From sam_spam_cat at verizon.net  Tue May  1 03:43:02 2007
From: sam_spam_cat at verizon.net (Sam The Cat)
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:43:02 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Python COM and Photoshop
Message-ID: <006001c78b92$0eeb82b0$0201a8c0@neo>

Help !

I am writing some COM code in Python to control photoshop.  Several
functions of PS require an "Array" argument.  In the  examples of VBscript
or javascript the Array type is used.  I have tried what would appear to  be
the equivalent in Python -- Lists and Tuples -- but to no avail. Anyone have
any insight  on what via the COM interface is equivalent to an Array in
javascript ?

 Here is the Javascript example code

 .....
 selRegion  = Array(Array(1,1),Array(1,2),Array(2,2),Array(2,1))
 Doc.Selection.Select(selRegion,1,0,0)
 .....

 Here is my interpretation in Python

 .......
 selregion = [(1,1),(1,2),(2,2),(2,1)]
 print selregion
 doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
 ......

 Here is the error code generated

 ..........
 F:\automation>test2.py
 [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1)]
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "F:\automation\test2.py", line 19, in ?
     doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
   File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select
 pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe
 Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays
 with dimension 1
 are supported', None, 0, -2147220262), None)


 ............

I have tried many differnet permutations of structure for the selregion
variable.  Any scalar or single dimension array returns an "Illegal
Argument" response with no further details -- any thing that resembles a two
dimensional array returns the result above.

Any help / thoughts would be appreciated




From Amit.Arora at infogain.com  Tue May  1 07:45:39 2007
From: Amit.Arora at infogain.com (Amit Arora)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 11:15:39 +0530
Subject: [python-win32]  Python Help needed - VerInstallFile API
Message-ID: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B049B588D@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>


HI All,

I need to install a package and check the return value using the
VerInstallFile() API :

The function declaration which I get on MSDN is : 

DWORD VerInstallFile(          DWORD uFlags,
    LPCTSTR szSrcFileName,
    LPCTSTR szDestFileName,
    LPCTSTR szSrcDir,
    LPCTSTR szDestDir,
    LPCTSTR szCurDir,
    LPTSTR szTmpFile,
    PUINT lpuTmpFileLen
)

Anybody has used this API and could share an example using a standard
msi package will be of great help .........
MSI packages can be any package , you make take installation of an
ActivePerl package for instance ....
(ActivePerl.msi)

Regards,
~Amit Arora



From f.guerrieri at gmail.com  Tue May  1 12:43:31 2007
From: f.guerrieri at gmail.com (Francesco Guerrieri)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 12:43:31 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Python COM and Photoshop
In-Reply-To: <006001c78b92$0eeb82b0$0201a8c0@neo>
References: <006001c78b92$0eeb82b0$0201a8c0@neo>
Message-ID: <79b79e730705010343g440fd931kdabbbec457d18c9c@mail.gmail.com>

I am a complete beginner myself with python and win so surely there are
better ways of doing this. In any case,  here's my try.
You could try to go in the reverse manner: instead of trying to guess the
right way from python to VB, define an Array object in VB and pass it to
python,  dispatch it if needed, and  look at how it is formed. In this way
you will find out precisely how the array object is formed.

francesco

On 5/1/07, Sam The Cat <sam_spam_cat at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Help !
>
> I am writing some COM code in Python to control photoshop.  Several
> functions of PS require an "Array" argument.  In the  examples of VBscript
> or javascript the Array type is used.  I have tried what would appear
> to  be
> the equivalent in Python -- Lists and Tuples -- but to no avail. Anyone
> have
> any insight  on what via the COM interface is equivalent to an Array in
> javascript ?
>
> Here is the Javascript example code
>
> .....
> selRegion  = Array(Array(1,1),Array(1,2),Array(2,2),Array(2,1))
> Doc.Selection.Select(selRegion,1,0,0)
> .....
>
> Here is my interpretation in Python
>
> .......
> selregion = [(1,1),(1,2),(2,2),(2,1)]
> print selregion
> doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
> ......
>
> Here is the error code generated
>
> ..........
> F:\automation>test2.py
> [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1)]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "F:\automation\test2.py", line 19, in ?
>      doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
>    File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe
> Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays
> with dimension 1
> are supported', None, 0, -2147220262), None)
>
>
> ............
>
> I have tried many differnet permutations of structure for the selregion
> variable.  Any scalar or single dimension array returns an "Illegal
> Argument" response with no further details -- any thing that resembles a
> two
> dimensional array returns the result above.
>
> Any help / thoughts would be appreciated
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python-win32 mailing list
> Python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>



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victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer
of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However,
this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed
to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing
the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict
is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and
veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-?-vis an
introduction, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you
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From paj at pajhome.org.uk  Tue May  1 18:07:59 2007
From: paj at pajhome.org.uk (Paul Johnston)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 17:07:59 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Running CherryPy inside IIS
Message-ID: <c9d0b4240705010907p17b73db6t38cbec2d8fbeab33@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I am trying to run a CherryPy (Python web server) application inside IIS,
and having some problems.

I'm using wsgiref and this ASP/WSGI script:
http://www.aminus.org/blogs/index.php/fumanchu/2005/05/26/wsgi_gateway_for_asp_microsoft_iis

For now I'll skip over the details of exactly how I installed that, although
I'm happy to provide more info if required.
I'm using IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003, with Python 2.4.

Now, I can get a single request to work - "Hello World". However, the second
request produces a stacktrace:

  File &quot;&lt;Script Block &gt;&quot;, line 3, in ?
    handler(Application, Request, Response).run(wsgiApp)

  File &quot;C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\wsgiref\asp_gateway.py&
quot;, line 85, in __init__
    Response.Buffer = buffering
  File &
quot;C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\win32comext\axscript\client\pyscript.py&quot;,
line 152, in __setattr__
    return setattr(self._scriptItem_.dispatchContainer,attr, value)
  File &

quot;C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py&quot;,
line 521, in __setattr__
    self._oleobj_.Invoke(entry.dispid, 0, invoke_type, 0, value)

COM Error: Member not found.


If I restart the "World Wide Web Publishing" service, it works again (for
one request). If I modify handler.asp or global.asa, it works for one
request.

I tried commenting out the "Response.Buffer =" line, and I get another "COM
Error: Member not found", seemingly at the next point COM is used.

I've tried refreshing loads of times (in case this is some kind of pooling
issue) but I never get a second successful request.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated! Does anyone here have CherryPy
working on Windows?

Paul
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From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Tue May  1 18:15:54 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 17:15:54 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Running CherryPy inside IIS
In-Reply-To: <c9d0b4240705010907p17b73db6t38cbec2d8fbeab33@mail.gmail.com>
References: <c9d0b4240705010907p17b73db6t38cbec2d8fbeab33@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <463767BA.2000709@timgolden.me.uk>

Paul Johnston wrote:

[... snip loads of IIS stuff about which I'm
blissfully ignorant ...]

> Any suggestions will be much appreciated! Does anyone here have CherryPy
> working on Windows?

Yup. I have it working standalone and (just today)
behind mod_python - and with mod_auth_sspi to boot.
But that obviously won't help if you're tied to IIS.

TJG

From mc at mclaveau.com  Tue May  1 18:26:21 2007
From: mc at mclaveau.com (Michel Claveau)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 18:26:21 +0200
Subject: [python-win32]  SilverLight,
	a substitute for Python-Active-Scripting in IE?
References: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B049B588D@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>
Message-ID: <000f01c78c0d$75ee6650$0701a8c0@PORTABLES>

Hi!

SilverLight ("MS flash killer"), is a plug-in for InternetExplorer (Win), 
FireFox (Win), and Safari (Mac).
SilverLight is scriptable with Python (& Jscript, and, soon, with Ruby)

The release 1.1-Alpha come with JScript & Python (or ironPython?)

See :
    http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/default.aspx
    http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/why-compelling.aspx
    http://silverlight.net/Default.aspx
    http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/install.aspx


But, I don't had try SilverLight...

Who had try it?




@-salutations
-- 
Michel Claveau



From Jim.Vickroy at noaa.gov  Tue May  1 17:43:41 2007
From: Jim.Vickroy at noaa.gov (Jim Vickroy)
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 09:43:41 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] Python COM and Photoshop
In-Reply-To: <006001c78b92$0eeb82b0$0201a8c0@neo>
References: <006001c78b92$0eeb82b0$0201a8c0@neo>
Message-ID: <4637602D.6030602@noaa.gov>

Sam The Cat wrote:
> Help !
>
> I am writing some COM code in Python to control photoshop.  Several
> functions of PS require an "Array" argument.  In the  examples of VBscript
> or javascript the Array type is used.  I have tried what would appear to  be
> the equivalent in Python -- Lists and Tuples -- but to no avail. Anyone have
> any insight  on what via the COM interface is equivalent to an Array in
> javascript ?
>
>  Here is the Javascript example code
>
>  .....
>  selRegion  = Array(Array(1,1),Array(1,2),Array(2,2),Array(2,1))
>  Doc.Selection.Select(selRegion,1,0,0)
>  .....
>
>  Here is my interpretation in Python
>
>  .......
>  selregion = [(1,1),(1,2),(2,2),(2,1)]
>  print selregion
>  doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
>  ......
>
>  Here is the error code generated
>
>  ..........
>  F:\automation>test2.py
>  [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1)]
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "F:\automation\test2.py", line 19, in ?
>      doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
>    File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select
>  pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe
>  Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays
>  with dimension 1
>  are supported', None, 0, -2147220262), None)
>
>
>  ............
>
> I have tried many differnet permutations of structure for the selregion
> variable.  Any scalar or single dimension array returns an "Illegal
> Argument" response with no further details -- any thing that resembles a two
> dimensional array returns the result above.
>   

I assume this means you have tried a list of lists as follows:

 selregion = [[1,1],[1,2],[2,2],[2,1]]


> Any help / thoughts would be appreciated
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python-win32 mailing list
> Python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>   


From primmer at google.com  Tue May  1 19:13:42 2007
From: primmer at google.com (David Primmer)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:13:42 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Running CherryPy inside IIS
In-Reply-To: <c9d0b4240705010907p17b73db6t38cbec2d8fbeab33@mail.gmail.com>
References: <c9d0b4240705010907p17b73db6t38cbec2d8fbeab33@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <428eca980705011013g5dee9561m4796744553f36c9b@mail.gmail.com>

try some bourbon.
http://chichen-itza.compmed.ucdavis.edu/trac/bourbontrac
it uses cherrypy and servies wsgi apps on windows.

davep

On 5/1/07, Paul Johnston <paj at pajhome.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to run a CherryPy (Python web server) application inside IIS,
> and having some problems.
>
> I'm using wsgiref and this ASP/WSGI script:
> http://www.aminus.org/blogs/index.php/fumanchu/2005/05/26/wsgi_gateway_for_asp_microsoft_iis
>
> For now I'll skip over the details of exactly how I installed that, although
> I'm happy to provide more info if required.
> I'm using IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003, with Python 2.4.
>
> Now, I can get a single request to work - "Hello World". However, the second
> request produces a stacktrace:
>  File &quot;
> &lt;Script Block &gt;&quot;, line 3, in ?
>  handler(Application, Request, Response).run(wsgiApp)
>
>  File
> &quot;C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\wsgiref\asp_gateway.py&
>
> quot;, line 85, in __init__
>  Response.Buffer = buffering
>  File &
> quot;C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\win32comext\axscript\client\pyscript.py&quot;,
> line 152, in __setattr__
>
>  return setattr(self._scriptItem_.dispatchContainer,attr,
> value)
>  File &
>
> quot;C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py&quot;,
> line 521, in __setattr__
>
>  self._oleobj_.Invoke(entry.dispid, 0, invoke_type, 0, value)
>
> COM Error: Member not found.
>
>
> If I restart the "World Wide Web Publishing" service, it works again (for
> one request). If I modify handler.asp or global.asa, it works for one
> request.
>
> I tried commenting out the "Response.Buffer =" line, and I get another "COM
> Error: Member not found", seemingly at the next point COM is used.
>
> I've tried refreshing loads of times (in case this is some kind of pooling
> issue) but I never get a second successful request.
>
> Any suggestions will be much appreciated! Does anyone here have CherryPy
> working on Windows?
>
> Paul
> _______________________________________________
> Python-win32 mailing list
> Python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>
>

From fumanchu at amor.org  Tue May  1 19:16:02 2007
From: fumanchu at amor.org (Robert Brewer)
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:16:02 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Running CherryPy inside IIS
In-Reply-To: <463767BA.2000709@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <435DF58A933BA74397B42CDEB8145A860B745E53@ex9.hostedexchange.local>

Tim Golden wrote:
> Paul Johnston wrote:
> 
> [... snip loads of IIS stuff about which I'm
> blissfully ignorant ...]
> 
> > Any suggestions will be much appreciated! Does anyone here 
> > have CherryPy working on Windows?
> 
> Yup. I have it working standalone and (just today)
> behind mod_python - and with mod_auth_sspi to boot.
> But that obviously won't help if you're tied to IIS.

That's my production setup, too (Apache 2, mod_python, and
mod_auth_sspi), and is therefore a fundamental test case for CherryPy.

IIS/ASP doesn't have nearly that level of testing (even though I wrote
asp_gateway). I don't recommend it unless you have the time to debug the
interaction between various versions of IIS, ASP, pywin32, and Python.


Robert Brewer
System Architect
Amor Ministries
fumanchu at amor.org

From sam_spam_cat at verizon.net  Wed May  2 00:28:57 2007
From: sam_spam_cat at verizon.net (Sam The Cat)
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 18:28:57 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Python COM and Photoshop
References: <006001c78b92$0eeb82b0$0201a8c0@neo> <4637602D.6030602@noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <004701c78c40$1c1a26e0$0201a8c0@neo>

Jim,
    Yes -- Each permutation has the same issue -- If I try anything that 
looks two dimensional I get the error below, if I try a scalar or single 
dimension array I get an "illegal" argument error


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Vickroy" <Jim.Vickroy at noaa.gov>
To: "Sam The Cat" <sam_spam_cat at verizon.net>
Cc: <Python-win32 at python.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Python COM and Photoshop


> Sam The Cat wrote:
>> Help !
>>
>> I am writing some COM code in Python to control photoshop.  Several
>> functions of PS require an "Array" argument.  In the  examples of 
>> VBscript
>> or javascript the Array type is used.  I have tried what would appear to 
>> be
>> the equivalent in Python -- Lists and Tuples -- but to no avail. Anyone 
>> have
>> any insight  on what via the COM interface is equivalent to an Array in
>> javascript ?
>>
>>  Here is the Javascript example code
>>
>>  .....
>>  selRegion  = Array(Array(1,1),Array(1,2),Array(2,2),Array(2,1))
>>  Doc.Selection.Select(selRegion,1,0,0)
>>  .....
>>
>>  Here is my interpretation in Python
>>
>>  .......
>>  selregion = [(1,1),(1,2),(2,2),(2,1)]
>>  print selregion
>>  doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
>>  ......
>>
>>  Here is the error code generated
>>
>>  ..........
>>  F:\automation>test2.py
>>  [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1)]
>>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>>    File "F:\automation\test2.py", line 19, in ?
>>      doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
>>    File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select
>>  pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe
>>  Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays
>>  with dimension 1
>>  are supported', None, 0, -2147220262), None)
>>
>>
>>  ............
>>
>> I have tried many differnet permutations of structure for the selregion
>> variable.  Any scalar or single dimension array returns an "Illegal
>> Argument" response with no further details -- any thing that resembles a 
>> two
>> dimensional array returns the result above.
>>
>
> I assume this means you have tried a list of lists as follows:
>
> selregion = [[1,1],[1,2],[2,2],[2,1]]
>
>
>> Any help / thoughts would be appreciated
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Python-win32 mailing list
>> Python-win32 at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>>
>
> 



From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Wed May  2 01:39:39 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 09:39:39 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Running CherryPy inside IIS
In-Reply-To: <c9d0b4240705010907p17b73db6t38cbec2d8fbeab33@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <01cd01c78c49$fd067ab0$090a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

You almost certainly do not want to do this via ASP.  Look at the isapi
module that comes with pywin32 for a much lower-level interface into IIS.

Cheers,

Mark
  -----Original Message-----
  From: python-win32-bounces at python.org
[mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org]On Behalf Of Paul Johnston
  Sent: Wednesday, 2 May 2007 2:08 AM
  To: python-win32 at python.org
  Subject: [python-win32] Running CherryPy inside IIS


  Hi,

  I am trying to run a CherryPy (Python web server) application inside IIS,
and having some problems.

  I'm using wsgiref and this ASP/WSGI script:
  http://www.aminus.org/blogs/index.php/fumanchu/2005/05/26/wsgi_gateway_for
_asp_microsoft_iis

  For now I'll skip over the details of exactly how I installed that,
although I'm happy to provide more info if required.
  I'm using IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003, with Python 2.4.

  Now, I can get a single request to work - "Hello World". However, the
second request produces a stacktrace:

  File &quot;
&lt;Script Block &gt;&quot;, line 3, in ?    handler(Application, Request,
Response).run(wsgiApp)  File
&quot;C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\wsgiref\asp_gateway.py&
quot;, line 85, in __init__    Response.Buffer = buffering  File
&quot;C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\win32comext\axscript\client\pyscript.py&
quot;, line 152, in __setattr__
    return setattr(self._scriptItem_.dispatchContainer,attr, value)  File
&quot;C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py&quot;, line
521, in __setattr__
    self._oleobj_.Invoke(entry.dispid, 0, invoke_type, 0, value)COM Error:
Member not found.
  If I restart the "World Wide Web Publishing" service, it works again (for
one request). If I modify handler.asp or global.asa, it works for one
request.

