From James.Holland at horizonhealth.com  Tue Oct  8 12:58:09 2019
From: James.Holland at horizonhealth.com (Holland, James)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 16:58:09 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Word Application saving to PDF
Message-ID: <712ecf3853f94ba58af02c2274f7c5fc@CORP-EX13KP201.corp.uhsinc.biz>

I'm trying to open some rtf files to Word and then save as PDFs.

I'm running Windows 10 65 bit  -- Word 2016 is installed on my computer.
Python 3.6.0


import os,os.path
import img2pdf
import win32com.client

input_dir = "G:/MHOShare/MHO Staff/James Holland/TempDump/CindyTest/RTFtest"
output_dir = "G:/MHOShare/MHO Staff/James Holland/TempDump/CindyTest/RTFtest"
os.chdir(input_dir)

wdFormatPDF = 17


rtfList = [i for i in os.listdir() if i.endswith(".rtf")]

file = rtfList[0]

word = win32com.client.Dispatch('Word.Application')
word.Visible = False
doc = word.Documents.Open(input_dir + '/' + file)
doc.SaveAs(output_dir + '/' + 'rtfTest.pdf', FileFormat = wdFormatPDF)
doc.close()


However, I get this error.


Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-17-e8d4aaddfc8f>", line 15, in <module>
    doc.SaveAs2(output_dir + '/' + 'rtfTest.pdf', FileFormat = wdFormatPDF)

  File "C:\Users\CMTHOL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\gen_py\3.6\00020905-0000-0000-C000-000000000046x0x8x7\_Document.py", line 461, in SaveAs2
    , CompatibilityMode)

com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Microsoft Word', 'Command failed', 'wdmain11.chm', 36966, -2146824090), None)

Everything I've read about wdamin11.chm seems to be regarding Word 2007.


This is my first go around with pywin32 so sorry if this is an older issue (couldn't find a solution on Stackoverflow).

~James

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From timr at probo.com  Wed Oct  9 02:03:55 2019
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 23:03:55 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Word Application saving to PDF
In-Reply-To: <712ecf3853f94ba58af02c2274f7c5fc@CORP-EX13KP201.corp.uhsinc.biz>
References: <712ecf3853f94ba58af02c2274f7c5fc@CORP-EX13KP201.corp.uhsinc.biz>
Message-ID: <C16B930C-C826-4BB4-97A1-E71E617FD207@probo.com>

On Oct 8, 2019, at 9:58 AM, Holland, James via python-win32 <python-win32 at python.org> wrote:
> 
> I?m trying to open some rtf files to Word and then save as PDFs.
> ...  
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  
>   File "<ipython-input-17-e8d4aaddfc8f>", line 15, in <module>
>     doc.SaveAs2(output_dir + '/' + 'rtfTest.pdf', FileFormat = wdFormatPDF)
>   File "C:\Users\CMTHOL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\gen_py\3.6\00020905-0000-0000-C000-000000000046x0x8x7\_Document.py", line 461, in SaveAs2
>     , CompatibilityMode)
> com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Microsoft Word', 'Command failed', 'wdmain11.chm', 36966, -2146824090), None)

Did you do any web searching for this?  -2146824090 is 0x80A1066, which is a security issue.  Do you have permission to write into that directory?  Are you able to do this same action if you do it by hand?
? 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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From capaneus at gmail.com  Mon Oct 14 18:27:34 2019
From: capaneus at gmail.com (Peng Chen)
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:27:34 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] How to set value with PyIPropertyStore
Message-ID: <CAHJDtQ1MRTE2B0eeSr5KQq_XH3XDdUc7Cx4a05j9Di__crmcqQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,
I'm working on a script to shift video media creation time.
I used:
properties = propsys.SHGetPropertyStoreFromParsingName(file_name)
mDate = properties.GetValue(pscon.PKEY_Media_DateEncoded).GetValue()
and successfully retrieved media encoded date property.
Now I could shift the time and write this value back.

I can see there is a function
PyIPropertyStore.SetValue(key, value) and PyIPropertyStore.Commit()
to write the date back, but I'm not sure how to construct the value because
it requires PyPROPVARIANT type.
I can't figure out any where to import this type and doesn't know how to
construct it.

Sorry I'm not familiar with windows programming, would you please help me
on this?

Thanks!
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From timr at probo.com  Mon Oct 14 20:25:01 2019
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 17:25:01 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] How to set value with PyIPropertyStore
In-Reply-To: <CAHJDtQ1MRTE2B0eeSr5KQq_XH3XDdUc7Cx4a05j9Di__crmcqQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHJDtQ1MRTE2B0eeSr5KQq_XH3XDdUc7Cx4a05j9Di__crmcqQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6f26b744-32a6-ac0c-f9df-de42c5b18f84@probo.com>

Peng Chen wrote:
>
> I'm working on a script to shift video media creation time.
> ....
> I can see there is a function
> PyIPropertyStore.SetValue(key, value) and?PyIPropertyStore.Commit()
> to write the date back, but I'm not sure how to construct?the value 
> because it requires?PyPROPVARIANT type.
> I can't figure out any where to import this type and doesn't know how 
> to construct?it.

PyPROPVARIANT is generally a return type.? In a case like this, I would 
expect that you would simply pass the datetime value, and the interface 
code would convert it into a variant.? Have you tried that?? Did you get 
an error?

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


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From emaimone3721 at gmail.com  Wed Oct 23 18:41:05 2019
From: emaimone3721 at gmail.com (Enzo Maimone)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:41:05 -0300
Subject: [python-win32] COM server registered from py script works OK,
 but not when registered from an exe file
Message-ID: <CAH=7DwyMhjsVTsxcrp2rz6z1_z50t2uTcQAukL7uP15bboJQZw@mail.gmail.com>

I have a Python 3.7 module that registers a COM server, exposing one method
to the Windows environment.

