[python-win32] reliably controlling IE (Dispatch vs DispatchEx)

[Greg Lee]

I'm using code like this to display text in IE from within a Tkinter 
application:

           # magic argument list generated by makepy.py -i for Microsoft 
Internet Controls
            
win32com.client.gencache.EnsureModule('{EAB22AC0-30C1-11CF-A7EB-0000C05BAE0B}', 
0, 1, 1)
            self.iexplorer = 
win32com.client.DispatchEx('InternetExplorer.Application.1")
            self.iexplorer.Visible = 1
            self.iexplorer.Navigate(contents)
            win32gui.ShowWindow(self.iexplorer.HWND, 1)   # winuser.h:SW_

I'm using DispatchEx rather than the conventional Dispatch because I've 
noticed that if I have a Windows Explorer running and use Dispatch, then the 
contents sometimes appears in the right-hand pane of the Windows Explorer 
rather than in a new instance of InternetExplorer.  Using DispatchEx "seems" 
to do the right thing, but I'm reluctant to rely on this as a fix for an 
intermittent problem.  Any thoughts from the experts?

There is a 4 August posting stating that DispatchEx was necessary when you 
want two instances of of IE, as in:
        ie1 = Win32com.client.DispatchEx('InternetExplorer.Application.1')
        ie2 = Win32com.client.DispatchEx('InternetExplorer.Application.1')

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