[python-win32] MAPI, windows service and getting handle to executing outlook process

[Mark Hammond]

Try:

outlook=win32com.client.GetActiveObject("Outlook.Application")

Mark.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: python-win32-bounces at python.org
[mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org]On Behalf Of Amrit Jassal
  Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2006 8:59 AM
  To: python-win32 at python.org
  Subject: [python-win32] MAPI,windows service and getting handle to
executing outlook process


  I am writing a mail extractor program to download mail from outlook via
MAPI. The script works fine as a console program and as an NT service if
outlook is not running.
  If outlook process is running then the service times out with the
following exception:

    File "win32com\client\__init__.pyc", line 95, in Dispatch
    File "win32com\client\dynamic.pyc", line 91, in
_GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
    File "win32com\client\dynamic.pyc", line 79, in _GetGoodDispatch
  com_error: (-2146959355, 'Server execution failed', None, None)

  at the line: outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")

  I see that there is a new OUTLOOK.EXE process created as well. Looks like
I need to get a handle to the executing process and not spawn a new one.

  Anybody has faced this before and provide some pointers?

  Thanks for your help.


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