[python-win32] ActiveX components with Events

[Neil Benn]

Hello,

         FYI, this is the same Neil Benn who posted a couple of days ago 
- just from a different address.  Thanks for your help Mark, however - I 
had made a silly mistake, I was passing an instance rather than a class 
to the DispatchWithEvents call.  I didn't understand that the 
DispatchWithEvents call combines the Event interface and ActiveX 
component into one component.

   However, I have a problem that one of the methods on the ActiveX 
should show a UI and fire an event.  The python code doesn't show the UI 
and no events get fired. This does the same thing in VB uncles I wait in 
a polling loop for my call to the ActiveX component and use the 
ubiquitous DoEvents call in VB6 - is there something which will allow me 
to yield control to the OS in the same way as VB6 in Python.

    I'm guessing that I'm wrestling with a poorly written ActiveX 
component (exe) but that's the life of someone working in laboratory 
automation!!

    Cheers for your help - I'll even be graceful if Australia manages to 
retain the ashes next year!!!

Cheers,

Neil

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Neil Benn
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