IDiscMaster interface

Chris Gonnerman chris.gonnerman at newcenturycomputers.net
Thu Mar 28 23:08:31 EST 2002


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Shannon" <jeff at ccvcorp.com>
> 
> Chris Gonnerman wrote:
> 
> > I have been investigating the IDiscMaster interface implemented
> > in Windows XP...
> 
> Note that there are (effectively) two types of COM interfaces --
> "custom" and "automation" (I'm not sure I've got the terms exactly
> right, but...)  Pythoncom currently only handles automation interfaces
> (which were inteded to be used from scripting languages), not custom
> interfaces (which were effectively intended to be used from C++).  As
> I understand it, in order to handle a custom interface (which I am
> guessing the IDiscMaster interface is), you'd need to delve deep into
> the internals of pythoncom.  Of course, I'd *love* to be proved wrong
> about this...  ;)
> 

Ug.  I was afraid that it would be something like that.  Add this to
the list of things which are evil in Windows.

Any chance anyone else might be planning to "wrap" this interface?






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