[python-win32] win32com and DCOM

[Jean-Luc Bonduel]

Hello,

I have a Zope serveur (with the code infra) and i try to start Excel on
the client PC.
What i'm doing wrong ?

TIA.

Jean-Luc

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from win32com.client import DispatchEx
import pythoncom
import sys
import time

def demarreexcel():
    COINIT = 0
    pythoncom.CoInitializeEx(0) 
    sys.coinit_flags = COINIT
    o = DispatchEx("Excel.Application","pcxyz")
    o.Visible = 1
    o.Workbooks.Add()
    pythoncom.CoUninitializeEx()

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Traceback (innermost last):
  Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 100, in publish
  Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
  Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 40, in call_object
  Module Products.ExternalMethod.ExternalMethod, line 224, in __call__
   - __traceback_info__: ((), {}, None)
  Module c:\testp\Extensions\excelfct.py, line 11, in demarreexcel
  Module win32com.client, line 112, in DispatchEx
com_error: (-2146959355, "\xc9chec de l'ex\xe9cution du serveur", None,
None)

"\xc9chec de l'ex\xe9cution du serveur"
it's in french. It says a thing like: Error starting server