It works well when running from the ,py script (Python 3.7), and the
generated COM server also works fine.

Now I want to distribute it to users that do not have Python installed in
their machines, so I convert the module to an exe file (using
https://github.com/albertosottile/py2exe that ports py2exe from Py3.4 to
P3.7),

The registration of the COM works OK when running from the exe file, but
the COM is no longer functional.  This workflow used to work well with
pywin and py2exe in their old 2.7 versions.

The module:

 #!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import win32com.client
import win32traceutil
import os, sys, imp
import pythoncom
import win32api

class COM_test:
    _reg_progid_ = "PythonZ.CondaTest"
    _reg_clsid_ = '{5937C658-485D-4B22-B17A-DDE89E2157F4}'
    _reg_desc_ = "COM server Py37"
    _public_methods_ = ['where_am_i']

    def __init__(self):
        self.dict = {}

    def where_am_i(self):
        if (hasattr(sys, "frozen") or imp.is_frozen("__main__")):
            hi = "COM server called from an EXE (FROZEN)"
        else:
            hi = "COM server called from a .PY (UNFROZEN)"
        print ("from server ==>", hi)
        return hi

if __name__=='__main__':
    print ("Registering COM Server")
    import win32com.server.register
    win32com.server.register.UseCommandLine(COM_test, debug=True)

the setup file (to be run as >python setup.py p2exe)
#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

py2exe_options = dict(
    includes = [],
    packages = [],
    optimize=0,
    compressed=False,
    bundle_files=3,
    dist_dir='dist01',
    verbose = True
    )

setup(name="name",
      ctypes_com_server=[{ "modules": "COMbuilder_simpler",},],
      console=[{ "script": "COMbuilder_simpler.py",},],
      options={"py2exe": py2exe_options},
      )

Running the resulting exe file will register the COM.

And here a test script to request an object from the COM server and access
the public method:

import win32com.client
import pythoncom
import sys

def main():
    try:
        COMobj = win32com.client.DispatchEx('PythonZ.CondaTest')
        r = COMobj.where_am_i()
        print("from client  ==>",r)
    except:
        print("COM server failed")


if __name__=='__main__':
    main()


Any idea of what is going wrong with the registration of the COM server
from the exe file?

Appreciate any hint or direction indication

Enzo
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From luckynuaa at 163.com  Sun Oct 27 06:26:37 2019
From: luckynuaa at 163.com (luckynuaa at 163.com)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 21:26:37 +1100
Subject: [python-win32] Problem passing array by reference
Message-ID: <2019102721263530613610@163.com>

Dear All,I am facing a problem passing an array by reference. It is exactly the
same problem as described in this thread:
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2002-November/000562.htmlhttps://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2014-July/013234.html
I am calling a method on a COM object that fills in an array passed by reference. The array must be initialized to a given size  otherwise the call
will fail. Currently I am able to complete the call and the array returned by the method is the one I passed as a parameter but unfortunately the value of the array does not change and it should. For your information the COM object I work with is a Position interface maintained by the CATIA COM server. The method is Sub GetComponents(CATSafeArrayVariant array). I understand that the CATSafeArrayVariant type is equivalent to an array of variants. The python call looks like this:
> >>	a = range(0,12)
> >>	b = myPosition.GetComponents(a)
> >>	print a # outputs (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11) instead of the actual
> >>components
> >>	print b # same output

This problem really bothers me. So any help will be appreciated. Thank you?



luckynuaa at 163.com
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From luckynuaa at 163.com  Sun Oct 27 08:06:02 2019
From: luckynuaa at 163.com (lcy)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 20:06:02 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [python-win32] passing array by reference (3)
Message-ID: <4e9f2b0f.78c6.16e0d1be4c3.Coremail.luckynuaa@163.com>

Hello?
        Following the tips you mentitoned in the year of 2017


I tried to test the  Catia.SystemService.Evaluate() in pytyon, However it cannont work, anything went wrong with my code? Any advice will be appreciated, thank you!
params=""
CodeToEvaluate = "Sub CATMain()\n" + "MsgBox " + chr(34) + "Hello World" + chr(34) + "\nEnd Sub"
CATIA.SystemService.Evaluate(CodeToEvaluate, "VB Script language", "CATMain", params)

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From timr at probo.com  Mon Oct 28 01:29:57 2019
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:29:57 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] passing array by reference (3)
In-Reply-To: <4e9f2b0f.78c6.16e0d1be4c3.Coremail.luckynuaa@163.com>
References: <4e9f2b0f.78c6.16e0d1be4c3.Coremail.luckynuaa@163.com>
Message-ID: <893E61B8-29F7-4554-895F-63B7B636BA18@probo.com>

On Oct 27, 2019, at 5:06 AM, lcy <luckynuaa at 163.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello?
>         Following the tips you mentitoned in the year of 2017
> I tried to test the  Catia.SystemService.Evaluate()  in pytyon, However it cannont work, anything went wrong with my code? Any advice will be appreciated, thank you!

What DID happen?

You don?t have a newline at the very end of the string. CATIA might need that.
? 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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From pengfei.wang84 at outlook.com  Tue Oct 29 15:48:47 2019
From: pengfei.wang84 at outlook.com (Pengfei Wang)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:48:47 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Return value for Excel calculation error #Value! Type
Message-ID: <BN8PR01MB5345B3925138C4F3E95E4D5197610@BN8PR01MB5345.prod.exchangelabs.com>

Hi,

I am using win32 to read data from Excel files and it works great. However, recently I had an issue to identify the ?#Value!? errors in my Excel files. A wired number has been returned even though the cell value is shown as ?#Value!?. Is there any way to identify this error in the Excel file? 

Thanks!

Pengfei