boolean values in COM / VB / Python

[John J. Lee]

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Lloyd Kvam wrote:

> My guess is that you don't have a COM wrapper in place for the
> Document.  In other words:
>
> import win32com.client
> ie = win32com.client.Dispatch("InternetExplorer.Application")
> ie.Visible = 1	# toggles window visible
> ie.Visible = 0	# toggles window invisible
> ie.GetHome()	# loads the home page
>
> Now when you refer to
> ie.Document
> you are actually referring to a new object.

Well, yes.  And?

> I believe that you will
> need to do some work to provide the wrapper so that Python values get
> translated to the equivalent COM values.
[...]

But what would the equivalent COM values be?  That's the problem!  In
particular, what would be the Python for 'false' in VB?  I've tried 0, -1,
'0', None, 1 and other less likely objects, and they all either don't do
anything, or pop up a box asking where to save, which would be contrary to
the docs if I were succeeding in passing something meaning 'false'.

When you talk about a 'COM wrapper', is this in the general sense, or in
some specific COM sense?  I'm new to COM and windows stuff.


John