  I tried commenting out the "Response.Buffer =" line, and I get another
"COM Error: Member not found", seemingly at the next point COM is used.

  I've tried refreshing loads of times (in case this is some kind of pooling
issue) but I never get a second successful request.

  Any suggestions will be much appreciated! Does anyone here have CherryPy
working on Windows?

  Paul
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From fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk  Wed May  2 01:45:02 2007
From: fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk (Michael Foord)
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 00:45:02 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] SilverLight,
 a substitute for Python-Active-Scripting in IE?
In-Reply-To: <000f01c78c0d$75ee6650$0701a8c0@PORTABLES>
References: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B049B588D@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>
	<000f01c78c0d$75ee6650$0701a8c0@PORTABLES>
Message-ID: <4637D0FE.1030103@voidspace.org.uk>

Michel Claveau wrote:
> Hi!
>
> SilverLight ("MS flash killer"), is a plug-in for InternetExplorer (Win), 
> FireFox (Win), and Safari (Mac).
> SilverLight is scriptable with Python (& Jscript, and, soon, with Ruby)
>
> The release 1.1-Alpha come with JScript & Python (or ironPython?)
>
> See :
>     http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/default.aspx
>     http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/why-compelling.aspx
>     http://silverlight.net/Default.aspx
>     http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/install.aspx
>
>
> But, I don't had try SilverLight...
>
> Who had try it?
>
>   

I'm trying to try it now. :-)

Not easy to get it to work...

Fuzzyman
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/index.shtml

>
>
> @-salutations
>   


From Amit.Arora at infogain.com  Wed May  2 14:08:38 2007
From: Amit.Arora at infogain.com (Amit Arora)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 17:38:38 +0530
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
Message-ID: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B04A0E716@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>


Hi, 

I am a Amateur in python and an doing some work on Python and Win32 APIs
.
One of my task includes finding the active window , during any
installation proces and proceed ......
Take an instance : I connect a USB device say a USB printer to the USB
port , as soon as it connects we get a pop-up saying "New Hardware Found
" 
I need to detect that popup , and then proceed with the other
installation steps if that popup occurs :

Trying to check its appearance with the following command : 

#!/usr/local/bin/python
Import os , win32gui, win32ui 

hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx(win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(), None,
"wndclass_desked_gsk",None)


Getting the following message : 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
win32ui: No window can be found.

Please provide inputs on this , will be of great help for me to start
with .......



	Regards,
	~Amit Arora,
	Senior Software Engineer,
	Infogain India (P) Ltd.
	A-16, Sector-60, NOIDA - U.P. - 201301, India.
	Phone: +91-120-2445144, Extn.: 4210.
	Fax: +91-120-2580406.
	www.infogain.com
e-mail: amit.arora at infogain.com

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From rwupole at msn.com  Thu May  3 06:25:37 2007
From: rwupole at msn.com (Roger Upole)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 00:25:37 -0400
Subject: [python-win32]  Re: Help needed : FindWindowEx
Message-ID: <002901c78d3b$1bed9390$0100a8c0@rupole>

> Amit Arora wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I am a Amateur in python and an doing some work on Python and Win32 APIs.
> 
> One of my task includes finding the active window , during any
> installation proces and proceed ......
> Take an instance : I connect a USB device say a USB printer to the USB
> port , as soon as it connects we get a pop-up saying "New Hardware Found" 
> 
> I need to detect that popup , and then proceed with the other
> installation steps if that popup occurs :
> 
> Trying to check its appearance with the following command : 
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/python
> Import os , win32gui, win32ui 
> 
> hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx(win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(), None,
> "wndclass_desked_gsk",None)
> 
> Getting the following message : 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
> win32ui: No window can be found.

A couple things to check:
Are you sure the window class name is correct ?
Is the desktop window actually its parent ?

   hth
       Roger


From rwupole at msn.com  Thu May  3 06:37:43 2007
From: rwupole at msn.com (Roger Upole)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 00:37:43 -0400
Subject: [python-win32]  Re:  Python Help needed - VerInstallFile API
Message-ID: <003701c78d3c$cc429be0$0100a8c0@rupole>

Amit Arora wrote:
> 
> HI All,
> 
> I need to install a package and check the return value using the
> VerInstallFile() API :
> 
> The function declaration which I get on MSDN is : 
> 
> DWORD VerInstallFile(          DWORD uFlags,
>    LPCTSTR szSrcFileName,
>    LPCTSTR szDestFileName,
>    LPCTSTR szSrcDir,
>    LPCTSTR szDestDir,
>    LPCTSTR szCurDir,
>    LPTSTR szTmpFile,
>    PUINT lpuTmpFileLen
> )
> 
> Anybody has used this API and could share an example using a standard
> msi package will be of great help .........
> MSI packages can be any package , you make take installation of an
> ActivePerl package for instance ....
> (ActivePerl.msi)
> 
> Regards,
> ~Amit Arora

VerInstallFile isn't really what you need for msi packages.
Try the msiexec command line utility, or you can use WMI
to install one.

    hth
       Roger


From Amit.Arora at infogain.com  Thu May  3 06:58:52 2007
From: Amit.Arora at infogain.com (Amit Arora)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 10:28:52 +0530
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
In-Reply-To: <002901c78d3b$1bed9390$0100a8c0@rupole>
Message-ID: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B04A0EADE@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>



This helps a lot,  there was actually a confusion in window names as you
mentioned . I tried this now for notepad while opening notepad on
desktop , it worked :)
 
Import win32gui 
hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx(win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(),
None,"Notepad",None)

Value of hWnd I get :  
object 'PyCWnd' - assoc is 00B4E620, vi=<None>, notify=0,ch/u=0/0, mh=0,
kh=0

Should this be applicable to locate popups on desktop (may be during an
application installation, as we get like - while connecting a new
hardware on USB - "New Hardware found" ) , guess there's an API
AnyPopup() for this,  any imputs on this will be of great help too .....

Regards,
~Amit Arora


-----Original Message-----
From: python-win32-bounces at python.org
[mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Roger Upole
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:56 AM
To: python-win32 at python.org
Subject: [python-win32] Re: Help needed : FindWindowEx

> Amit Arora wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am a Amateur in python and an doing some work on Python and Win32
APIs.
> 
> One of my task includes finding the active window , during any 
> installation proces and proceed ......
> Take an instance : I connect a USB device say a USB printer to the USB

> port , as soon as it connects we get a pop-up saying "New Hardware
Found"
> 
> I need to detect that popup , and then proceed with the other 
> installation steps if that popup occurs :
> 
> Trying to check its appearance with the following command : 
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/python
> Import os , win32gui, win32ui
> 
> hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx(win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(), None,
> "wndclass_desked_gsk",None)
> 
> Getting the following message : 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
> win32ui: No window can be found.

A couple things to check:
Are you sure the window class name is correct ?
Is the desktop window actually its parent ?

   hth
       Roger

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From simon.dahlbacka at gmail.com  Thu May  3 07:24:57 2007
From: simon.dahlbacka at gmail.com (Simon Dahlbacka)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 08:24:57 +0300
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
In-Reply-To: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B04A0EADE@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>
References: <002901c78d3b$1bed9390$0100a8c0@rupole>
	<C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B04A0EADE@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>
Message-ID: <57124720705022224g7cc5d539n8af9a37c5f936826@mail.gmail.com>

Random thought.. there *has* to be a better way of finding out when a usb
device is plugged in...

(not that I know how, but I haven't needed to find out either..)

On 5/3/07, Amit Arora <Amit.Arora at infogain.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> This helps a lot,  there was actually a confusion in window names as you
> mentioned . I tried this now for notepad while opening notepad on
> desktop , it worked :)
>
> Import win32gui
> hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx(win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(),
> None,"Notepad",None)
>
> Value of hWnd I get :
> object 'PyCWnd' - assoc is 00B4E620, vi=<None>, notify=0,ch/u=0/0, mh=0,
> kh=0
>
> Should this be applicable to locate popups on desktop (may be during an
> application installation, as we get like - while connecting a new
> hardware on USB - "New Hardware found" ) , guess there's an API
> AnyPopup() for this,  any imputs on this will be of great help too .....
>
> Regards,
> ~Amit Arora
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-win32-bounces at python.org
> [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Roger Upole
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:56 AM
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: [python-win32] Re: Help needed : FindWindowEx
>
> > Amit Arora wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a Amateur in python and an doing some work on Python and Win32
> APIs.
> >
> > One of my task includes finding the active window , during any
> > installation proces and proceed ......
> > Take an instance : I connect a USB device say a USB printer to the USB
>
> > port , as soon as it connects we get a pop-up saying "New Hardware
> Found"
> >
> > I need to detect that popup , and then proceed with the other
> > installation steps if that popup occurs :
> >
> > Trying to check its appearance with the following command :
> >
> > #!/usr/local/bin/python
> > Import os , win32gui, win32ui
> >
> > hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx(win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(), None,
> > "wndclass_desked_gsk",None)
> >
> > Getting the following message :
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
> > win32ui: No window can be found.
>
> A couple things to check:
> Are you sure the window class name is correct ?
> Is the desktop window actually its parent ?
>
>    hth
>        Roger
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python-win32 mailing list
> Python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
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From Amit.Arora at infogain.com  Thu May  3 07:30:05 2007
From: Amit.Arora at infogain.com (Amit Arora)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 11:00:05 +0530
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
In-Reply-To: <57124720705022224g7cc5d539n8af9a37c5f936826@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B04A0EB82@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>

Exact Requirement : 
Need to write a Python script that keeps on running and when a USB
device is plugged in , it detects the device and flashes a message on
the propt or logs it to a file 
do suggest your ideas on this ........

________________________________

From: Simon Dahlbacka [mailto:simon.dahlbacka at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:55 AM
To: Amit Arora
Cc: Roger Upole; python-win32 at python.org
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx


Random thought.. there *has* to be a better way of finding out when a
usb device is plugged in...

(not that I know how, but I haven't needed to find out either..)


On 5/3/07, Amit Arora <Amit.Arora at infogain.com> wrote: 



	This helps a lot,  there was actually a confusion in window
names as you
	mentioned . I tried this now for notepad while opening notepad
on
	desktop , it worked :)
	
	Import win32gui
	hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx (win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(),
	None,"Notepad",None)
	
	Value of hWnd I get :
	object 'PyCWnd' - assoc is 00B4E620, vi=<None>,
notify=0,ch/u=0/0, mh=0,
	kh=0
	
	Should this be applicable to locate popups on desktop (may be
during an 
	application installation, as we get like - while connecting a
new
	hardware on USB - "New Hardware found" ) , guess there's an API
	AnyPopup() for this,  any imputs on this will be of great help
too ..... 
	
	Regards,
	~Amit Arora
	
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From: python-win32-bounces at python.org
	[mailto: python-win32-bounces at python.org
<mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org> ] On Behalf Of Roger Upole
	Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:56 AM
	To: python-win32 at python.org
	Subject: [python-win32] Re: Help needed : FindWindowEx 
	
	> Amit Arora wrote:
	> Hi,
	>
	> I am a Amateur in python and an doing some work on Python and
Win32
	APIs.
	>
	> One of my task includes finding the active window , during any
	> installation proces and proceed ...... 
	> Take an instance : I connect a USB device say a USB printer to
the USB
	
	> port , as soon as it connects we get a pop-up saying "New
Hardware
	Found"
	>
	> I need to detect that popup , and then proceed with the other 
	> installation steps if that popup occurs :
	>
	> Trying to check its appearance with the following command :
	>
	> #!/usr/local/bin/python
	> Import os , win32gui, win32ui
	>
	> hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx(win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(), None,
	> "wndclass_desked_gsk",None)
	>
	> Getting the following message :
	> Traceback (most recent call last):
	>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module> 
	> win32ui: No window can be found.
	
	A couple things to check:
	Are you sure the window class name is correct ?
	Is the desktop window actually its parent ?
	
	   hth
	       Roger
	
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	Python-win32 at python.org
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From simon.dahlbacka at gmail.com  Thu May  3 07:56:04 2007
From: simon.dahlbacka at gmail.com (Simon Dahlbacka)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 08:56:04 +0300
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
In-Reply-To: <C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B04A0EB82@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>
References: <57124720705022224g7cc5d539n8af9a37c5f936826@mail.gmail.com>
	<C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B04A0EB82@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>
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This http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363243.aspx might be a
starting point...

On 5/3/07, Amit Arora <Amit.Arora at infogain.com> wrote:
>
>  Exact Requirement :
> Need to write a Python script that keeps on running and when a USB device
> is plugged in , it detects the device and flashes a message on the propt or
> logs it to a file
> do suggest your ideas on this ........
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Simon Dahlbacka [mailto:simon.dahlbacka at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:55 AM
> *To:* Amit Arora
> *Cc:* Roger Upole; python-win32 at python.org
> *Subject:* Re: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
>
> Random thought.. there *has* to be a better way of finding out when a usb
> device is plugged in...
>
> (not that I know how, but I haven't needed to find out either..)
>
> On 5/3/07, Amit Arora <Amit.Arora at infogain.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > This helps a lot,  there was actually a confusion in window names as you
> > mentioned . I tried this now for notepad while opening notepad on
> > desktop , it worked :)
> >
> > Import win32gui
> > hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx (win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(),
> > None,"Notepad",None)
> >
> > Value of hWnd I get :
> > object 'PyCWnd' - assoc is 00B4E620, vi=<None>, notify=0,ch/u=0/0, mh=0,
> > kh=0
> >
> > Should this be applicable to locate popups on desktop (may be during an
> > application installation, as we get like - while connecting a new
> > hardware on USB - "New Hardware found" ) , guess there's an API
> > AnyPopup() for this,  any imputs on this will be of great help too .....
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > ~Amit Arora
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: python-win32-bounces at python.org
> > [mailto: python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Roger Upole
> > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:56 AM
> > To: python-win32 at python.org
> > Subject: [python-win32] Re: Help needed : FindWindowEx
> >
> > > Amit Arora wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am a Amateur in python and an doing some work on Python and Win32
> > APIs.
> > >
> > > One of my task includes finding the active window , during any
> > > installation proces and proceed ......
> > > Take an instance : I connect a USB device say a USB printer to the USB
> >
> > > port , as soon as it connects we get a pop-up saying "New Hardware
> > Found"
> > >
> > > I need to detect that popup , and then proceed with the other
> > > installation steps if that popup occurs :
> > >
> > > Trying to check its appearance with the following command :
> > >
> > > #!/usr/local/bin/python
> > > Import os , win32gui, win32ui
> > >
> > > hWnd = win32ui.FindWindowEx(win32gui.GetDesktopWindow(), None,
> > > "wndclass_desked_gsk",None)
> > >
> > > Getting the following message :
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
> > > win32ui: No window can be found.
> >
> > A couple things to check:
> > Are you sure the window class name is correct ?
> > Is the desktop window actually its parent ?
> >
> >    hth
> >        Roger
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Python-win32 mailing list
> > Python-win32 at python.org
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
> > _______________________________________________
> > Python-win32 mailing list
> > Python-win32 at python.org
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
> >
>
>
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From cappy2112 at gmail.com  Thu May  3 19:26:02 2007
From: cappy2112 at gmail.com (Tony Cappellini)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 10:26:02 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Python-win32 Digest, Vol 50, Issue 5
In-Reply-To: <mailman.25.1178186411.6386.python-win32@python.org>
References: <mailman.25.1178186411.6386.python-win32@python.org>
Message-ID: <8249c4ac0705031026r7a9e075ep194ef7a224d466f8@mail.gmail.com>

When your program starts, take a snapshot of all the storage devices.
You can do this with a timer, every few seconds or so.

If the new snapshot changes from the original, you can call an API to
see if the new device is removable or not. This won't tell you if it's
a USB drive specifically, but for your situation, it may be highly
unlikely people would be connecting additionally floppy drives or
other removable devices.

You could also parse the output of a program called PCI32.exe and
check for new USB devices. PCI32 is free, produces text output only,
and can be called every few seconds (or whatever interval you feel is
appropriate)



Message: 1
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 08:56:04 +0300
From: "Simon Dahlbacka" <simon.dahlbacka at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
To: "Amit Arora" <Amit.Arora at infogain.com>
Cc: Roger Upole <rwupole at msn.com>, python-win32 at python.org
Message-ID:
       <57124720705022256y11a8d72fja136ab85070d38b9 at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

On 5/3/07, Amit Arora <Amit.Arora at infogain.com> wrote:
>
>  Exact Requirement :
> Need to write a Python script that keeps on running and when a USB device
> is plugged in , it detects the device and flashes a message on the propt or
> logs it to a file
> do suggest your ideas on this ........

From timr at probo.com  Thu May  3 19:46:06 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 10:46:06 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
In-Reply-To: <57124720705022224g7cc5d539n8af9a37c5f936826@mail.gmail.com>
References: <002901c78d3b$1bed9390$0100a8c0@rupole>	<C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B04A0EADE@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>
	<57124720705022224g7cc5d539n8af9a37c5f936826@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <463A1FDE.7080704@probo.com>

Simon Dahlbacka wrote:
> Random thought.. there *has* to be a better way of finding out when a
> usb device is plugged in...
>
> (not that I know how, but I haven't needed to find out either..)

