[python-win32] Dispatches With Events on COM Object

[Neil Benn]

Mark Hammond wrote:
>> print dir(mod)
>> ob = mod.Application
>>     
>
> Try adding parens after that line - currently 'ob' is the class, where you
> want an instance of the class.
>
> ob = mod.Application()
>
>   
<snip>
Ah good point, I put back in the brackets (doh!) and I am now back to 
the previous place:

mod = gencache.EnsureModule('{A4818FD5-6479-11D4-8452-00104B92DD56}', 0, 
1, 0)
print dir(mod)
ob = mod.Application()
print dir(ob)
objCybio = win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents(ob, CybioEvents)

 >>> ['Application', 'CLSID', 'CLSIDToClassMap', 'CLSIDToPackageMap', 
'CoClassBaseClass', 'Dispatch', 'DispatchBaseClass', 'IApplication', 
'IApplicationEvents', 'IApplicationEvents_vtables_', 
'IApplicationEvents_vtables_dispatch_', 'IDocumentEvents', 
'IDocumentEvents_vtables_', 'IDocumentEvents_vtables_dispatch_', 'IID', 
'LCID', 'LibraryFlags', 'MajorVersion', 'MinorVersion', 'NamesToIIDMap', 
'RecordMap', 'VTablesToClassMap', 'VTablesToPackageMap', '__builtins__', 
'__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '_in_gencache_', 
'defaultNamedNotOptArg', 'defaultNamedOptArg', 'defaultUnnamedArg', 
'makepy_version', 'python_version', 'pythoncom', 'win32com']
['CLSID', '__doc__', '__getattr__', '__init__', '__module__', 
'__repr__', '__setattr__', '_dispobj_', 'coclass_interfaces', 
'coclass_sources', 'default_interface', 'default_source']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program 
Files\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", 
line 310, in RunScript
    exec codeObject in __main__.__dict__
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\benn\Desktop\cybio test.py", line 16, in ?
    objCybio = win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents(ob, CybioEvents)
  File "C:\Program 
Files\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 254, 
in DispatchWithEvents
    raise TypeError, "This COM object can not automate the makepy 
process - please run makepy manually for this object"
TypeError: This COM object can not automate the makepy process - please 
run makepy manually for this object

    I've got it working OK with C# running through SharpDevelop - I'd 
prefer not to use C# though as my company is a python programming 
company and using C# would cause support issues. 

    Although I'm not sure if there are any other solutions in the python 
environment - is there a debug switch on the native code I can turn on 
to if the problems are coming from there?

Cheers,

Neil

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Neil Benn MSc
Head of Automation
Cenix BioScience GmbH
Tatzberg 47
01307 Dresden
Germany

http://wwww.cenix-bioscience.com