declare module 'winax' {
  export class Object {
    constructor(id: string, options?: ActiveXOptions);
    // Define properties typically found on COM objects
    __id?: string;
    __value?: any;
    __type?: any[];
    __methods?: string[];
    __vars?: string[];
    // Define general method signatures if any known
    [key: string]: any;
  }

  export interface ActiveXOptions {
    activate?: boolean; // Allow activate existing object instance
    getobject?: boolean; // Allow using the name of the file in the ROT
    type?: boolean;      // Allow using type information
  }

  export class Variant {
    constructor(value?: any, type?: VariantType);
    assign(value: any): void;
    cast(type: VariantType): void;
    clear(): void;
    valueOf(): any;
  }

  export type VariantType =
    | 'int' | 'uint' | 'int8' | 'char' | 'uint8' | 'uchar' | 'byte'
    | 'int16' | 'short' | 'uint16' | 'ushort'
    | 'int32' | 'uint32'
    | 'int64' | 'long' | 'uint64' | 'ulong'
    | 'currency' | 'float' | 'double' | 'string'
    | 'date' | 'decimal' | 'variant' | 'null' | 'empty'
    | 'byref' | 'pbyref';

  export function cast(value: any, type: VariantType): any;

  // Utility function to release COM objects
  export function release(...objects: any[]): void;
}

declare global {
  function ActiveXObject(id: string, options?: ActiveXObjectOptions): any;
  function ActiveXObject(obj: Record<string, any>): any;

  interface ActiveXObjectOptions {
    activate?: boolean;
    getobject?: boolean;
    type?: boolean;
  }
}