Oh, there is.  You can watch for the WM_DEVICECHANGE message, which
fires every time there is a plug-and-play event.  Once you get that
message, you can go enumerate the devices in your device class using the
SetupDi APIs to see if you are present.

Now, how does all that map to Python?  With difficulty, I imagine.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From malaclypse2 at gmail.com  Thu May  3 20:35:55 2007
From: malaclypse2 at gmail.com (Jerry Hill)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 14:35:55 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
In-Reply-To: <463A1FDE.7080704@probo.com>
References: <002901c78d3b$1bed9390$0100a8c0@rupole>
	<C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B04A0EADE@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>
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	<463A1FDE.7080704@probo.com>
Message-ID: <16651e80705031135hd62a3fav61f20abdb2160a0b@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/3/07, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
> Oh, there is.  You can watch for the WM_DEVICECHANGE message, which
> fires every time there is a plug-and-play event.  Once you get that
> message, you can go enumerate the devices in your device class using the
> SetupDi APIs to see if you are present.

Googling for the words WM_DEVICECHANGE and Python leads to the
following bit of code posted by Tim Golden to c.l.py back in 2004:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-January/245358.html

I don't have a USB device to test with, but it does properly detect
the insertion of a CDROM.  At the very least it should serve as an
example of how to get WM_DEVICECHANGE notifications in python on
win32.

-- 
Jerry

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Thu May  3 20:53:45 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 19:53:45 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
In-Reply-To: <463A1FDE.7080704@probo.com>
References: <002901c78d3b$1bed9390$0100a8c0@rupole>	<C86899CCB10A6C4E93D5978DCB232D4B04A0EADE@GDCMX01.igglobal.com>	<57124720705022224g7cc5d539n8af9a37c5f936826@mail.gmail.com>
	<463A1FDE.7080704@probo.com>
Message-ID: <463A2FB9.9010504@timgolden.me.uk>

Tim Roberts wrote:
> Simon Dahlbacka wrote:
>> Random thought.. there *has* to be a better way of finding out when a
>> usb device is plugged in...
>>
>> (not that I know how, but I haven't needed to find out either..)
> 
> Oh, there is.  You can watch for the WM_DEVICECHANGE message, which
> fires every time there is a plug-and-play event.  Once you get that
> message, you can go enumerate the devices in your device class using the
> SetupDi APIs to see if you are present.
> 
> Now, how does all that map to Python?  With difficulty, I imagine.

It's actually made a bit easier by using
the Win32_DeviceChange event under WMI
(you will not be surprised to hear me say!)

But once you've got the fact that the device has
changed, I'm not sure where you go from there...

TJG

From timr at probo.com  Thu May  3 21:25:13 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 12:25:13 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
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Tim Golden wrote:
>
> It's actually made a bit easier by using
> the Win32_DeviceChange event under WMI
> (you will not be surprised to hear me say!)
>
> But once you've got the fact that the device has
> changed, I'm not sure where you go from there...

I admit that WMI is not my strong suit, but using the WMI object browser
on my machine, I find that Win32_SystemDevices contains a key called
Win32_USBHub which contains DeviceID entries for all of the USB devices
on my computer.  I have never attempted it, but I suspect that's all the
OP would need.

And actually, since I *think* he said he was working with a printer, he
may be able to look at the Win32_Printer collection instead.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Thu May  3 21:36:27 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 20:36:27 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
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Tim Roberts wrote:
> Tim Golden wrote:
>> It's actually made a bit easier by using
>> the Win32_DeviceChange event under WMI
>> (you will not be surprised to hear me say!)
>>
>> But once you've got the fact that the device has
>> changed, I'm not sure where you go from there...
> 
> I admit that WMI is not my strong suit, but using the WMI object browser
> on my machine, I find that Win32_SystemDevices contains a key called
> Win32_USBHub which contains DeviceID entries for all of the USB devices
> on my computer.  I have never attempted it, but I suspect that's all the
> OP would need.
> 
> And actually, since I *think* he said he was working with a printer, he
> may be able to look at the Win32_Printer collection instead.

(I spend most of my WMI time doing detective work like that!)

I think what I meant was that the OP wanted to step through
some kind installation process when the device was initiated.
At least, I think that's what he wanted to do. And I'm not
sure how much closer the WMI device objects take you to that
dialog, which presumably just pops up.

TJG


From timr at probo.com  Thu May  3 21:45:18 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 12:45:18 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Help needed : FindWindowEx
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Tim Golden wrote:
>
> (I spend most of my WMI time doing detective work like that!)
>
> I think what I meant was that the OP wanted to step through
> some kind installation process when the device was initiated.
> At least, I think that's what he wanted to do. And I'm not
> sure how much closer the WMI device objects take you to that
> dialog, which presumably just pops up.

Could be.  My interpretation was that he was writing a device installer,
where the installer at some point puts up a dialog that says "Now, plug
in the device", and then the installer finishes its work after that. 
Such a thing is extremely delicate, because users rarely behave in the
predicted fashion.

We'll see when he responds.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From python at ertis.net  Fri May  4 00:39:53 2007
From: python at ertis.net (Carlos Izquierdo)
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 00:39:53 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Excel calls failing
Message-ID: <200705040039.53324.python@ertis.net>


	Hi,

	I'm fairly new to Python COM development and I'm having trouble automating 
Microsoft Excel. I have the following piece of code:

	d = win32com.client.Dispatch('Excel.Application')
	d.Visible = 1
	dw = d.Workbooks.Open('c:\\datos.xls')
	dw.Sheets(1).Select()

	Normally it runs great, and after these four lines I can begin crunching lots 
of numbers. There are many times, however, that the code fails in the last 
line or other lines throughout the code such as:

	dw.Activate()

	The error is almost always on the lines of: "bool object is not callable". 
The randomness of this kind of failure, coupled with the fact that if I add a 
call to time.sleep() before the line that triggers the error prevents it from 
happening (prevents better the bigger the sleep, but I can't just wait half a 
minute for each row of data that I want to read, there are too many of 
them...) led me to think that it was some sort of race condition, but my 
program is single-threaded at the moment :-(

	Is there something that I'm missing?

	Thank you.

	BTW, I'm using Python 2.5 with PyWin 210 and MS Office XP/2003, if that 
helps.

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Fri May  4 09:53:28 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 08:53:28 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Excel calls failing
In-Reply-To: <200705040039.53324.python@ertis.net>
References: <200705040039.53324.python@ertis.net>
Message-ID: <463AE678.5070204@timgolden.me.uk>

Carlos Izquierdo wrote:
> 	The error is almost always on the lines of: "bool object is not callable". 

Feel free to knock this suggestion on the head straightaway,
but an error of this type will often come down to the fact
that -- somewhere in the code -- you've bound a name which
is originally a callable (function, method, etc) to
something which is not callable. eg,

<code>
def found (text, s):
   return s in text

#
# .. some time later
#

d = {}
key = 1
found = key in d

#
# ... later still
#

if found ("mary had a little lamb", "lamb"):
   print "Found it!"

</code>

Obviously this has nothing to do with Excel (and may
have nothing to do with your problem :) but it certainly
exhibits the same symptoms.

TJG

From A.Holtz at gmx.net  Mon May  7 16:09:25 2007
From: A.Holtz at gmx.net (Andreas Holtz)
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 16:09:25 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Array and CATIA
Message-ID: <20070507140925.249630@gmx.net>

Hello,

we have a problem to pass an array to the GetComponents()-Method of CATIA-COM-Object.

The method expects an array as method-parameter. The result will be written in the given array. The array must be initialized with 12 elements. You can't pass an empty array/dictionary to the method.

For unknown reason, this does not work. The array is not changed.

Does anybody has a solution for this?

Not working source:

# ---- snip ----
CATIA = win32com.client.dynamic.Dispatch("CATIA.Application")
selection = CATIA.ActiveDocument.selection

# error checking
if selection.Count == 0:
  CATIA.Statusbar = "exit1"
  return
if selection.Item2(1).Type <> "Product":
  CATIA.Statusbar = "exit2"
  return

rootProduct = selection.Item2(1).Value
positionArray = [0.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,6.0,7.0,8.0,9.0,10.0,11.0]
result = rootProduct.Products.Item(1).Position.GetComponents(positionArray)
print result
# print result gives defaultvalues of positionArray, 
# but should give other values
# ---- snip ----

Thanks in advance

Andreas
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From sam_spam_cat at verizon.net  Tue May  8 03:48:21 2007
From: sam_spam_cat at verizon.net (Sam The Cat)
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 21:48:21 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Fw: Python COM and Photoshop
Message-ID: <004801c79112$f5d081f0$0201a8c0@neo>

I thought I'd try this again -- still no progress on my debugging.  From 
using Visual Basic it seems that the interface is expecting an array of type 
varint where each element of the array is another array.  The inner arrays 
are two elements long (an x and y data point)

I have also tried using the array module but I still get the same errors --  
basically anything that I try in Python results in a error indicating that 
only a 1-dimensional arrays are supported -- which seems weird since the 
vbasic code is not making a single dimensional array.

Any thoughts are appreciated



> Help !
>
> I am writing some COM code in Python to control photoshop.  Several
> functions of PS require an "Array" argument.  In the  examples of VBscript
> or javascript the Array type is used.  I have tried what would appear to 
> be
> the equivalent in Python -- Lists and Tuples -- but to no avail. Anyone 
> have
> any insight  on what via the COM interface is equivalent to an Array in
> javascript ?
>
> Here is the Javascript example code
>
> .....
> selRegion  = Array(Array(1,1),Array(1,2),Array(2,2),Array(2,1))
> Doc.Selection.Select(selRegion,1,0,0)
> .....
>
> Here is my interpretation in Python
>
> .......
> selregion = [(1,1),(1,2),(2,2),(2,1)]
> print selregion
> doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
> ......
>
> Here is the error code generated
>
> ..........
> F:\automation>test2.py
> [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1)]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "F:\automation\test2.py", line 19, in ?
>     doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
>   File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe
> Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays
> with dimension 1
> are supported', None, 0, -2147220262), None)
>
>
> ............
>
> I have tried many differnet permutations of structure for the selregion
> variable.  Any scalar or single dimension array returns an "Illegal
> Argument" response with no further details -- any thing that resembles a 
> two
> dimensional array returns the result above.
>
> Any help / thoughts would be appreciated
>
> 



From sam_spam_cat at verizon.net  Tue May  8 03:53:23 2007
From: sam_spam_cat at verizon.net (Sam The Cat)
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 21:53:23 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Python COM and Photoshop
Message-ID: <005401c79113$a9ddf3d0$0201a8c0@neo>

One more thought -- I have tried both Early and Late binding COM calls and I 
get the same error message either way.



>I thought I'd try this again -- still no progress on my debugging.  From 
>using Visual Basic it seems that the interface is expecting an array of 
>type varint where each element of the array is another array.  The inner 
>arrays are two elements long (an x and y data point)
>
> I have also tried using the array module but I still get the same 
> errors --  basically anything that I try in Python results in a error 
> indicating that only a 1-dimensional arrays are supported -- which seems 
> weird since the vbasic code is not making a single dimensional array.
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated
>
>
>
>> Help !
>>
>> I am writing some COM code in Python to control photoshop.  Several
>> functions of PS require an "Array" argument.  In the  examples of 
>> VBscript
>> or javascript the Array type is used.  I have tried what would appear to 
>> be
>> the equivalent in Python -- Lists and Tuples -- but to no avail. Anyone 
>> have
>> any insight  on what via the COM interface is equivalent to an Array in
>> javascript ?
>>
>> Here is the Javascript example code
>>
>> .....
>> selRegion  = Array(Array(1,1),Array(1,2),Array(2,2),Array(2,1))
>> Doc.Selection.Select(selRegion,1,0,0)
>> .....
>>
>> Here is my interpretation in Python
>>
>> .......
>> selregion = [(1,1),(1,2),(2,2),(2,1)]
>> print selregion
>> doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
>> ......
>>
>> Here is the error code generated
>>
>> ..........
>> F:\automation>test2.py
>> [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1)]
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "F:\automation\test2.py", line 19, in ?
>>     doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
>>   File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select
>> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe
>> Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays
>> with dimension 1
>> are supported', None, 0, -2147220262), None)
>>
>>
>> ............
>>
>> I have tried many differnet permutations of structure for the selregion
>> variable.  Any scalar or single dimension array returns an "Illegal
>> Argument" response with no further details -- any thing that resembles a 
>> two
>> dimensional array returns the result above.
>>
>> Any help / thoughts would be appreciated
>>
>>
> 



From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Tue May  8 04:09:40 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 12:09:40 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Fw: Python COM and Photoshop
In-Reply-To: <004801c79112$f5d081f0$0201a8c0@neo>
Message-ID: <00c401c79115$f0643bf0$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> > F:\automation>test2.py
> > [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1)]
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "F:\automation\test2.py", line 19, in ?
> >     doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)
> >   File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select
> > pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.',
> (0, 'Adobe
> > Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays
> > with dimension 1
> > are supported', None, 0, -2147220262), None)

>From the line:

> >   File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select

It appears you are not using 'makepy' for the object (maybe as makepy is not
support for that object).  If possible, you should try and use a makepy
based object.  The easiest way is something like:

from win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch
select = EnsureDispatch(select) # try and convert into makepy based object.

If you can get that to work, you might have more luck, as python can
determine the exact type of the variant from the type-library.

Good luck,

Mark


From f.guerrieri at gmail.com  Tue May  8 12:29:47 2007
From: f.guerrieri at gmail.com (Francesco Guerrieri)
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 12:29:47 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] PyTime
Message-ID: <79b79e730705080329j793497b8if6fa1f38adf461a4@mail.gmail.com>

hello,
I have another newbie question. I have googled around but didn't find an
answer.

I have an Excel file with many dates beyond 2038, which arrive to me as a
list of PyTime objects. From the doc I have found (
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/pywin32/PyTime.html )
it appears that an int conversion is needed to handle them. There is even a
reference to an __int__ method which I cannot use

>>> import pywintypes
>>> testTime = pywintypes.Time
>>> testTime.__int__
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute
'__int__'
>>>

In any case, int is not enough to go beyond 2038. Since I only need the day,
month and year, and surely not the seconds :-) I would be more than happy to
use some date object. I still haven't found how to initialize them with my
pytime objects... can you tell me where to look for?

thanks in advance,
Francesco
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From mark.m.mcmahon at gmail.com  Tue May  8 14:03:01 2007
From: mark.m.mcmahon at gmail.com (Mark Mc Mahon)
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 08:03:01 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] PyTime
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Hi,

Maybe there is a better way then this suggestion...

from datetime import datetime

date = <some PyTime object>

day = int(xl.activecell.value.Format("%d"))
month = int(xl.activecell.value.Format("%m"))
year = int(xl.activecell.value.Format("%Y"))

date_as_datetime = datetime(year, month, day)

PyTime is starting to look like a wart :-) Is it a hold over from when
datetime didn't exist?

Thanks
Mark

On 5/8/07, Francesco Guerrieri <f.guerrieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> hello,
> I have another newbie question. I have googled around but didn't find an
> answer.
>
> I have an Excel file with many dates beyond 2038, which arrive to me as a
> list of PyTime objects. From the doc I have found (
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/pywin32/PyTime.html
>  ) it appears that an int conversion is needed to handle them. There is even
> a reference to an __int__ method which I cannot use
>
> >>> import pywintypes
> >>> testTime = pywintypes.Time
> >>> testTime.__int__
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
> AttributeError: 'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute
> '__int__'
> >>>
>
> In any case, int is not enough to go beyond 2038. Since I only need the day,
> month and year, and surely not the seconds :-) I would be more than happy to
> use some date object. I still haven't found how to initialize them with my
> pytime objects... can you tell me where to look for?
>
> thanks in advance,
> Francesco
> _______________________________________________
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> Python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>
>

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Tue May  8 14:49:23 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 13:49:23 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] PyTime
In-Reply-To: <71b6302c0705080503r162fc962r6b3dfb70f72749b0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <79b79e730705080329j793497b8if6fa1f38adf461a4@mail.gmail.com>
	<71b6302c0705080503r162fc962r6b3dfb70f72749b0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <464071D3.9070507@timgolden.me.uk>

Mark Mc Mahon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Maybe there is a better way then this suggestion...
> 
> from datetime import datetime
> 
> date = <some PyTime object>
> 
> day = int(xl.activecell.value.Format("%d"))
> month = int(xl.activecell.value.Format("%m"))
> year = int(xl.activecell.value.Format("%Y"))
> 
> date_as_datetime = datetime(year, month, day)

Frankly, I can't think of anything better. You
might combine PyTime.Format and datetime.strptime,
or do some kind of integer combination thing
with the three values, but nothing's too
compelling.

Maybe the OP might be interested in xlrd or
PyExcelerator (assuming they handle dates
a little better).

> PyTime is starting to look like a wart :-) 
 > Is it a hold over from when
> datetime didn't exist?

Think so; guess Mark's had no incentive to change
things, and I imagine it would be non-trivial to
rework all the PyTimes into datetimes. Maybe, though
a new method might be added? (Sadly, though, I'm
in no position to offer, and I don't really have
an itch to scratch, either).

