PythonCOM / Word97 error/feature

[Mark Hammond]

It may actually be Pythonwin getting too smart with the error lines.
If you double-click on a COM traceback that nominates a help file, it
is opened.  However, I think there has been a bug since the
introduction of Scintilla.  Try deleting the exception line  in the
interactive window!!!  Or try the same thing from python.exe instead
of pythonwin.

Mark.


"Nikolai Kirsebom" <nikolai.kirsebom at siemens.no> wrote in message
news:38c66a09.6616954 at news.mch.sni.de...
> Have a strange observation - could anyone explain what is going on
> (where).
>
> Start PythonWin and using COM start Word97.  Write some text in Word
> and executes the command:
>
> doc.Content()
>
> in the interactive window in PythonWin.  Content is presented ok.
> Then, open the Spelling and Grammar (F7) dialog box in Word.  While
> this dialog box is shown, reenter the same command in PythonWin.
>
> Get the following com-error:
> com_error: (-2146823683, 'OLE error 0x800a11fd', (0, 'Microsoft
Word',
> 'This method or property is not available because the proofing
dialog
> box is active.', 'wdmain8.hlp', 37373, -2146823683), None)
>
> which is ok.  However if I now close the dialog (spelling) and
> reexecute the command, the helpfile for VBA (wdmian8.hlp) is
opened -
> actually any command to the server results in the VBA helpfile being
> presented.  Also - it seems that the interactive window 'hangs' on
the
> opening (and ultimately closing) of the help window.
>
> This behaviour seems to be particular for the 'spelling dialog'.
> Doing the same operation with 'insert file' dialog will result in
> another com-error, but the system will operate as expected after
> closing down the 'insert file' dialog.
>
> ANY IDEAS / COMMENTS.
>
> Nikolai
>