[BangPypers] win32com.client.Dispatch

[Nitin Kumar]

Thanks Visal/Sujit/Noufal,

All of your reply was of great help. Specially COM Raider and makepy.py
(from  PyWin32 libraries)

Thanks again
Nitin K


On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Vishal <vsapre80 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Nitin Kumar <nitin.nitp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Say I did
> > x=win32com.client.Dispatch("{6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6}")
> >
> > where the clsid used is for window media palyer.
> > Now if i do:
> > >>> dir(x)
> > ['_ApplyTypes_', '_FlagAsMethod', '_LazyAddAttr_', '_NewEnum',
> '_Release_',
> > '__AttrToID__', '__LazyMap__', '__call__', '__doc__', '__eq__',
> > '__getattr__', '__getitem__', '__init__', '__int__', '__len__',
> > '__module__', '__ne__', '__nonzero__', '__repr__', '__setattr__',
> > '__setitem__', '__str__', '_builtMethods_', '_enum_',
> > '_find_dispatch_type_', '_get_good_object_', '_get_good_single_object_',
> > '_lazydata_', '_make_method_', '_mapCachedItems_', '_oleobj_',
> '_olerepr_',
> > '_print_details_', '_proc_', '_unicode_to_string_', '_username_',
> > '_wrap_dispatch_']
> >
> > It won't show any function related to this specific dll. This happens
> with
> > any COMObject.
> > So, is there any way to find out what all functions can be used with this
> > object. (or any doc to give more depth)
> >
> > --
> > Nitin K
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>
> Hello,
>
> >From what I remember having worked on COM/DCOM a few years back, the DLL
> needs to have functions defined using a certain return type for all the
> functions that are exposed. Then the win32com module can query the DLL to
> see what functions are present. Please note that even if they cannot be
> queried, they can certainly be used, if you know their signature.
>
> Also look at how to launch an Automation Application from OLE Automation
> from Python examples on the web. There are slight differences in how you
> launch, and that may be the reason.
>
> PythonWin IDE that comes with the PyWin32 libraries has a OLE/COM Object
> viewer that should be able to show you all the functions that are exposed
> by a registered DLL.
>
> --
> Thanks and best regards,
> Vishal Sapre
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Nitin K