TJG

From f.guerrieri at gmail.com  Tue May  8 14:59:50 2007
From: f.guerrieri at gmail.com (Francesco Guerrieri)
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 14:59:50 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] PyTime
In-Reply-To: <464071D3.9070507@timgolden.me.uk>
References: <79b79e730705080329j793497b8if6fa1f38adf461a4@mail.gmail.com>
	<71b6302c0705080503r162fc962r6b3dfb70f72749b0@mail.gmail.com>
	<464071D3.9070507@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <79b79e730705080559m666a21c2q2e61ca4d7ba3ee61@mail.gmail.com>

thanks :)
I resorted to your solution:

for i in DataList:
        OutputList.append(datetime.date(int(i.Format("%Y")),
int(i.Format("%m")),
int(i.Format("%d"))))
    return OutputList

and it works. I am considering dates up to 50 years from now so 2038 is
definitely too early :-)

Francesco

On 5/8/07, Tim Golden <mail at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
>
> Mark Mc Mahon wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Maybe there is a better way then this suggestion...
> >
> > from datetime import datetime
> >
> > date = <some PyTime object>
> >
> > day = int(xl.activecell.value.Format("%d"))
> > month = int(xl.activecell.value.Format("%m"))
> > year = int(xl.activecell.value.Format("%Y"))
> >
> > date_as_datetime = datetime(year, month, day)
>
> Frankly, I can't think of anything better. You
> might combine PyTime.Format and datetime.strptime,
> or do some kind of integer combination thing
> with the three values, but nothing's too
> compelling.
>
> Maybe the OP might be interested in xlrd or
> PyExcelerator (assuming they handle dates
> a little better).
>
> > PyTime is starting to look like a wart :-)
> > Is it a hold over from when
> > datetime didn't exist?
>
> Think so; guess Mark's had no incentive to change
> things, and I imagine it would be non-trivial to
> rework all the PyTimes into datetimes. Maybe, though
> a new method might be added? (Sadly, though, I'm
> in no position to offer, and I don't really have
> an itch to scratch, either).
>
> TJG
>
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From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Tue May  8 16:36:41 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 00:36:41 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] PyTime
In-Reply-To: <79b79e730705080329j793497b8if6fa1f38adf461a4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <012b01c7917e$4bf7db30$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> I have an Excel file with many dates beyond 2038, which arrive to me as a
list of PyTime objects.
> From the doc I have found (
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/pywin32/PyTime.html )
> it appears that an int conversion is needed to handle them.

To answer Mark's question first, the PyTime objects predate the datetime
module by a number of years.  These objects support int conversion for use
with the (effectively deprecated) time module - which does indeed suffer the
same limitations.

Your solution seems to be to simply construct a datetime object from the
pywintypes time object by way of attributes - eg:

>>> from win32com.client import Dispatch
>>> import datetime
>>> xl=Dispatch("Excel.Application")
>>> d=xl.Range("A1").Value
>>> datetime.datetime(d.year, d.month, d.day, d.hour, d.minute, d.second,
d.msec)
datetime.datetime(2065, 2, 3, 0, 0)

Cheers,

Mark


From f.guerrieri at gmail.com  Tue May  8 16:52:37 2007
From: f.guerrieri at gmail.com (Francesco Guerrieri)
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 16:52:37 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] PyTime
In-Reply-To: <012b01c7917e$4bf7db30$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <79b79e730705080329j793497b8if6fa1f38adf461a4@mail.gmail.com>
	<012b01c7917e$4bf7db30$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <79b79e730705080752h4a7b0ef9yc771675f498cbcd5@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/8/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:

> Your solution seems to be to simply construct a datetime object from the
> pywintypes time object by way of attributes - eg:
>
> >>> from win32com.client import Dispatch
> >>> import datetime
> >>> xl=Dispatch("Excel.Application")
> >>> d=xl.Range("A1").Value
> >>> datetime.datetime(d.year, d.month, d.day, d.hour, d.minute, d.second,
> d.msec)
> datetime.datetime(2065, 2, 3, 0, 0)



thanks,
the docs didn't explicitly cite the existance of those attributes... However
I (mistakenly) thought of having tried to use them. It's evident that I
hadn't tried correctly :-)

Now the code is much more readable :-)
Francesco
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From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Tue May  8 16:57:09 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 15:57:09 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] PyTime
In-Reply-To: <79b79e730705080752h4a7b0ef9yc771675f498cbcd5@mail.gmail.com>
References: <79b79e730705080329j793497b8if6fa1f38adf461a4@mail.gmail.com>	<012b01c7917e$4bf7db30$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
	<79b79e730705080752h4a7b0ef9yc771675f498cbcd5@mail.gmail.com>
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> the docs didn't explicitly cite the existance of those attributes... 

Well in fact they do (at least my version of the
.chm does) and to my shame I hadn't looked there,
relying on a quick dir (), which only shows the
.Format method.

> Now the code is much more readable :-)

Indeed.

TJG

From InNomine at gmx.net  Tue May  8 17:37:07 2007
From: InNomine at gmx.net (InNomine at gmx.net)
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 17:37:07 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] py2exe - ms vista - CreateProcess/ShellExecute/etc...
Message-ID: <20070508153707.155640@gmx.net>

Hi,
after hours of searching, testing and hoping to code for vista never again ;) 
i tried to call an application with everything i found...
sometimes py2exe couldn't load the needed modules.
but every time the app stuck. it seems that ShellExecuteEx doesnt word with py2exe... maybe i'm wrong. i read about some 'magic' to load the necessary win32 modules... doesnt work... 

so... how do i call an application in vista? 

thanks in advance

ps:
Non-Elevated Application Runs an Elevated Application.
A non-elevated application may need to spawn an elevated application to perform a download, an install, register a COM server etc.
The Shell API calls ShellExecute() and ShellExecuteEx() do this just fine.
Often programmers launch applications using CreateProcess(), which is useful to wait on a process to terminate. Unfortunately CreateProcess() will fail under Vista when running an elevated application from a non-elevated application. You will need to use ShellExecute() or ShellExecuteEx() which BTW can also return a process ID, then use WaitForSingleObject(ExecInfo.hProcess, INFINITE).


From fumanchu at amor.org  Tue May  8 18:52:12 2007
From: fumanchu at amor.org (Robert Brewer)
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 09:52:12 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] PyTime
In-Reply-To: <012b01c7917e$4bf7db30$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <435DF58A933BA74397B42CDEB8145A860BAFB987@ex9.hostedexchange.local>

Mark Hammond wrote:
> Your solution seems to be to simply construct a datetime 
> object from the
> pywintypes time object by way of attributes - eg:
> 
> >>> from win32com.client import Dispatch
> >>> import datetime
> >>> xl=Dispatch("Excel.Application")
> >>> d=xl.Range("A1").Value
> >>> datetime.datetime(d.year, d.month, d.day, d.hour, 
> d.minute, d.second,
> d.msec)
> datetime.datetime(2065, 2, 3, 0, 0)

Argle bargle...#$%^&*

Wish I'd known about those attributes before I spent far too many hours
trying to extract them back from float(d) [1]. Yet another lesson in the
dangers of multiple documentation locations. Ah well, at least I learned
something about Jet and SQL server internals.


Robert Brewer
System Architect
Amor Ministries
fumanchu at amor.org

[1] http://projects.amor.org/geniusql/changeset/84

From sam_spam_cat at verizon.net  Wed May  9 02:14:37 2007
From: sam_spam_cat at verizon.net (Sam The Cat)
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 20:14:37 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Fw: Python COM and Photoshop
Message-ID: <007e01c791cf$0837a230$0201a8c0@neo>

 Mark,
    My apologies -- I tried to relay that I have tried both ways  -- "early
 and late dispatch"

 Here is the output after running the makepy routine on the type and object
 libraries for Photoshop

 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "F:\automation\test3.py", line 16, in <module>
    doc.Selection.Select([[1,1],[1,2],[2,1],[2,2]])
  File
 "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\E891EE9A-D0AE-4CB4-8871-F92C0109F18Ex0x9x0.py", line 2606, in Select    , Type, Feather, AntiAlias) pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays with dimension 1 are supported', None, 0, -2147220262), None) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I really think that Python knows what to do and that I do not know how to tell Python to do it.  What I need to end up with is a an array of VARINTs where each VARINT is an array of length two.  Maybe I should ask -- if the PythonCOM interface knows this will it turn a list of lists (ex. [[1,1],[1,2],[2,1],[2,2]]) into what I need ? Cheers>>> > F:\automation>test2.py>>> > [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1)]>>> > Traceback (most recent call last):>>> >   File "F:\automation\test2.py", line 19, in ?>>> >     doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)>>> >   File "<COMObject
 <unknown>>", line 3, in Select>>> > pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.',>>> (0, 'Adobe>>> > Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays>>> > with dimension 1>>> > are supported', None, 0, -2147220262), None)>>>>>From the line:>>>>> >   File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select>>>> It appears you are not using 'makepy' for the object (maybe as makepy isnot>> support for that object).  If possible, you should try and use a makepy>> based object.  The easiest way is something like:>>>> from win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch>> select = EnsureDispatch(select) # try and convert into makepy basedobject.>>>> If you can get that to work, you might have more luck, as python can>> determine the exact type of the variant from the type-library.>>>> Good luck,>>>> Mark>>>> _______________________________________________>> Python-win32 mailing list>> Python-win32 at python.org>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32>>>>>


From sam_spam_cat at verizon.net  Wed May  9 02:20:30 2007
From: sam_spam_cat at verizon.net (Sam The Cat)
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 20:20:30 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Fw: Python COM and Photoshop
Message-ID: <008301c791cf$da71d720$0201a8c0@neo>


As a follow-up question is there a way to see what python thinks the 
variable should be ?  In looking at the file created by makepy I see the 
function call for select but nothing that looks to me like information 
relating to the type of variable that needs to be generated

here is the method in question found in the Selection Class

 def Select(self, Region=defaultNamedNotOptArg, Type=defaultNamedOptArg, 
Feather=defaultNamedOptArg, AntiAlias=defaultNamedOptArg):
  return self._oleobj_.InvokeTypes(1936483188, LCID, 1, (24, 0), ((12, 1), 
(12, 17), (12, 17), (12, 17)),Region
   , Type, Feather, AntiAlias)

Is there magic in the arguments ?





> Mark,
>    My apologies -- I tried to relay that I have tried both ways  -- "early
> and late dispatch"
>
> Here is the output after running the makepy routine on the type and object
> libraries for Photoshop
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "F:\automation\test3.py", line 16, in <module>
>    doc.Selection.Select([[1,1],[1,2],[2,1],[2,2]])
>  File
> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\E891EE9A-D0AE-4CB4-8871-F92C0109F18Ex0x9x0.py", 
> line 2606, in Select    , Type, Feather, AntiAlias) pywintypes.com_error: 
> (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe Photoshop', 'Illegal 
> argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays with dimension 1 are supported', 
> None, 0, -2147220262), 
> None) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> I really think that Python knows what to do and that I do not know how to 
> tell Python to do it.  What I need to end up with is a an array of VARINTs 
> where each VARINT is an array of length two.  Maybe I should ask -- if the 
> PythonCOM interface knows this will it turn a list of lists (ex. 
> [[1,1],[1,2],[2,1],[2,2]]) into what I need ? Cheers>>> > 
> F:\automation>test2.py>>> > [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1)]>>> > 
> Traceback (most recent call last):>>> >   File "F:\automation\test2.py", 
> line 19, in ?>>> >     doc.Selection.Select(selregion,1,0,0)>>> >   File 
> "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select>>> > pywintypes.com_error: 
> (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.',>>> (0, 'Adobe>>> > Photoshop', 
> 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- Only arrays>>> > with dimension 1>>> > 
> are supported', None, 0, -2147220262), None)>>>>>From the line:>>>>> > 
> File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 3, in Select>>>> It appears you are not 
> using 'makepy' for the object (maybe as makepy isnot>> support for that 
> object).  If possible, you should try and use a makepy>> based object. 
> The easiest way is something like:>>>> from win32com.client.gencache 
> import EnsureDispatch>> select = EnsureDispatch(select) # try and convert 
> into makepy basedobject.>>>> If you can get that to work, you might have 
> more luck, as python can>> determine the exact type of the variant from 
> the type-library.>>>> Good luck,>>>> Mark>>>> 
> _______________________________________________>> Python-win32 mailing 
> list>> Python-win32 at python.org>> 
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32>>>>> 



From ckkart at hoc.net  Wed May  9 08:51:52 2007
From: ckkart at hoc.net (Christian K.)
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 15:51:52 +0900
Subject: [python-win32] how to create a valid Sink
Message-ID: <f1rr1v$9oj$1@sea.gmane.org>


Hi,

I'd like to ask for help on how to create a valid event Sink which I can 
pass to the Advise() method of a message stores table.

Any class I made up so far gives the same error:

File "<stdin>", line 333, in notify
TypeError: The Python instance can not be converted to a COM object

So what attributes does an object need to be convertable to a COM object?

Thanks in advance, Christian


From patter001 at gmail.com  Wed May  9 15:16:56 2007
From: patter001 at gmail.com (Kevin Patterson)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:16:56 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] VT_UI1 ByRef behavior
In-Reply-To: <000e01c78aca$5ce755c0$090a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <a41467040704281132t3df69a7bq75c2352fe2e5e13d@mail.gmail.com>
	<000e01c78aca$5ce755c0$090a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <a41467040705090616g3347fc6cjbc18ffee893f681c@mail.gmail.com>

Alrighty, I'll keep looking in to it. I think it is easy to make the buffers
get returned as a python list. Almost all the code exists to help with that.
The tough part is telling the COM that the array being passed IN needs to
become a Safe Array where the size of each element is only VT_UI1. The
buffer is a great thing for that and at first glance the only thing I can
think of would be to modify PyCom_VariantFromPyObject to check the size of
the number to see if it will fit in VT_UI1 (it is already doing this for
ints and longs)...but i think that would be way to dangerous...

I might still look into a proposal for changing the output, but for the
input, I can't think of how to do it any other way than what you already
have. Perhaps I will just have to write a script that searches my generated
file from makepy and creates a layer in the python code...instead of on the
C side...oh well...

-Kevin

On 4/29/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > I was curious is there a way to prevent an array of VT_UI1's from being
> > converted to a buffer? Or perhaps a way to modify the file generated
> > from "makepy" to prevent the conversion?
>
> Nope, no such facility exists.  Feel free to propose a patch though.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
>
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From larry.bates at websafe.com  Wed May  9 15:41:56 2007
From: larry.bates at websafe.com (Larry Bates)
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 08:41:56 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 service with tray icon
In-Reply-To: <07f801c7764c$7309c280$0200a8c0@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <200704031717.40946.tchough@tchough.com>
	<07f801c7764c$7309c280$0200a8c0@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <f1sj33$uav$1@sea.gmane.org>

Mark Hammond wrote:
>> I'm writing a win32 service in Python.  I'd like to add a
>> tray icon displayed
>> whenever the service is running.  I have played around with
>> SysTrayIcon.py
>> [1], but if a user logs off and logs back on, the tray icon
>> disappears even
>> though the service is still running.  I think the answer is
>> probably getting
>> my service to recreate the icon whenever a logon event
>> happens.  I don't
>> really know much about win32 programming, though.  Can
>> someone point me in
>> the right direction to solve this problem?
> 
> Services have trouble interacting with the desktop.  The general approach is
> to have a dedicated taskbar application that communicates with the dedicated
> service using some kind of IPC.
> 
> Mark

Mark,

Please accept my apology for hijacking this thread, but it is exactly
what I want to implement.  I have a COM object that is doing an upload.
I want a system tray icon that:

1) Shows a heartbeat (upload progress indicator)
2) Provides the user with a way to cancel the upload

I found systrayicon.py and it almost does what I want.  I thought
about using socket server/client to have the two apps communicate
but I'm at a complete loss as to how to implement socket client
in the systrayicon.py program since it uses PumpMessages.  I just
don't see how to connect to my com server (which would also be
a socket server) inside some loop mechanism.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Regards,
Larry Bates


From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Wed May  9 15:53:10 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 14:53:10 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 service with tray icon
In-Reply-To: <f1sj33$uav$1@sea.gmane.org>
References: <200704031717.40946.tchough@tchough.com>	<07f801c7764c$7309c280$0200a8c0@enfoldsystems.local>
	<f1sj33$uav$1@sea.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <4641D246.2030807@timgolden.me.uk>

Larry Bates wrote:
> Please accept my apology for hijacking this thread, but it is exactly
> what I want to implement.  I have a COM object that is doing an upload.
> I want a system tray icon that:
> 
> 1) Shows a heartbeat (upload progress indicator)
> 2) Provides the user with a way to cancel the upload
> 
> I found systrayicon.py and it almost does what I want.  I thought
> about using socket server/client to have the two apps communicate
> but I'm at a complete loss as to how to implement socket client
> in the systrayicon.py program since it uses PumpMessages.  I just
> don't see how to connect to my com server (which would also be
> a socket server) inside some loop mechanism.

