[python-win32] error message after many win32pipe.popen calls

[Bill Burns]

[Jürgen wrote]
> Hi all,
> 
> currently I'm testing a scipt which converts many (>500) ps files to 
> pdf. I use ghostscript and the conversion is done by win32pipe.popen( 
> ps2pdf.bat inputfile outputfile). I got the following error message, but 
> it seems that all files were correctly converted:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File 
> "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\editor\document.py", 
> line 301, in Run
>     win32api.PostMessage(self.hwnd, MSG_CHECK_EXTERNAL_FILE, 0, 0)
> pywintypes.error: (1816, 'PostMessage', 'Nicht gen\xfcgend Quoten 
> verf\xfcgbar, um diesen Befehl zu verarbeiten.')
> win32ui: Run() virtual handler (<bound method FileWatchingThread.Run of 
> <pywin.framework.editor.document.FileWatchingThread instance at 
> 0x06A45878>>) raised an exception
> 
> Is there a way to avoid this error ? (win2k, py2.4.1, pywin205)
> 

Hi Jürgen,

Achtung - The following does not address your win32pipe.open() problem,
but you can continue to read it if you want to :-)

I routinely convert many ps files myself and I use something like this:

<CODE>

import os

def convert2pdf(directory):
     os.chdir(directory)
     for f in os.listdir('.'):
         if f.endswith('.ps'):
             path, filename = os.path.split(f)
             name, ext = os.path.splitext(f)
             newName = os.path.join(path, name + ".pdf")
             command = 'ps2pdf "%s" "%s"' % (filename, newName)
             os.popen(command)

if __name__ == '__main__':
     convert2pdf(r'C:\ps_files')

</CODE>

The above just uses os.popen(). I've converted thousands of ps files
with no problems at all.

My specs are:
Windows 2000 Pro SP4
Python 2.4.1
GPL GhostScript 8.15

HTH,

Bill