Access denied calling FireEvent in Python

[calfdog at yahoo.com]

Regarding the call to FireEvent:

I still do not understand why you could call fi­reEvent('onchange')
and now it you have to call "Fi­reEvent('onchange')" to avoid the
Access denied message

In Ruby or Perl you still call "fi­reEvent('onchange')" it has not
changed and you do not get the access denied error.

If anyone has any helpful information regarding this it would be great.

Rob


calfdog at yahoo.com wrote:
> Found that you have to call FireEvent a different way in the News IE
> and  sp2
> Instead of:
>
> ie.Document.forms[0].campus.fi­reEvent('onchange')
>
> if needs to be changed to:
> ie.Document.forms[0].campus.Fi­reEvent('onchange')
>
>
> RLM
>
>
>
> calfdog at yahoo.com wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone know a workaround for calling fireEvent.
> > With the latest from Microsoft OS XP2 and Hot fixes to
> > IE it now gives an "access denied" error in Python when called.
> >
> > Here is what I am trying to do:
> > Set the "campus" listbox value and theb call fire event, such as in
> the
> > code below.  I get an "access denied" error.
> >
> > example code:
> > ie = DispatchEx('InternetExplorer.Application')
> >
> > # Some code to navigate to the site, wait till doc is not busy and
#
> > ReadyState is complete...blah..blah...
> >
> > ie.Document.forms[0].campus.value = '200'
> > ie.Document.forms[0].campus.fireEvent('onchange')
> >
> > HTML code:
> > <select style="font-size: 10" name="campus" onChange="if
> > (this.options[this.selectedIndex].value != 0)
> > populate(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
> > <option value=0>Select a campus
> > <option value="200">Norman Campus
> > <option value="501">Advanced Programs
> > <option value="502">Liberal Studies
> > <option value="504">Academic Programs (CAFE)
> > <option value="505">OU Tulsa</select>
> >
> >
> > If you call:
> > fireEvent('onchange')
> > fireEvent('onclick')
> > fireEvent('onFocus') etc... You will get an Access Denied
> >
> > This only happens with either the newer version of IE and XP2.
> > I was able to call the exact same code with XP1 and Win2000 Pro
> > and it work fine. So something has changed with I.E. and is not
being
> > handled in Python.
> >
> >
> > example code:
> > ie.Document.forms[0].campus.fireEvent('onchange')
> >
> > Trace:
> >  File
> >
>
"C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py",
> > line 310, in RunScript
> >     exec codeObject in __main__.__dict__
> >   File "C:\QA\Tools\cPAMIE150\oCScript2.py", line 24, in ?
> >     ie2.Document.forms[0].campus.fireEvent('onchange')
> >   File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
> line
> > 165, in __call__
> >     return
> >
>
self._get_good_object_(self._oleobj_.Invoke(*allArgs),self._olerepr_.defaultDispatchName,None)
> > com_error: (-2147024891, 'Access is denied.', None, None)
> > 
> > Help would be much appreciated!!
> > 
> > RLM