[python-win32] A little help for a n00b, please

[Alan Jump]

I entered it in the shell, being too lazy to write a separate script
file. The response is the same:

<code>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <fragment>
pywintypes.error: (31, 'ShellExecute', 'A device attached to the system
is not functioning.')
</code>

So it's apparently an issue with my system, rather than the script. I've
tried changing print processors and updating drivers, but to no avail.
So I'm thinking this is not a Python problem, but a Windows problem,
which means I dig elsewhere for the gem that fixes the problem.

Thanks again.

73 de N5ILN/6
Alan

On 5/6/2012 10:20 AM, Tim Golden wrote:
> On 06/05/2012 18:07, Alan Jump wrote:
>> Much obliged to both you and Vernon. I'm going to be adding quite a few
>> code snippets to these emails, just to let the various search engines
>> work their magic in case anyone besides me is running into the same
>> problem.
>>
>> I tried a couple of the extended commands on the web page, and still got
>> the same exception message.
>
> At the risk of asking you to do the obvious, what happens
> if you do this:
>
> <code>
> import win32api
>
> open ("test.txt", "w").write ("TESTING")
> win32api.ShellExecute (0, "print", "test.txt", None, ".", 0)
>
> </code>
>
> In other words, is there a problem sending *anything*
> to print via a Shell Execute? Or is there something
> specific to your app?
>
> TJG
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