Since I assume you're not looking for cross-platform
portability here, I'd be inclined to use one of
Windows' built-in mechanisms: Events, Pipes, Messages etc.
They should mesh with a suitable message loop, eg:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/82236

TJG

From theller at ctypes.org  Wed May  9 17:04:55 2007
From: theller at ctypes.org (Thomas Heller)
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 17:04:55 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 service with tray icon
In-Reply-To: <f1sj33$uav$1@sea.gmane.org>
References: <200704031717.40946.tchough@tchough.com>	<07f801c7764c$7309c280$0200a8c0@enfoldsystems.local>
	<f1sj33$uav$1@sea.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <f1snuo$gfi$1@sea.gmane.org>

Larry Bates schrieb:
> Mark Hammond wrote:
>>> I'm writing a win32 service in Python.  I'd like to add a
>>> tray icon displayed
>>> whenever the service is running.  I have played around with
>>> SysTrayIcon.py
>>> [1], but if a user logs off and logs back on, the tray icon
>>> disappears even
>>> though the service is still running.  I think the answer is
>>> probably getting
>>> my service to recreate the icon whenever a logon event
>>> happens.  I don't
>>> really know much about win32 programming, though.  Can
>>> someone point me in
>>> the right direction to solve this problem?
>> 
>> Services have trouble interacting with the desktop.  The general approach is
>> to have a dedicated taskbar application that communicates with the dedicated
>> service using some kind of IPC.
>> 
>> Mark
> 
> Mark,
> 
> Please accept my apology for hijacking this thread, but it is exactly
> what I want to implement.  I have a COM object that is doing an upload.
> I want a system tray icon that:
> 
> 1) Shows a heartbeat (upload progress indicator)
> 2) Provides the user with a way to cancel the upload
> 
> I found systrayicon.py and it almost does what I want.  I thought
> about using socket server/client to have the two apps communicate
> but I'm at a complete loss as to how to implement socket client
> in the systrayicon.py program since it uses PumpMessages.  I just
> don't see how to connect to my com server (which would also be
> a socket server) inside some loop mechanism.

You set the sockets to non-blocking, and use WSAAsyncSelect to get
messages posted to the messageloop when something interesting happens
to the socket.  I do not know if pywin32 exposes WSAAsyncSelect, otherwise
you can use ctypes to call it.

Thomas





From mc at mclaveau.com  Wed May  9 20:33:41 2007
From: mc at mclaveau.com (Michel Claveau)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 20:33:41 +0200
Subject: [python-win32]  GetOpenFileNameW & InitialDir
References: <200704031717.40946.tchough@tchough.com>	<07f801c7764c$7309c280$0200a8c0@enfoldsystems.local><f1sj33$uav$1@sea.gmane.org>
	<f1snuo$gfi$1@sea.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <000001c79268$93f17f00$0701a8c0@PORTABLES>

Hi!

I'have a problem with this code :

    import win32gui
    fname=win32gui.GetOpenFileNameW(InitialDir="C:\\dev")[0]
    print fname


The InitialDir is not set. It's already the last dir opened, and not my 
request.

Any idea ?   Thanks by advance.


Michel Claveau




From p.f.moore at gmail.com  Wed May  9 23:42:36 2007
From: p.f.moore at gmail.com (Paul Moore)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 22:42:36 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] GetOpenFileNameW & InitialDir
In-Reply-To: <000001c79268$93f17f00$0701a8c0@PORTABLES>
References: <200704031717.40946.tchough@tchough.com>
	<07f801c7764c$7309c280$0200a8c0@enfoldsystems.local>
	<f1sj33$uav$1@sea.gmane.org> <f1snuo$gfi$1@sea.gmane.org>
	<000001c79268$93f17f00$0701a8c0@PORTABLES>
Message-ID: <79990c6b0705091442i720e6947q3bcc5ae40cee7ebf@mail.gmail.com>

On 09/05/07, Michel Claveau <mc at mclaveau.com> wrote:
> I'have a problem with this code :
>
>     import win32gui
>     fname=win32gui.GetOpenFileNameW(InitialDir="C:\\dev")[0]
>     print fname
>
> The InitialDir is not set. It's already the last dir opened, and not my
> request.
>
> Any idea ?   Thanks by advance.

You're using the ...W form. Shouldn't you therefore be using a unicode
string for InitialDir?

Paul.

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Thu May 10 01:14:35 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 09:14:35 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] how to create a valid Sink
In-Reply-To: <f1rr1v$9oj$1@sea.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <024701c7928f$cff58060$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> I'd like to ask for help on how to create a valid event Sink
> which I can
> pass to the Advise() method of a message stores table.

This might be tricky unless pywin32 already has support for the specific
interface you need.

> Any class I made up so far gives the same error:
>
> File "<stdin>", line 333, in notify
> TypeError: The Python instance can not be converted to a COM object
>
> So what attributes does an object need to be convertable to a
> COM object?

It would need to be like any other pywin32 COM object; you should be able to
find info about that on the web.

Cheers,

Mark


From ckkart at hoc.net  Thu May 10 01:54:30 2007
From: ckkart at hoc.net (Christian K.)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 08:54:30 +0900
Subject: [python-win32] how to create a valid Sink
In-Reply-To: <024701c7928f$cff58060$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <f1rr1v$9oj$1@sea.gmane.org>
	<024701c7928f$cff58060$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <f1tmvc$jgu$1@sea.gmane.org>

Mark Hammond wrote:
>> I'd like to ask for help on how to create a valid event Sink
>> which I can
>> pass to the Advise() method of a message stores table.
> 
> This might be tricky unless pywin32 already has support for the specific
> interface you need.

I want to receive 'new mail' notifications from Outlook.

>> Any class I made up so far gives the same error:
>>
>> File "<stdin>", line 333, in notify
>> TypeError: The Python instance can not be converted to a COM object
>>
>> So what attributes does an object need to be convertable to a
>> COM object?
> 
> It would need to be like any other pywin32 COM object; you should be able to
> find info about that on the web.

Forgive my ignorance but those are my first steps with com. Does that 
mean I should create and register a COM server?

Basically I'm trying to reimplement the following code in python:

http://www.codeproject.com/internet/CMapiEx.asp

Up to now this was straightforward, but at this point I'm stuck.

Thanks for any help, Christian


From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Thu May 10 02:17:43 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 10:17:43 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] how to create a valid Sink
In-Reply-To: <f1tmvc$jgu$1@sea.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <024e01c79298$a17608a0$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> Forgive my ignorance but those are my first steps with com. Does that
> mean I should create and register a COM server?

You should create one - you probably don't need to register it.

> Basically I'm trying to reimplement the following code in python:
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/internet/CMapiEx.asp
>
> Up to now this was straightforward, but at this point I'm stuck.

I can't see anything related to a "sink" on that page - but as a start,
consider looking at the spambayes package at spambayes.org - there is code
there that deals with MAPI in various ways.

Good luck,

Mark


From ckkart at hoc.net  Thu May 10 02:46:41 2007
From: ckkart at hoc.net (Christian K.)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 09:46:41 +0900
Subject: [python-win32] how to create a valid Sink
In-Reply-To: <024e01c79298$a17608a0$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <f1tmvc$jgu$1@sea.gmane.org>
	<024e01c79298$a17608a0$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <f1tq16$qnt$1@sea.gmane.org>


Mark Hammond wrote:
 >> Forgive my ignorance but those are my first steps with com. Does that
 >> mean I should create and register a COM server?
 >
 > You should create one - you probably don't need to register it.
 >
 >> Basically I'm trying to reimplement the following code in python:
 >>
 >> http://www.codeproject.com/internet/CMapiEx.asp
 >>
 >> Up to now this was straightforward, but at this point I'm stuck.
 >
 > I can't see anything related to a "sink" on that page - but as a start,

True, I was refering to the code in the zip file on that page. I'll 
attach MAPISink.h below.

 > consider looking at the spambayes package at spambayes.org - there is 
code
 > there that deals with MAPI in various ways.
 >

Thank you. I'll have a look at it.

Christian

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From rwupole at msn.com  Thu May 10 02:58:31 2007
From: rwupole at msn.com (Roger Upole)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 20:58:31 -0400
Subject: [python-win32]   Re: GetOpenFileNameW & InitialDir
Message-ID: <21C78FAF76534065BCD368415C279B7C@rwuvista>

> Hi!
> 
> I'have a problem with this code :
> 
>     import win32gui
>     fname=win32gui.GetOpenFileNameW(InitialDir="C:\\dev")[0]
>     print fname
> 
> The InitialDir is not set. It's already the last dir opened, and not my 
> request.
> 
> Any idea ?   Thanks by advance.
> 
> Michel Claveau

I can't reproduce the behaviour you describe.  What OS
and versions of Python/Pywin32 are you using ?

         Roger


From patter001 at gmail.com  Thu May 10 14:40:01 2007
From: patter001 at gmail.com (Kevin Patterson)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 08:40:01 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] VT_UI1 ByRef behavior
In-Reply-To: <a41467040705090616g3347fc6cjbc18ffee893f681c@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a41467040704281132t3df69a7bq75c2352fe2e5e13d@mail.gmail.com>
	<000e01c78aca$5ce755c0$090a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
	<a41467040705090616g3347fc6cjbc18ffee893f681c@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a41467040705100540x6c959fe2v4fb33d1686317b22@mail.gmail.com>

In case anyone else is interested, below is the code I ended up using to
filter buffers from the input and output of the com. It makes use of the
Python2.4 decorators that are added to all the functions in th py file
generated by makepy.

I never thought I would find a reason for the decorator, but now I'm really
glad that feature is there!!  :) The code was figured out by looking at the
argument/return type check that is shown in the decorator PEP and making
tweaks.

Hope this helps!

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0318/

def list2buffer(list):
    if type(list) == types.ListType:
        val =  buffer(array.array('B', list))
    else:
        val = list
    return val

def buffer2list(abuffer,width=1):
    """handles buffers or lists of buffers
    if you actually want the buffer broken down differently than
    a single byte, then specify the width
    """
    newlist = []
    if type(abuffer) == types.ListType:
        for l in abuffer:
            newlist.append( buffer2list(l) )
    elif type(abuffer) == types.BufferType:
        if width is 4:
            typecode = 'L'
        elif width is 2:
            typecode = 'H'
        elif width is 1:
            typecode = 'B'
        else:
            raise ValueError("Unsupported width: %d"%width)
        return array.array(typecode, str(abuffer)).tolist()
    else:
        return abuffer

def filterin(f):
    def new_f(*args, **kwds):
        newargs = []
        for i in range(len(args)):
            newargs.append( list2buffer(args[i]) )
        for k in kwds.keys():
            kwds[k] = list2buffer(args[i])
        return f(*newargs, **kwds)
    new_f.func_name = f.func_name
    return new_f

def filterout(f):
    def new_f(*args, **kwds):
        result = f(*args, **kwds)
        return buffer2list( result )
    new_f.func_name = f.func_name
    return new_f

@filterin
@filterout
def myfunction(somearg1,somarg2):
   pass


On 5/9/07, Kevin Patterson <patter001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Alrighty, I'll keep looking in to it. I think it is easy to make the
> buffers get returned as a python list. Almost all the code exists to help
> with that. The tough part is telling the COM that the array being passed IN
> needs to become a Safe Array where the size of each element is only VT_UI1.
> The buffer is a great thing for that and at first glance the only thing I
> can think of would be to modify PyCom_VariantFromPyObject to check the size
> of the number to see if it will fit in VT_UI1 (it is already doing this for
> ints and longs)...but i think that would be way to dangerous...
>
> I might still look into a proposal for changing the output, but for the
> input, I can't think of how to do it any other way than what you already
> have. Perhaps I will just have to write a script that searches my generated
> file from makepy and creates a layer in the python code...instead of on the
> C side...oh well...
>
> -Kevin
>
> On 4/29/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > I was curious is there a way to prevent an array of VT_UI1's from
> > being
> > > converted to a buffer? Or perhaps a way to modify the file generated
> > > from "makepy" to prevent the conversion?
> >
> > Nope, no such facility exists.  Feel free to propose a patch though.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
>
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From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Thu May 10 16:40:52 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 10:40:52 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents free threading
	re-entrancy
Message-ID: <000901c79311$35811e90$6801a8c0@homeoffice.benchmarkinternational.com>

I'm working on an application that does some IE automation via the COM
interface.  I'm running in a free thread model,  sys.coint_flags = 0, and
starting IE with
win32.com.client.DispatchWIthEvents("InternetExplorer.Application",
event_handler_class).  Events are arriving as revealed by print statements
in the event handling routines.  Unfortunately, testing suggest that the
event handling routines are being reentered (a win32 mutex can not be got
because the event routines were reentered BEFORE it was released). 

 

Does anyone know if it is or is not possible for the event handlers to be
re-entered under this interface?

 

Thanks.

 

Richard

 

 

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From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Thu May 10 18:19:45 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 17:19:45 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Couple of new How Do I entries
Message-ID: <46434621.3080709@timgolden.me.uk>

I've added a few new How Do I entries to my site[*],
hopefully the first of a few more which I have
meant to write up. Since these are COM-related,
and since my COM knowledge is not deep, I
would appreciate a few eyeballs looking at them
to see if I've dropped any real clangers.

AFAICT I've not got anything majorly wrong: the
stuff I'm talking about is pretty simple, and the
examples all work. But it's possible I'm giving
misleading info, or going round the houses.

Thanks for any criticisms you may be able to offer.

TJG

[*]
http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/start-a-new-com-instance.html
http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/attach-to-a-com-instance.html

From deboute at gmail.com  Thu May 10 18:34:53 2007
From: deboute at gmail.com (benjamin deboute)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:34:53 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] terminateprocess,
	getprocessid and compiling trunk on win32
Message-ID: <cbe276490705100934l2989076etf76adf2dbfceadc2@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Pythonistas,

i'm currently building a multi-platform renderfarm application, and
would need to use GetProcessId to circumvant problems i encounter when
i try to kill processes on win32

IE: i can't kill with TerminateProcess a process i spawned with
CreateProcess (getting a Acess Denied error), but i can kill it using
this chunk of aspn'd code

PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
handle = win32api.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, pid)
win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
win32api.CloseHandle(handle)

As i haven't found any way to get the pid except searching for the
process name (but as we'll get several instances of maya.exe running
on a renderslave, it won't get me far), i browsed the cvs source and
found a function that was recently added: GetProcessId

I then tried to compile the cvs trunk using python setup.py build, but
got this error

Building pywin32 2.4.210.1
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
Warning - can't find an installed platform SDK
error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before building
extensions for Python.

After several .net installs, i still got this error : \
i also tried (and failed) compiling it on visual studio, cygwin+mingw,
but as i'm quite the noob on the subject of compiling for windows, i'm
afraid i'm quite lost at the moment (my skills are limited to loading
the project, clicking on build and watching the build fail with
wide-eyed horror)
Has someone got any pointers on compiling the cvs trunk ? A link to a
quick howto or just a small paste of working compiling commands would
be very appreciated

Alternatively, if anyone knew how to effectively kill a process
without the 'access denied' error (excepting running the service as
administrator), i'll be very happy with it


have a nice day and thanks in advance,
ben

From theller at ctypes.org  Thu May 10 19:52:14 2007
From: theller at ctypes.org (Thomas Heller)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 19:52:14 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents free
	threading re-entrancy
In-Reply-To: <000901c79311$35811e90$6801a8c0@homeoffice.benchmarkinternational.com>
References: <000901c79311$35811e90$6801a8c0@homeoffice.benchmarkinternational.com>
Message-ID: <f1vm4f$109$1@sea.gmane.org>

Richard Bell schrieb:
> I'm working on an application that does some IE automation via the COM
> interface.  I'm running in a free thread model,  sys.coint_flags = 0, and
> starting IE with
> win32.com.client.DispatchWIthEvents("InternetExplorer.Application",
> event_handler_class).  Events are arriving as revealed by print statements
> in the event handling routines.  Unfortunately, testing suggest that the
> event handling routines are being reentered (a win32 mutex can not be got
> because the event routines were reentered BEFORE it was released). 
> 

In a free-threaded apartment you must be prepared to receive events in different
threads.  So I think it is not forbidden that event handlers are reentered.

IMO this is most easily fixed by using an STA instead, if you can live with that.

Thomas


From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Fri May 11 01:08:08 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:08:08 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] terminateprocess,
	getprocessid and compiling trunk on win32
In-Reply-To: <cbe276490705100934l2989076etf76adf2dbfceadc2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <037001c79358$1376daf0$170a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> i'm currently building a multi-platform renderfarm application, and
> would need to use GetProcessId to circumvant problems i encounter when
> i try to kill processes on win32
>
> IE: i can't kill with TerminateProcess a process i spawned with
> CreateProcess (getting a Acess Denied error), but i can kill it using
> this chunk of aspn'd code
>
> PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
> handle = win32api.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, pid)
> win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
> win32api.CloseHandle(handle)

But doesn't CreateProcess also return the PID to you, meaning you can safely
use the code above?  If the 2 processes are running as the same user, I'm
surprised it fails.

> I then tried to compile the cvs trunk using python setup.py build, but
> got this error
>
> Building pywin32 2.4.210.1
> running build
> running build_py
> running build_ext
> Warning - can't find an installed platform SDK
> error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before building
> extensions for Python.
>
> After several .net installs, i still got this error : \

After installing the Platform SDK (or .NET SDK), you still got the exact
error above?  It might be worth looking at the source code to see why it
fails to be detected.

