[python-win32] COM problems

[Mark Hammond]

> 1)  My guess is that PythonCOM is sending the command "ApplyPageTemplate"
> without the parameter, and then when SigmaPlots gets this it
> balks and says
> it needs the parameter.  This is consistent with the line
> "sp.Notebooks.Add" working but "sp.Notebooks.Add()" not working.

Can you post the complete traceback of the failure.

> 3)  Early binding doesn't get started (for SigmaPlot, it works for Excel),
> even though I've run MakePy, and even if I start the above script with
> gencache.EnsureModule('{6E73CA05-CE63-11CF-B59C-0000929132CE}', 0, 1, 0)
> I'm a bit confused by all of this, but I've tried to trace it through the
> modules:

You should still be able to use it.  I have covered this a few places
before.  You use "gencache.EnsureModule()" to get the generated module, then
you can use the class named in the generated file.

Try a google search for EnsureModule().

Mark.