# Setting value of a indexed property of an OLE object

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**Created:** [March 3, 2009, 9:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-value-of-a-indexed-property-of-an-ole-object/161869 "2009-03-03T09:07:50Z")\
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I suspect this question is not directly related by Rails but perhaps  
Ruby  
users on this list know an answer for this

I have an OLE object which has an indexed property on it (something like  
a  
dictionary).  
In C# (or similar languages) I set the value of one of the elements in  
the  
indexed property such as this

MyOLEObject myObject = new MyOLEObject();  
myObject[“property name”] = “property value”;

While using ruby Win32Ole api, if I use square brackets as I use in C#,  
I  
get the error " Unkown property or method ‘property name’ ".  
I suspect this is because ruby Win32Ole api tries to set a real propery  
on  
the object such as

myObject.property name = “property value” which is not possible.

Can you give me any directions about how to solve this problem, aka  
setting  
an indexed property through Win32OleApi