> i also tried (and failed) compiling it on visual studio, cygwin+mingw,

These day, setup.py is the only way that is known to work (well - sometimes
:)

Mark


From mmarch at gmail.com  Fri May 11 03:08:16 2007
From: mmarch at gmail.com (Michael March)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:08:16 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
Message-ID: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>

I have some sample code with this:

   object.Field("UserDefined_01") = "Open"

Python barfs on that.. what would be the equivalent of that in Python?


thanks!

-- 
<admiral>

Michael F. March ----- mmarch at gmail dot com

From timr at probo.com  Fri May 11 03:18:33 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:18:33 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4643C469.60407@probo.com>

Michael March wrote:
> I have some sample code with this:
>
>    object.Field("UserDefined_01") = "Open"
>
> Python barfs on that.. what would be the equivalent of that in Python?
>   

Usually:
    object.Field("UserDefined_01").Value = "Open"

VB has the concept of a "default property" for a collection like this. 
Python's COM doesn't.  Unfortunately, every object has it's own "default
property", so you sometimes have to refer to documentation to figure out
what it is.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From mmarch at gmail.com  Fri May 11 03:23:31 2007
From: mmarch at gmail.com (Michael March)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:23:31 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <4643C469.60407@probo.com>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>
	<4643C469.60407@probo.com>
Message-ID: <48bc40670705101823i2568a984p9e5e6e6806fdc6ff@mail.gmail.com>

Cool..

The docs have this:

Public Property Field( _
   ByVal FieldName As String _
) As Variant

Can we infer the default property from this?


On 5/10/07, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
> Michael March wrote:
> > I have some sample code with this:
> >
> >    object.Field("UserDefined_01") = "Open"
> >
> > Python barfs on that.. what would be the equivalent of that in Python?
> >
>
> Usually:
>     object.Field("UserDefined_01").Value = "Open"
>
> VB has the concept of a "default property" for a collection like this.
> Python's COM doesn't.  Unfortunately, every object has it's own "default
> property", so you sometimes have to refer to documentation to figure out
> what it is.
>
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python-win32 mailing list
> Python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>


-- 
<admiral>

Michael F. March ----- mmarch at gmail.com
Ph: (415)462-1910 ---- Fax: (602)296-0400
P.O. Box 2254 ---- Phoenix, AZ 85002-2254
          "Seriously" - HSR

From mc at mclaveau.com  Fri May 11 06:47:35 2007
From: mc at mclaveau.com (Michel Claveau)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 06:47:35 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] GetOpenFileNameW & InitialDir
References: <21C78FAF76534065BCD368415C279B7C@rwuvista>
Message-ID: <000201c79387$f1f14f20$0701a8c0@PORTABLES>

Hi!


>>> fname=win32gui.GetOpenFileNameW(InitialDir="C:\\dev")[0]
>>> The InitialDir is not set

> I can't reproduce the behaviour you describe.


Sorry. I found that the problem come from the software 
Stardock/windows_blinds/Enhanced_file_dialog (a skin manager). Yesterday, I 
try on anothers CPUs, without the problem.
On my computer, I had sp?cified Python.exe in exclusion mode, and ... no 
longer problem.

Apologies for trouble, and thanks for ta have try my code.


Michel Claveau



From ghankiewicz at rastertech.es  Fri May 11 11:58:15 2007
From: ghankiewicz at rastertech.es (Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 11:58:15 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] How to convert an OLE image from ODBC?
Message-ID: <46443E37.7010102@rastertech.es>

I have an access database I can access through python. A query for the 
image column returns binary data, but this data is in OLE image/bitmap 
format. Is it possible to convert this into something PIL understands?

-- 
Rastertech Espa?a S.A.
	Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz
/Jefe de Producto TeraVial/

C/ Perfumer?a 21. Nave I. Pol?gono industrial La Mina
28770 Colmenar Viejo. Madrid (Espa?a)
Tel. +34 918 467 390 (Ext.17) 	  *?*   	Fax +34 918 457 889
ghankiewicz at rastertech.es 	  *?*   	www.rastertech.es 
<http://www.rastertech.es/>


From steven.james at gmail.com  Fri May 11 12:12:12 2007
From: steven.james at gmail.com (Steven James)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 06:12:12 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] How to convert an OLE image from ODBC?
In-Reply-To: <46443E37.7010102@rastertech.es>
References: <46443E37.7010102@rastertech.es>
Message-ID: <e3c91420705110312t64a137d2v7fd7cac10ee8d070@mail.gmail.com>

Have you tried writing the binary data to a file, then reading it from that
file with PIL?

Also, you could try Image.frombuffer() if you can coerce the binary data
into a python string. I just finished a win32 project that read thumbnails
from COM using IExtractImage and the data came in with B,G,R byte order
instead of R,G,B, so that took some finagling as well.

Steven James


On 5/11/07, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <ghankiewicz at rastertech.es> wrote:
>
> I have an access database I can access through python. A query for the
> image column returns binary data, but this data is in OLE image/bitmap
> format. Is it possible to convert this into something PIL understands?
>
> --
> Rastertech Espa?a S.A.
>         Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz
> /Jefe de Producto TeraVial/
>
> C/ Perfumer?a 21. Nave I. Pol?gono industrial La Mina
> 28770 Colmenar Viejo. Madrid (Espa?a)
> Tel. +34 918 467 390 (Ext.17)     *?*           Fax +34 918 457 889
> ghankiewicz at rastertech.es         *?*           www.rastertech.es
> <http://www.rastertech.es/>
>
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From ghankiewicz at rastertech.es  Fri May 11 12:49:42 2007
From: ghankiewicz at rastertech.es (Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:49:42 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] How to convert an OLE image from ODBC?
In-Reply-To: <e3c91420705110312t64a137d2v7fd7cac10ee8d070@mail.gmail.com>
References: <46443E37.7010102@rastertech.es>
	<e3c91420705110312t64a137d2v7fd7cac10ee8d070@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <46444A46.9020605@rastertech.es>

Steven James wrote:
> Have you tried writing the binary data to a file, then reading it from 
> that file with PIL?
>
> Also, you could try Image.frombuffer() if you can coerce the binary 
> data into a python string. I just finished a win32 project that read 
> thumbnails from COM using IExtractImage and the data came in with 
> B,G,R byte order instead of R,G,B, so that took some finagling as well.
I dump the data to a temporary file and no matter how I rename the 
extension GIMP can't handle it. Opening the file with Vim shows the 
following header string: "Imagen de mapa de bits...Paint.Picture".

-- 
Rastertech Espa?a S.A.
	Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz
/Jefe de Producto TeraVial/

C/ Perfumer?a 21. Nave I. Pol?gono industrial La Mina
28770 Colmenar Viejo. Madrid (Espa?a)
Tel. +34 918 467 390 (Ext.17) 	  *?*   	Fax +34 918 457 889
ghankiewicz at rastertech.es 	  *?*   	www.rastertech.es 
<http://www.rastertech.es/>


From steven.james at gmail.com  Fri May 11 13:52:11 2007
From: steven.james at gmail.com (Steven James)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 07:52:11 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] How to convert an OLE image from ODBC?
In-Reply-To: <46444A46.9020605@rastertech.es>
References: <46443E37.7010102@rastertech.es>
	<e3c91420705110312t64a137d2v7fd7cac10ee8d070@mail.gmail.com>
	<46444A46.9020605@rastertech.es>
Message-ID: <e3c91420705110452s2ae3d83doc245b1307587277e@mail.gmail.com>

Can you post one of those tempfiles somewhere?

On 5/11/07, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <ghankiewicz at rastertech.es> wrote:
>
> Steven James wrote:
> > Have you tried writing the binary data to a file, then reading it from
> > that file with PIL?
> >
> > Also, you could try Image.frombuffer() if you can coerce the binary
> > data into a python string. I just finished a win32 project that read
> > thumbnails from COM using IExtractImage and the data came in with
> > B,G,R byte order instead of R,G,B, so that took some finagling as well.
> I dump the data to a temporary file and no matter how I rename the
> extension GIMP can't handle it. Opening the file with Vim shows the
> following header string: "Imagen de mapa de bits...Paint.Picture".
>
> --
> Rastertech Espa?a S.A.
>         Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz
> /Jefe de Producto TeraVial/
>
> C/ Perfumer?a 21. Nave I. Pol?gono industrial La Mina
> 28770 Colmenar Viejo. Madrid (Espa?a)
> Tel. +34 918 467 390 (Ext.17)     *?*           Fax +34 918 457 889
> ghankiewicz at rastertech.es         *?*           www.rastertech.es
> <http://www.rastertech.es/>
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From ghankiewicz at rastertech.es  Fri May 11 14:10:55 2007
From: ghankiewicz at rastertech.es (Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 14:10:55 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] How to convert an OLE image from ODBC?
In-Reply-To: <e3c91420705110452s2ae3d83doc245b1307587277e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <46443E37.7010102@rastertech.es>	<e3c91420705110312t64a137d2v7fd7cac10ee8d070@mail.gmail.com>	<46444A46.9020605@rastertech.es>
	<e3c91420705110452s2ae3d83doc245b1307587277e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <46445D4F.5050209@rastertech.es>

Steven James wrote:
> Can you post one of those tempfiles somewhere?

Yes, you can grab them from http://gradha.no-ip.org/temp/, a .bmp and 
.dump version. From the sizes and the stringisation of the files looks 
like the .dump version is just the same with a header, but I wouldn't 
like to try stripping these bytes in case the header can change size.

-- 
Rastertech Espa?a S.A.
	Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz
/Jefe de Producto TeraVial/

C/ Perfumer?a 21. Nave I. Pol?gono industrial La Mina
28770 Colmenar Viejo. Madrid (Espa?a)
Tel. +34 918 467 390 (Ext.17) 	  *?*   	Fax +34 918 457 889
ghankiewicz at rastertech.es 	  *?*   	www.rastertech.es 
<http://www.rastertech.es/>


From steven.james at gmail.com  Fri May 11 14:51:42 2007
From: steven.james at gmail.com (Steven James)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 08:51:42 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] How to convert an OLE image from ODBC?
In-Reply-To: <e3c91420705110537h7977d690t6b1ae73ee58f55af@mail.gmail.com>
References: <46443E37.7010102@rastertech.es>
	<e3c91420705110312t64a137d2v7fd7cac10ee8d070@mail.gmail.com>
	<46444A46.9020605@rastertech.es>
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It appears that your database is adding a header of its own on the image
file (or maybe this is part of it being an OLE object, not sure).

If you strip off the first 88 bytes, this is a standard windows bitmap file.
The following code works on your file, but for your code you should just
start dumping the data at the 89th byte.

dump_file = file('show.dump', 'rb')
out_file = file('show.bmp', 'wb')

dump_file.seek(88)
out_file.write(dump_file.read())

dump_file.close()
out_file.close()

Steven James

On 5/11/07, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <ghankiewicz at rastertech.es> wrote:
>
> Steven James wrote:
> > Can you post one of those tempfiles somewhere?
>
> Yes, you can grab them from http://gradha.no-ip.org/temp/, a .bmp and
> .dump version. From the sizes and the stringisation of the files looks
> like the .dump version is just the same with a header, but I wouldn't
> like to try stripping these bytes in case the header can change size.
>
> --
> Rastertech Espa?a S.A.
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> /Jefe de Producto TeraVial/
>
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From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Fri May 11 14:54:08 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 13:54:08 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] How to convert an OLE image from ODBC?
In-Reply-To: <e3c91420705110551o7bf0f1b6kb4f4edc11e558eaa@mail.gmail.com>
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Steven James wrote:
> It appears that your database is adding a header of its own on the image
> file (or maybe this is part of it being an OLE object, not sure).
> 
> If you strip off the first 88 bytes, this is a standard windows bitmap 
> file.
> The following code works on your file, but for your code you should just
> start dumping the data at the 89th byte.

I think that's what the OP meant when he said that they
were basically the same, but that he didn't know if the
size of the header would be constant.

TJG

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Fri May 11 14:56:44 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 13:56:44 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] How to convert an OLE image from ODBC?
In-Reply-To: <46444A46.9020605@rastertech.es>
References: <46443E37.7010102@rastertech.es>	<e3c91420705110312t64a137d2v7fd7cac10ee8d070@mail.gmail.com>
	<46444A46.9020605@rastertech.es>
Message-ID: <4644680C.9010307@timgolden.me.uk>

Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:
> Steven James wrote:
>> Have you tried writing the binary data to a file, then reading it from 
>> that file with PIL?
>>
>> Also, you could try Image.frombuffer() if you can coerce the binary 
>> data into a python string. I just finished a win32 project that read 
>> thumbnails from COM using IExtractImage and the data came in with 
>> B,G,R byte order instead of R,G,B, so that took some finagling as well.
> I dump the data to a temporary file and no matter how I rename the 
> extension GIMP can't handle it. Opening the file with Vim shows the 
> following header string: "Imagen de mapa de bits...Paint.Picture".

*Very* sketchy knowledge follows: I think that Access stores
BLOBs (including, presumably, images) as a special data
format which you have to read in chunks using some specific
ADO code. I just threw "Access blob ado chunk" at Google and
it threw up:

   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258038

and

   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/103257

which might be useful. I'm just winging it, never done
it myself.

TJG

From timr at probo.com  Fri May 11 18:05:52 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:05:52 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <48bc40670705101823i2568a984p9e5e6e6806fdc6ff@mail.gmail.com>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>	
	<4643C469.60407@probo.com>
	<48bc40670705101823i2568a984p9e5e6e6806fdc6ff@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <46449460.1060002@probo.com>

Michael March wrote:
> Cool..
>
> The docs have this:
>
> Public Property Field( _
>   ByVal FieldName As String _
> ) As Variant
>
> Can we infer the default property from this?

No, all this tells you is that you feed a string as a parameter.  You
have to know more about the Variant that will be returned.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Sat May 12 01:04:28 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 19:04:28 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents free
	threading reentrancy
Message-ID: <003301c79420$ba16f700$6801a8c0@homeoffice.benchmarkinternational.com>

Thanks for the response.

 

The symptom I was seeing suggested that while a thread was processing one
event, it was being re-entered.  Some additional Investigation revealed that
the apparent problem was caused by the event handler terminating before it
was finished when it tried to reference the IE.Document.ReadyState
attribute.  At the time, the document was still in the process of arriving
and the COM  Document object did not exist.  This in turn caused event
processing in Python to terminate without releasing the Mutex.  I've removed
the reference to the Document.ReadyState and the problem is corrected. 

 

Richard Bell schrieb:

> I'm working on an application that does some IE automation via the COM 

> interface.  I'm running in a free thread model,  sys.coint_flags = 0, 

> and starting IE with 

> win32.com.client.DispatchWIthEvents("InternetExplorer.Application",

> event_handler_class).  Events are arriving as revealed by print 

> statements in the event handling routines.  Unfortunately, testing 

> suggest that the event handling routines are being reentered (a win32 

> mutex can not be got because the event routines were reentered BEFORE it
was released).

> 

 

In a free-threaded apartment you must be prepared to receive events in
different threads.  So I think it is not forbidden that event handlers are
reentered.

 

IMO this is most easily fixed by using an STA instead, if you can live with
that.

 

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From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Sat May 12 01:40:15 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 19:40:15 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Referencing IE's DOM when using free thread
	win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents
Message-ID: <003f01c79425$ba4567c0$6801a8c0@homeoffice.benchmarkinternational.com>

My adventures in IE automation continue.  I'm now able to start IE, navigate
to a page, and process events as they occur. Unfortunately, when I try to
reference the document after it is loaded and displayed I encounter a number
of problems.

The relevant code is as follows:

    self.ie = win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents(
                "InternetExplorer.Application",
                ieEvents)

    (snip)

    ie.Navigate(url)	# navigate to page

    (snip)

    try:
        frames = yie.ie.Document.frames
        print "Frames length", frames.length
    except:
        print "No frames error"
        print sys.exc_info()

This last bit of code prints

    No frames error
    (<class 'pywintypes.com_error'>, com_error(-2147467262, 'No such
interface supported', None, None), <traceback object at 0x00CC1418>)

In an effort to correct the problem, I ran MakePY against several interfaces
that looked like they might be appropriate.  Subsequently, the code

    print "Ready State", ie.Document.ReadyState

which had been working also started to generate a 'No such interface
supported' error.

I've modeled my access to the DOM after cPamie and run it's certification
routines to verify that Python is generally sound.

Does anyone know how to address this issue?

Thanks,
Richard

 



From ghankiewicz at rastertech.es  Sat May 12 19:49:53 2007
From: ghankiewicz at rastertech.es (Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 19:49:53 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] How to convert an OLE image from ODBC?
In-Reply-To: <46446770.1070902@timgolden.me.uk>
References: <46443E37.7010102@rastertech.es>	<e3c91420705110312t64a137d2v7fd7cac10ee8d070@mail.gmail.com>	<46444A46.9020605@rastertech.es>	<e3c91420705110452s2ae3d83doc245b1307587277e@mail.gmail.com>	<46445D4F.5050209@rastertech.es>	<e3c91420705110537h7977d690t6b1ae73ee58f55af@mail.gmail.com>	<e3c91420705110551o7bf0f1b6kb4f4edc11e558eaa@mail.gmail.com>
	<46446770.1070902@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <4645FE41.3050104@rastertech.es>

Tim Golden wrote:
> Steven James wrote:
>> It appears that your database is adding a header of its own on the
>> image file (or maybe this is part of it being an OLE object, not
>> sure).
>> 
>> If you strip off the first 88 bytes, this is a standard windows
>> bitmap file. The following code works on your file, but for your
>> code you should just start dumping the data at the 89th byte.
> 
> I think that's what the OP meant when he said that they were
> basically the same, but that he didn't know if the size of the header
> would be constant.

