passing dictionaries through COM

[Stefan Schukat]

Hi,

there is no such type as mapping in oleautomation. If you
want to have a mapping type you must pass an object which 
behaves like a dictionary. A sample COM server which acts
like a dictionary is in 

%PythonRoot%\win32com\servers\dictionary.py

How to wrap Python objects as return values in COM servers could 
be in the book of Mark and Andy.

	Stefan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Guest [mailto:kwg at renre-europe.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:14 PM
> To: Python List
> Subject: passing dictionaries through COM
> 
> 
> hi,
> Does anybody know if it is possible to return a dictionary through COM
> to a VB application?
> I have tried a simple return {1: "a", 2: "b"} from my python code and
> get an error raised "Unexpected Python Error: exceptions.TypeError:
> Objects of type 'dictionary' can not be converted to a COM 
> VARIANT' and
> was wondering if there is any 'deep magic'/advanced method of
> transferring a dictionary of information to a COM based client.
> 
> Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated
> 
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