threading and internet explorer com

[Roger Upole]

You'll need to call pythoncom.CoInitialize() in each thread.

      Roger

"James" <c00lways at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> hi,
>
> i'm using python 2.4 with pywin32...
> I've tried to use internet explorer control with a class.
> it was fine until i decided to inherit thread for the class...
>
> class domain01(threading.Thread):
> def __init__(self):
> #blabla
> threading.Thread.__init__(self)
>
> def run(self):
> self.ie = win32com.client.Dispatch('InternetExplorer.Application.1') #this 
> line gives error if i use .start(), but if i use .run.. no error...
> self.ie.Visibble = 1
> print "running"
>
>
>
> xyz = domain()
> xyz.start()
>
> ===========
> this is what i get:
> Exception in thread Thread-23:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Python24\lib\threading.py", line 442, in __bootstrap
>     self.run()
>   File "C:\python2exe\domain01.py", line 41, in run
>     self.dologin()
>   File "C:\python2exe\domain01.py", line 56, in dologin
>     self.ie=win32com.client.Dispatch('InternetExplorer.Application.1')
>   File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 
> 95, in Dispatch
>     dispatch, userName = 
> dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch,userName,clsctx)
>   File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 
> 91, in _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
>     return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
>   File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 
> 79, in _GetGoodDispatch
>     IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx, 
> pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
> com_error: (-2147221008, 'CoInitialize has not been called.', None, None)
>
>
>
> =====
> but if i run:
> xyz = domain()
> xyz.run()
>
> ##no error! it's weird....
>
> anyone know how to solve this problem?
>
> thank you :)
>
> best regards,
>
> James 




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