using an already running COM object with Dispatch

[jiccab]

Roger Upole wrote:
> "jiccab" <jicman at gmail.com> wrote in message news:1154715278.972215.295040 at 75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Greetings.
> >
> > with the following code,
> >
> > olApp = Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
> >
> > I am capable of getting a new instance of Outlook running.  I would
> > like to be able to use the instance that is already running, if exists,
> > otherwise open a new one.
> >
> > Has anyone being able to do this?
>
> You should be able to use
> win32com.client.GetActiveObject('outlook.application')
> and fall back to a normal Dispatch if it fails.
>
>      Roger

Yes indeed.  Thanks.  here is the code:

from win32com.client.dynamic import Dispatch
from win32com.client import GetActiveObject

def OutlookPointer():
  try:
    olApp = GetActiveObject("Outlook.Application")
  except:
    olApp = Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
  return olApp

op = OutlookPointer()