accessing an OLE Automation (IDispatch) server from python which requires the use of "out params"

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On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 3:42:35 AM UTC-5, Paul Kölle wrote:
> Before switching technologies I'd check if this solves your problem 
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> http://geekswithblogs.net/Lance/archive/2009/01/14/pass-by-reference-parameters-in-powershell.aspx 
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> TL;DR IMHO "out" parameters are basically pointers (pass by reference) 
> 
> and need to be passed like GetSettingValue("name", [ref]$value)...
> 

Thanks for the suggestion.  I believe the [ref] syntax was one of the things I tried, but it didn't work in the context of OLE Automation (IDispatch) calls.