win32com and com Record types

[Mark Hammond]

Mike Margerum wrote:
> Hi I am trying to using a COM server I built in C++.  I ran GenPy on
> my type library and I am able to instantiate objects from the server. 
> What I can't figure out is how to create/use Record types from my COM
> server.  I see them defined in my generated py file as a map
> 
> RecordMap = {
> 	'FormRecord': '{F6EBBC2A-E2D5-4921-A498-EA80AE851012}',
> 	'ICD9Record': '{FA83723F-55F6-4D17-8309-A9D323A4FD01}',
> 	'BrandRecord': '{AD4B5647-E78A-447B-A041-EEC59E89D3F6}',
> }
> 
> How Do i instantiate one so I can use it in one of my methods that
> takes a BrandRecord by reference?
> 
> This is a snippet of VB code that works
> 
>     Dim db As New BrandDb
>     db.Open ("c:\temp\irx2_brand.pdb")
>     Dim brandRec As BrandRecord
>     While i < db.RecordCount
>         db.GetBrand i, brandRec, 1  'use 0 instead of 1 to not load
> form data
>         List1.AddItem brandRec.MasterIndex & " " & brandRec.Id & " " &
> brandRec.Description

You can create a record object by using:

     r = win32com.client.Record("RecordName", object)

where "RecordName" is the name of the record, and 'object' is &any* COM 
object defined in the same type library.

See win32com\test\testvb for some real examples.

Mark.