What the hell. I'll go with the 88 skip trick for the while wrapping
everything into a big try/except with error logging to a file and see
how it goes.

Thanks for the help.

-- 
     Rastertech Espa?a S.A.
	Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz
/Jefe de Producto TeraVial/

C/ Perfumer?a 21. Nave I. Pol?gono industrial La Mina
28770 Colmenar Viejo. Madrid (Espa?a)
Tel. +34 918 467 390 (Ext.17) 	  *?*   	Fax +34 918 457 889
ghankiewicz at rastertech.es 	  *?*   	www.rastertech.es
<http://www.rastertech.es/>


From rex555 at hotmail.com  Mon May 14 21:26:20 2007
From: rex555 at hotmail.com (Rex Corrovan)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 12:26:20 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Referencing IE's DOM when using free
 threadwin32com.client.DispatchWithEvents
In-Reply-To: <003f01c79425$ba4567c0$6801a8c0@homeoffice.benchmarkinternational.com>
Message-ID: <BAY116-F23DEB2CCA3A3E128FD3E84953E0@phx.gbl>

So I am not sure what research you have done, or if this is inherited, or 
how much refactoring you would need to do, but out of curiousity, have you 
thought about using PAMIE? I have used it with quite a lot of success. It 
may not be the answer you are looking for, but you might want to have a look 
at it.

http://pamie.sourceforge.net/

-Rex


From: "Richard Bell" <rbell01824 at earthlink.net>
To: <python-win32 at python.org>
Subject: [python-win32] Referencing IE's DOM when using free 
threadwin32com.client.DispatchWithEvents
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 19:40:15 -0400

My adventures in IE automation continue.  I'm now able to start IE, navigate
to a page, and process events as they occur. Unfortunately, when I try to
reference the document after it is loaded and displayed I encounter a number
of problems.

The relevant code is as follows:

     self.ie = win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents(
                 "InternetExplorer.Application",
                 ieEvents)

     (snip)

     ie.Navigate(url)	# navigate to page

     (snip)

     try:
         frames = yie.ie.Document.frames
         print "Frames length", frames.length
     except:
         print "No frames error"
         print sys.exc_info()

This last bit of code prints

     No frames error
     (<class 'pywintypes.com_error'>, com_error(-2147467262, 'No such
interface supported', None, None), <traceback object at 0x00CC1418>)

In an effort to correct the problem, I ran MakePY against several interfaces
that looked like they might be appropriate.  Subsequently, the code

     print "Ready State", ie.Document.ReadyState

which had been working also started to generate a 'No such interface
supported' error.

I've modeled my access to the DOM after cPamie and run it's certification
routines to verify that Python is generally sound.

Does anyone know how to address this issue?

Thanks,
Richard




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From mmarch at gmail.com  Tue May 15 01:22:24 2007
From: mmarch at gmail.com (Michael March)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 16:22:24 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <4643C469.60407@probo.com>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>
	<4643C469.60407@probo.com>
Message-ID: <48bc40670705141622t614906e4k897e847e3a98ae90@mail.gmail.com>

> Michael March wrote:
> > I have some sample code with this:
> >
> >    object.Field("UserDefined_01") = "Open"
> >
> > Python barfs on that.. what would be the equivalent of that in Python?
> >
>
> Usually:
>     object.Field("UserDefined_01").Value = "Open"
>
> VB has the concept of a "default property" for a collection like this.
> Python's COM doesn't.  Unfortunately, every object has it's own "default
> property", so you sometimes have to refer to documentation to figure out
> what it is.

When you do:

    object.Field("UserDefined_01")

... the output is a unicode object..  So putting:

   object.Field("UserDefined_01").Value

.. barfs..

I'm obviously missing something here..

Thanks!

From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Tue May 15 01:23:57 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 19:23:57 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Referencing IE's DOM when using free
	threadwin32com.client.DispatchWithEvents
In-Reply-To: <BAY116-F23DEB2CCA3A3E128FD3E84953E0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <003601c7967e$f2715db0$6501a8c0@homeoffice.benchmarkinternational.com>

Rex,

I have looked at PAMIE rather carefully.  Indeed, about a year ago I
exchanged a number of emails with one of the authors.  There are a couple of
underlying problems with PAMIE's approach to IE automation.  The most
serious is that it doesn't do a very good job of detecting page completion.
Indeed, the source notes the problem.  There is also a hack to get around
what is essentially a bug when referencing the DOM before it is ready.
Beyond that, it doesn't effectively handle popups, something that some web
applications use heavily.  Additionally, although less seriously, there is
no support for tabs.  Last, but certainly not least, I'm a hacker at heart
and it's an interesting problem.

I've learned a bit more about the problem since the previous post.  It
appears that if calls are made to pump messages, never mind that it is a
free thread model, the DOM can be referenced.  I'm not sure what the issue
is and will let Mark Hammond know what I've found.

If anyone knows a work around, I'd appreciate some guidance.

Regards,
Richard



Rex Wrote
|
|So I am not sure what research you have done, or if this is inherited, or
|how much refactoring you would need to do, but out of curiousity, have you
|thought about using PAMIE? I have used it with quite a lot of success. It
|may not be the answer you are looking for, but you might want to have a
|look
|at it.
|
|http://pamie.sourceforge.net/
|
|-Rex
|
|
|From: "Richard Bell" <rbell01824 at earthlink.net>
|To: <python-win32 at python.org>
|Subject: [python-win32] Referencing IE's DOM when using free
|threadwin32com.client.DispatchWithEvents
|Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 19:40:15 -0400
|
|My adventures in IE automation continue.  I'm now able to start IE,
|navigate
|to a page, and process events as they occur. Unfortunately, when I try to
|reference the document after it is loaded and displayed I encounter a
|number
|of problems.
|
|The relevant code is as follows:
|
|     self.ie = win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents(
|                 "InternetExplorer.Application",
|                 ieEvents)
|
|     (snip)
|
|     ie.Navigate(url)	# navigate to page
|
|     (snip)
|
|     try:
|         frames = yie.ie.Document.frames
|         print "Frames length", frames.length
|     except:
|         print "No frames error"
|         print sys.exc_info()
|
|This last bit of code prints
|
|     No frames error
|     (<class 'pywintypes.com_error'>, com_error(-2147467262, 'No such
|interface supported', None, None), <traceback object at 0x00CC1418>)
|
|In an effort to correct the problem, I ran MakePY against several
|interfaces
|that looked like they might be appropriate.  Subsequently, the code
|
|     print "Ready State", ie.Document.ReadyState
|
|which had been working also started to generate a 'No such interface
|supported' error.
|
|I've modeled my access to the DOM after cPamie and run it's certification
|routines to verify that Python is generally sound.
|
|Does anyone know how to address this issue?
|
|Thanks,
|Richard
|



From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Tue May 15 03:31:07 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 20:31:07 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>

Greeting.

I built a custom dialog which would be resized by a handler connected
with HookMessage() to win32con.WM_SIZE. The dialogs are actually
called from the shell extension's context menu. Every seemed to work
well at first.

The I noticed the resize handler is only called on the dialogs that
are called from the explorer window that made the first call. The same
dialogs that are called from other explorer windows seemed to have the
handler ignored. In fact I did some experiment indicating that the
problem is not unique to WM_SIZE, but any handlers that are hooked by
HookMessage.

Appreciate if anyone can help shed some light on this. Thanks.

From niki at vintech.bg  Tue May 15 09:32:17 2007
From: niki at vintech.bg (Niki Spahiev)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 10:32:17 +0300
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <46496201.2070106@vintech.bg>

TK Soh wrote:
> Greeting.
> 
> I built a custom dialog which would be resized by a handler connected
> with HookMessage() to win32con.WM_SIZE. The dialogs are actually
> called from the shell extension's context menu. Every seemed to work
> well at first.
> 
> The I noticed the resize handler is only called on the dialogs that
> are called from the explorer window that made the first call. The same
> dialogs that are called from other explorer windows seemed to have the
> handler ignored. In fact I did some experiment indicating that the
> problem is not unique to WM_SIZE, but any handlers that are hooked by
> HookMessage.
> 
> Appreciate if anyone can help shed some light on this. Thanks.

In order to hook more messages (e.g. WM_SIZE) you must recompile pywin32 
with PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC defined


HTH

Niki Spahiev

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Tue May 15 10:26:43 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 09:26:43 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <48bc40670705141622t614906e4k897e847e3a98ae90@mail.gmail.com>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>	<4643C469.60407@probo.com>
	<48bc40670705141622t614906e4k897e847e3a98ae90@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <46496EC3.9040303@timgolden.me.uk>

Michael March wrote:
> When you do:
> 
>     object.Field("UserDefined_01")
> 
> ... the output is a unicode object..  So putting:
> 
>    object.Field("UserDefined_01").Value
> 
> .. barfs..
> 
> I'm obviously missing something here..

Not seeing the exact code you're using, so I
could be wrong, but I would expect the result
of the expression: object.Field ("blah") to
be an instance of some class x.y.Field
(or whatever). Since you wouldn't be able to
use such a term on the LHS of a Python name-binding
(object.Field("UserDefined_01") = "Open") then
the first error you noted is unsurprising.

I would then not be surprised if the pywin32
proxy for that field handled things like
__unicode__, __str__, __repr__ in such a way
as to return the ms-defined default property,
typically the one called .Value which could
well be a Unicode string.

But obviously, if what you say above is strictly
true - that object.Field ("blah").Value "barfs"
(and I'm going to guess that this means: "raises
an AttributeError because the builtin Unicode
object has no .Value attribute) then what I'm
describing above isn't happening.

But am I understanding correctly? Could you provide a
small code fragment which might help clarify things?

Here's a toy example using Excel:

<code>
from win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch
xl = EnsureDispatch ("Excel.Application")
ws = xl.Workbooks.Add ().ActiveSheet

cell_11 = ws.Cells (1, 1)
print cell_11.__class__
# win32com...Range

cell_11 = "blah"
# has now bound cell_11 to the string "blah".
# It works, but isn't what we want. Rebind.

cell_11 = ws.Cells (1, 1)
cell_11.Value = "blah"
# OK

print cell_11
# "blah" because of the default property
print cell_11.Value
# "blah"

x = cell_11
print x.__class__
# win32com...Range

y = cell_11.Value
print y.__class__
# type "str"

</code>

TJG

From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Tue May 15 15:15:11 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 08:15:11 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <46496201.2070106@vintech.bg>
References: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>
	<46496201.2070106@vintech.bg>
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705150615v63054fa9h57185de130a3c99d@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/15/07, Niki Spahiev <niki at vintech.bg> wrote:
> TK Soh wrote:
> > Greeting.
> >
> > I built a custom dialog which would be resized by a handler connected
> > with HookMessage() to win32con.WM_SIZE. The dialogs are actually
> > called from the shell extension's context menu. Every seemed to work
> > well at first.
> >
> > The I noticed the resize handler is only called on the dialogs that
> > are called from the explorer window that made the first call. The same
> > dialogs that are called from other explorer windows seemed to have the
> > handler ignored. In fact I did some experiment indicating that the
> > problem is not unique to WM_SIZE, but any handlers that are hooked by
> > HookMessage.
> >
> > Appreciate if anyone can help shed some light on this. Thanks.
>
> In order to hook more messages (e.g. WM_SIZE) you must recompile pywin32
> with PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC defined

I'm confused. The hooks appeared to work fine, though only in the
dialog opened from the specific explorer window as I described
earlier. I've tried WM_SIZE, WM_ACTIVATE, etc.

BTW, I'm using ActivePython 2.4, which comes with pywin32 bundled. I'm
not sure if PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC is defined in ActivePython.

From niki at vintech.bg  Tue May 15 16:09:42 2007
From: niki at vintech.bg (Niki Spahiev)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 17:09:42 +0300
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <58b84f8e0705150615v63054fa9h57185de130a3c99d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>	<46496201.2070106@vintech.bg>
	<58b84f8e0705150615v63054fa9h57185de130a3c99d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4649BF26.1030409@vintech.bg>

>> In order to hook more messages (e.g. WM_SIZE) you must recompile pywin32
>> with PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC defined
> 
> I'm confused. The hooks appeared to work fine, though only in the
> dialog opened from the specific explorer window as I described
> earlier. I've tried WM_SIZE, WM_ACTIVATE, etc.
> 
> BTW, I'm using ActivePython 2.4, which comes with pywin32 bundled. I'm
> not sure if PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC is defined in ActivePython.

Hooks are based on special MFC glue code. When this glue code is not 
active some messages are handled only by PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC build.

Niki Spahiev

From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Tue May 15 18:47:46 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:47:46 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <4649BF26.1030409@vintech.bg>
References: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>
	<46496201.2070106@vintech.bg>
	<58b84f8e0705150615v63054fa9h57185de130a3c99d@mail.gmail.com>
	<4649BF26.1030409@vintech.bg>
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705150947l520ebcf9t2bc0aa0fbeff12ea@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/15/07, Niki Spahiev <niki at vintech.bg> wrote:
> >> In order to hook more messages (e.g. WM_SIZE) you must recompile pywin32
> >> with PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC defined
> >
> > I'm confused. The hooks appeared to work fine, though only in the
> > dialog opened from the specific explorer window as I described
> > earlier. I've tried WM_SIZE, WM_ACTIVATE, etc.
> >
> > BTW, I'm using ActivePython 2.4, which comes with pywin32 bundled. I'm
> > not sure if PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC is defined in ActivePython.
>
> Hooks are based on special MFC glue code. When this glue code is not
> active some messages are handled only by PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC build.

The hooks are working, so I guess PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC support has
indeed been compiled into ActivePython. The only problem now is the
strange behavior when sometime the hooks don't get triggered. Any
suggestion on workaround?

Thanks.

From timr at probo.com  Tue May 15 19:09:41 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 10:09:41 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <58b84f8e0705150947l520ebcf9t2bc0aa0fbeff12ea@mail.gmail.com>
References: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>	<46496201.2070106@vintech.bg>	<58b84f8e0705150615v63054fa9h57185de130a3c99d@mail.gmail.com>	<4649BF26.1030409@vintech.bg>
	<58b84f8e0705150947l520ebcf9t2bc0aa0fbeff12ea@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4649E955.5070004@probo.com>

TK Soh wrote:
> The hooks are working, so I guess PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC support has
> indeed been compiled into ActivePython. The only problem now is the
> strange behavior when sometime the hooks don't get triggered. Any
> suggestion on workaround?
>   

Where do you call HookWindow?  Are you calling it every time you create
a new dialog window?

Do you have access to the Platform SDK?  It might be worth using spyxx
to monitor the message traffic to your dialogs, and see if anything
changes from one invocation to the next.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.



From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Tue May 15 19:27:08 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 12:27:08 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <4649E955.5070004@probo.com>
References: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>
	<46496201.2070106@vintech.bg>
	<58b84f8e0705150615v63054fa9h57185de130a3c99d@mail.gmail.com>
	<4649BF26.1030409@vintech.bg>
	<58b84f8e0705150947l520ebcf9t2bc0aa0fbeff12ea@mail.gmail.com>
	<4649E955.5070004@probo.com>
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705151027p3743b3bcv2e88c1295553d609@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/15/07, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
> TK Soh wrote:
> > The hooks are working, so I guess PYWIN_WITH_WINDOWPROC support has
> > indeed been compiled into ActivePython. The only problem now is the
> > strange behavior when sometime the hooks don't get triggered. Any
> > suggestion on workaround?
> >
>
> Where do you call HookWindow?  Are you calling it every time you create
> a new dialog window?
>
> Do you have access to the Platform SDK?  It might be worth using spyxx
> to monitor the message traffic to your dialogs, and see if anything
> changes from one invocation to the next.

Thanks for the info, but I'm not sure about Platform SDK. I started
doing this windows thing directly with python32.

The HookMessage is called in OnInitDialog(), so I presumed is called
every time a new dialog is created (I'm very new to windows
programming):

    def OnInitDialog(self):
        rc = Dialog.OnInitDialog(self)
        oldhanler = self.HookMessage(self.OnSize, win32con.WM_SIZE)

I just noticed yet another strange thing: the dialogs opened from the
'first' explorer window will always stay on top with respect to their
parent explorer window, while other dialogs maybe freely reordered.

Windowx (XP) also does not create taskbar menus (not sure this is what
they are called) for the custom dialogs that are opened from the
'first' explorer window.

From timr at probo.com  Tue May 15 19:36:23 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 10:36:23 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <58b84f8e0705151027p3743b3bcv2e88c1295553d609@mail.gmail.com>
References: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>	
	<46496201.2070106@vintech.bg>	
	<58b84f8e0705150615v63054fa9h57185de130a3c99d@mail.gmail.com>	
	<4649BF26.1030409@vintech.bg>	
	<58b84f8e0705150947l520ebcf9t2bc0aa0fbeff12ea@mail.gmail.com>	
	<4649E955.5070004@probo.com>
	<58b84f8e0705151027p3743b3bcv2e88c1295553d609@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4649EF97.2030609@probo.com>

TK Soh wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info, but I'm not sure about Platform SDK. I started
> doing this windows thing directly with python32.
>
> The HookMessage is called in OnInitDialog(), so I presumed is called
> every time a new dialog is created (I'm very new to windows
> programming):

Yes, it is.  WM_INITDIALOG is called after all the child controls are
created but before the dialog is made visible.  It was designed
specifically for things like your subclassing.


