[python-win32] ActiveX components with Events

[Niki Spahiev]

Neil Benn wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>          Sorry that was a bad explanation - the control _is_ an ActiveX 
> exe - not an ocx - it simply brings up a form (which in actual fact I 
> then hide immediatly, I can't stop the form appearing in the first place 
> - it has to appear for a few millisecs like a subliminal message).  The 
> component is an out of process exe - I did find something like DoEvents 
> in pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages - however I still can't get the 
> win32com/python interation working, events are not simply not fired in 
> my code.
> 
>    I think that I will have to write a thin wrapper in VB or C# to 
> access the underlying ActiveX exe (and protect the exe from the 
> vagarities of the interface) which can then be accesssed with win32com - 
> bit of a pain because it means that I have a maintenance issue (I work 
> in a pure python shop and VB/C# code cannot be maintained by anyone 
> except for me) but hey, its a protection against future redundancies 
> <joke>!  However if you know any gotchyas with ActiveX exe/win32com  
> integration that I could look out for then that would be great.

Check venster (sf.net) there is demo with flash OCX, and controlling it 
is OK.

HTH
Niki Spahiev