py2exe - COM Server DLL can't be referenced by VB6 or VS2003

Hi Guys, Hopefully this is the place to ask this question. I have written a COM server with a few trivial string methods to test the integration of Python and VB (and Visual Studio). I have run it through py2exe and created a DLL that actually does register and Windows seems to be happy with it. I can access the methods of this COM object with Python and VBA and, sure enough, it works. That's awesome. However, it can not be added as a reference to a VB6 or a VS2003 project. Both say it's not a valid DLL and it doesn't show up in any of their "reference object" lists. That basically means it's not available for use in that environment. In addition, any sort of code completion or call tips will never function. So my question is this: is there some special interface vodoo that needs to be put in my code or my py2exe setup in order to get this COM server truly visible and accessible within VB6 or Visual Studio? Also, is there even more interface stuff so the code completion/call-tips stuff works? I would love to hear about any experience you may have with all this. Best Regards, J.D.

Hey Guys, I guess nobody knows or cares. Where do the Win32 python guys hang out? J.D.

J.D. Main wrote:
Hey Guys,
I guess nobody knows or cares. Where do the Win32 python guys hang out?
Try the python-win32 list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 TJG

Thanks. I didn't know about that one. It's not listed on the Python SIG page: http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/ J.D. Main wrote:
Hey Guys,
I guess nobody knows or cares. Where do the Win32 python guys hang out?
Try the python-win32 list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 TJG _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig

J.D. Main wrote:
Thanks. I didn't know about that one. It's not listed on the Python SIG page:
Interestingly, I've never even thought of looking at that page, and probably wouldn't have considered win32 as a SIG -- even though it arguably is :) For a wide range of Python mailing lists, look here: http://mail.python.org TJG
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