 "2008-03-05T10:25:01Z")

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Hi all,

Is there a way to call COM from ruby or JRuby easily?  
Does it support callbacks?  
Something similar to python’s comtypes will be great.

Thanks,  
Stamtam

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**Author:** ![stamtam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@stamtam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stamtam)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/calling-com-objects/131023/2 "2008-03-05T13:12:10Z")

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On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:25 AM, St Am [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Is there a way to call COM from ruby or JRuby easily?  
> Does it support callbacks?  
> Something similar to python’s comtypes will be great.
> 
> Thanks,  
> Stamtam

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