>    def OnInitDialog(self):
>        rc = Dialog.OnInitDialog(self)
>        oldhanler = self.HookMessage(self.OnSize, win32con.WM_SIZE)
>
> I just noticed yet another strange thing: the dialogs opened from the
> 'first' explorer window will always stay on top with respect to their
> parent explorer window, while other dialogs maybe freely reordered.
>
> Windowx (XP) also does not create taskbar menus (not sure this is what
> they are called) for the custom dialogs that are opened from the
> 'first' explorer window.

Interesting that they behave so differently.  That begins to suggest
they have different parents.  What do you specify as the parent when you
create the dialog?

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Tue May 15 19:49:51 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 12:49:51 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <4649EF97.2030609@probo.com>
References: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>
	<46496201.2070106@vintech.bg>
	<58b84f8e0705150615v63054fa9h57185de130a3c99d@mail.gmail.com>
	<4649BF26.1030409@vintech.bg>
	<58b84f8e0705150947l520ebcf9t2bc0aa0fbeff12ea@mail.gmail.com>
	<4649E955.5070004@probo.com>
	<58b84f8e0705151027p3743b3bcv2e88c1295553d609@mail.gmail.com>
	<4649EF97.2030609@probo.com>
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705151049p41b5457j7e0aa44eaf9f21c7@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/15/07, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
> TK Soh wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the info, but I'm not sure about Platform SDK. I started
> > doing this windows thing directly with python32.
> >
> > The HookMessage is called in OnInitDialog(), so I presumed is called
> > every time a new dialog is created (I'm very new to windows
> > programming):
>
> Yes, it is.  WM_INITDIALOG is called after all the child controls are
> created but before the dialog is made visible.  It was designed
> specifically for things like your subclassing.
>
>
> >    def OnInitDialog(self):
> >        rc = Dialog.OnInitDialog(self)
> >        oldhanler = self.HookMessage(self.OnSize, win32con.WM_SIZE)
> >
> > I just noticed yet another strange thing: the dialogs opened from the
> > 'first' explorer window will always stay on top with respect to their
> > parent explorer window, while other dialogs maybe freely reordered.
> >
> > Windowx (XP) also does not create taskbar menus (not sure this is what
> > they are called) for the custom dialogs that are opened from the
> > 'first' explorer window.
>
> Interesting that they behave so differently.  That begins to suggest
> they have different parents.  What do you specify as the parent when you
> create the dialog?

Actually I didn't specify any parent at all:

class MyDialog(Dialog):
    def __init__(self, title=None, tmpl=None):
        self.title = title
        if tmpl is None:
            tmpl = dlg_template()
        Dialog.__init__(self, tmpl)

I don't see the parent being passed into the dialogs in pywin32's
sample code. Is this going to be a problem?

From timr at probo.com  Tue May 15 20:03:08 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:03:08 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <58b84f8e0705151049p41b5457j7e0aa44eaf9f21c7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <58b84f8e0705141831q5f8017a6yba864bf2f262c9e0@mail.gmail.com>	
	<46496201.2070106@vintech.bg>	
	<58b84f8e0705150615v63054fa9h57185de130a3c99d@mail.gmail.com>	
	<4649BF26.1030409@vintech.bg>	
	<58b84f8e0705150947l520ebcf9t2bc0aa0fbeff12ea@mail.gmail.com>	
	<4649E955.5070004@probo.com>	
	<58b84f8e0705151027p3743b3bcv2e88c1295553d609@mail.gmail.com>	
	<4649EF97.2030609@probo.com>
	<58b84f8e0705151049p41b5457j7e0aa44eaf9f21c7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4649F5DC.3090404@probo.com>

TK Soh wrote:
>
> Actually I didn't specify any parent at all:
>
> class MyDialog(Dialog):
>    def __init__(self, title=None, tmpl=None):
>        self.title = title
>        if tmpl is None:
>            tmpl = dlg_template()
>        Dialog.__init__(self, tmpl)
>
> I don't see the parent being passed into the dialogs in pywin32's
> sample code. Is this going to be a problem?

Well, in looking at the code, I don't even see a way to specify one, so
this seems to have been a rat hole.

I'm mildly surprised by that.  The CreateDialog APIs all take a "parent"
window, and the parentage plays a part in determining window stacking
and taskbar presence.  I wonder what the win32ui code uses for that...

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From mmarch at gmail.com  Tue May 15 20:46:14 2007
From: mmarch at gmail.com (Michael March)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:46:14 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <46496EC3.9040303@timgolden.me.uk>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>
	<4643C469.60407@probo.com>
	<48bc40670705141622t614906e4k897e847e3a98ae90@mail.gmail.com>
	<46496EC3.9040303@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <48bc40670705151146w44d04575t3f1069a1c1bcfab8@mail.gmail.com>

Ok..  here is the VB example .. (this is for / provided by HP's
Quality Center help file..)

Sub LinkDefects()

'This example creates two defects and links them

    Dim BugF As BugFactory

    Dim Bug1 As Bug

' tdc is a TDConnection. The user is authenticated and

' connected to the project before this routine runs.

    Set BugF = tdc.BugFactory


'Create new defects

    Set Bug1 = BugF.AddItem(Null)

    Bug1.Summary = "Lydia Bennet is 15 years old."

    Bug1.Status = "New"

    Bug1.Priority = "3-High"

    Bug1.Field("BG_SEVERITY") = "3-High"
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Bug1.DetectedBy = c_qcUser

    Bug1.Field("BG_DETECTION_DATE") = Date
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Bug1.Post

I'm able to translate all that code, no prob, except for the lines highlighted.

If you do:

print Bug1.Field

..you get the current value of the field.

On 5/15/07, Tim Golden <mail at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> Michael March wrote:
> > When you do:
> >
> >     object.Field("UserDefined_01")
> >
> > ... the output is a unicode object..  So putting:
> >
> >    object.Field("UserDefined_01").Value
> >
> > .. barfs..
> >
> > I'm obviously missing something here..
>
> Not seeing the exact code you're using, so I
> could be wrong, but I would expect the result
> of the expression: object.Field ("blah") to
> be an instance of some class x.y.Field
> (or whatever). Since you wouldn't be able to
> use such a term on the LHS of a Python name-binding
> (object.Field("UserDefined_01") = "Open") then
> the first error you noted is unsurprising.
>
> I would then not be surprised if the pywin32
> proxy for that field handled things like
> __unicode__, __str__, __repr__ in such a way
> as to return the ms-defined default property,
> typically the one called .Value which could
> well be a Unicode string.
>
> But obviously, if what you say above is strictly
> true - that object.Field ("blah").Value "barfs"
> (and I'm going to guess that this means: "raises
> an AttributeError because the builtin Unicode
> object has no .Value attribute) then what I'm
> describing above isn't happening.
>
> But am I understanding correctly? Could you provide a
> small code fragment which might help clarify things?
>
> Here's a toy example using Excel:
>
> <code>
> from win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch
> xl = EnsureDispatch ("Excel.Application")
> ws = xl.Workbooks.Add ().ActiveSheet
>
> cell_11 = ws.Cells (1, 1)
> print cell_11.__class__
> # win32com...Range
>
> cell_11 = "blah"
> # has now bound cell_11 to the string "blah".
> # It works, but isn't what we want. Rebind.
>
> cell_11 = ws.Cells (1, 1)
> cell_11.Value = "blah"
> # OK
>
> print cell_11
> # "blah" because of the default property
> print cell_11.Value
> # "blah"
>
> x = cell_11
> print x.__class__
> # win32com...Range
>
> y = cell_11.Value
> print y.__class__
> # type "str"
>
> </code>
>
> TJG
>

From benjamin.d at sparx.com  Wed May  9 12:48:01 2007
From: benjamin.d at sparx.com (Benjamin Deboute)
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 12:48:01 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] terminateprocess,
	getprocessid and compiling trunk on win32
Message-ID: <4641A6E1.4040603@sparx.com>

Hi Pythonistas,

i'm currently building a multi-platform renderfarm application, and 
would need to use GetProcessId to circumvant problems i encounter when i 
try to kill processes on win32

IE: i can't kill with TerminateProcess a process i spawned with 
CreateProcess (getting a Acess Denied error), but i can kill it using 
this chunk of aspn'd code

PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
handle = win32api.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, pid)
win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
win32api.CloseHandle(handle)

As i haven't found any way to get the pid except searching for the 
process name (but as we'll get several instances of maya.exe running on 
a renderslave, it won't get me far), i browsed the cvs source and found 
a function that was recently added: GetProcessId

I then tried to compile the cvs trunk using python setup.py build, but 
got this error

Building pywin32 2.4.210.1
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
Warning - can't find an installed platform SDK
error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before building 
extensions for Python.

After several .net installs, i still got this error : \
i also tried (and failed) compiling it on visual studio, cygwin+mingw, 
but as i'm quite the noob on the subject of compiling for windows, i'm 
afraid i'm quite lost at the moment (my skills are limited to loading 
the project, clicking on build and watching the build fail with 
wide-eyed horror)
Has someone got any pointers on compiling the cvs trunk ? A link to a 
quick howto or just a small paste of working compiling commands would be 
very appreciated

Alternatively, if anyone knew how to effectively kill a process without 
the 'access denied' error (excepting running the service as 
administrator), i'll be very happy with it


have a nice day and thanks in advance,
ben

From mmarch at gmail.com  Tue May 15 23:19:24 2007
From: mmarch at gmail.com (Michael March)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 14:19:24 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <48bc40670705151146w44d04575t3f1069a1c1bcfab8@mail.gmail.com>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>
	<4643C469.60407@probo.com>
	<48bc40670705141622t614906e4k897e847e3a98ae90@mail.gmail.com>
	<46496EC3.9040303@timgolden.me.uk>
	<48bc40670705151146w44d04575t3f1069a1c1bcfab8@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <48bc40670705151419l6e130b59ve3181a32d176b3d6@mail.gmail.com>

Here is another example in context:

>>> import win32com.client
>>> td = win32com.client.Dispatch("TDApiOle80.TDConnection.1")
>>> td.InitConnectionEx( "http://myserver.com:8080/qcbin/" )
>>> td.ConnectProjectEx("TM_PLAY_AREA", "TM_PlayArea", "user", "passwd")
>>> bfact = td.BugFactory
>>> mybug=bfact.Item(22)
>>> fields = mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
>>> print fields
Test Set: Mercury Tours UI
Test: [1]Welcome Page
Run: Run_9-11_11-43-36
Step: Forms

Description:
Check the forms on the page:
    - Input fields
    - Lists
    - Radio buttons
    - Checkboxes

Expected result:
1. The input fields should be left aligned.

>>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
u'Test Set: Mercury Tours UI\nTest: [1]Welcome Page\nRun: Run_9-11_11-43-36\nSte
p: Forms\n\nDescription:\nCheck the forms on the page:\n    - Input fields\n
- Lists\n    - Radio buttons\n    - Checkboxes\n\nExpected result:\n1. The input
 fields should be left aligned.\n2.'

>>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION").Value = "123"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'Value'


On 5/15/07, Michael March <mmarch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok..  here is the VB example .. (this is for / provided by HP's
> Quality Center help file..)
>
> Sub LinkDefects()
>
> 'This example creates two defects and links them
>
>     Dim BugF As BugFactory
>
>     Dim Bug1 As Bug
>
> ' tdc is a TDConnection. The user is authenticated and
>
> ' connected to the project before this routine runs.
>
>     Set BugF = tdc.BugFactory
>
>
> 'Create new defects
>
>     Set Bug1 = BugF.AddItem(Null)
>
>     Bug1.Summary = "Lydia Bennet is 15 years old."
>
>     Bug1.Status = "New"
>
>     Bug1.Priority = "3-High"
>
>     Bug1.Field("BG_SEVERITY") = "3-High"
>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>     Bug1.DetectedBy = c_qcUser
>
>     Bug1.Field("BG_DETECTION_DATE") = Date
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>     Bug1.Post
>
> I'm able to translate all that code, no prob, except for the lines highlighted.
>
> If you do:
>
> print Bug1.Field
>
> ..you get the current value of the field.
>
> On 5/15/07, Tim Golden <mail at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> > Michael March wrote:
> > > When you do:
> > >
> > >     object.Field("UserDefined_01")
> > >
> > > ... the output is a unicode object..  So putting:
> > >
> > >    object.Field("UserDefined_01").Value
> > >
> > > .. barfs..
> > >
> > > I'm obviously missing something here..
> >
> > Not seeing the exact code you're using, so I
> > could be wrong, but I would expect the result
> > of the expression: object.Field ("blah") to
> > be an instance of some class x.y.Field
> > (or whatever). Since you wouldn't be able to
> > use such a term on the LHS of a Python name-binding
> > (object.Field("UserDefined_01") = "Open") then
> > the first error you noted is unsurprising.
> >
> > I would then not be surprised if the pywin32
> > proxy for that field handled things like
> > __unicode__, __str__, __repr__ in such a way
> > as to return the ms-defined default property,
> > typically the one called .Value which could
> > well be a Unicode string.
> >
> > But obviously, if what you say above is strictly
> > true - that object.Field ("blah").Value "barfs"
> > (and I'm going to guess that this means: "raises
> > an AttributeError because the builtin Unicode
> > object has no .Value attribute) then what I'm
> > describing above isn't happening.
> >
> > But am I understanding correctly? Could you provide a
> > small code fragment which might help clarify things?
> >
> > Here's a toy example using Excel:
> >
> > <code>
> > from win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch
> > xl = EnsureDispatch ("Excel.Application")
> > ws = xl.Workbooks.Add ().ActiveSheet
> >
> > cell_11 = ws.Cells (1, 1)
> > print cell_11.__class__
> > # win32com...Range
> >
> > cell_11 = "blah"
> > # has now bound cell_11 to the string "blah".
> > # It works, but isn't what we want. Rebind.
> >
> > cell_11 = ws.Cells (1, 1)
> > cell_11.Value = "blah"
> > # OK
> >
> > print cell_11
> > # "blah" because of the default property
> > print cell_11.Value
> > # "blah"
> >
> > x = cell_11
> > print x.__class__
> > # win32com...Range
> >
> > y = cell_11.Value
> > print y.__class__
> > # type "str"
> >
> > </code>
> >
> > TJG
> >
>


-- 
<admiral>

Michael F. March ----- mmarch at gmail.com
Ph: (415)462-1910 ---- Fax: (602)296-0400
P.O. Box 2254 ---- Phoenix, AZ 85002-2254
          "Seriously" - HSR

From timr at probo.com  Tue May 15 23:41:10 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 14:41:10 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <48bc40670705151419l6e130b59ve3181a32d176b3d6@mail.gmail.com>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>	<4643C469.60407@probo.com>	<48bc40670705141622t614906e4k897e847e3a98ae90@mail.gmail.com>	<46496EC3.9040303@timgolden.me.uk>	<48bc40670705151146w44d04575t3f1069a1c1bcfab8@mail.gmail.com>
	<48bc40670705151419l6e130b59ve3181a32d176b3d6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <464A28F6.1070100@probo.com>

Michael March wrote:
> Here is another example in context:
>   
>>>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
>>>>         
> u'Test Set: Mercury Tours UI\nTest: [1]Welcome Page\nRun: Run_9-11_11-43-36\nSte
> p: Forms\n\nDescription:\nCheck the forms on the page:\n    - Input fields\n
> - Lists\n    - Radio buttons\n    - Checkboxes\n\nExpected result:\n1. The input
>  fields should be left aligned.\n2.'
>
>   
>>>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION").Value = "123"
>>>>         
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'Value'
>   

The "Value" suggestion was clearly bad advice on my part.  What do you
get if you just do this:
    mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION") = "123'

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From mmarch at gmail.com  Tue May 15 23:47:01 2007
From: mmarch at gmail.com (Michael March)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 14:47:01 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <464A28F6.1070100@probo.com>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>
	<4643C469.60407@probo.com>
	<48bc40670705141622t614906e4k897e847e3a98ae90@mail.gmail.com>
	<46496EC3.9040303@timgolden.me.uk>
	<48bc40670705151146w44d04575t3f1069a1c1bcfab8@mail.gmail.com>
	<48bc40670705151419l6e130b59ve3181a32d176b3d6@mail.gmail.com>
	<464A28F6.1070100@probo.com>
Message-ID: <48bc40670705151447w78433d01o5cb96e2557bedf8c@mail.gmail.com>

>>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")= "123"
SyntaxError: can't assign to function call

On 5/15/07, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
> Michael March wrote:
> > Here is another example in context:
> >
> >>>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
> >>>>
> > u'Test Set: Mercury Tours UI\nTest: [1]Welcome Page\nRun: Run_9-11_11-43-36\nSte
> > p: Forms\n\nDescription:\nCheck the forms on the page:\n    - Input fields\n
> > - Lists\n    - Radio buttons\n    - Checkboxes\n\nExpected result:\n1. The input
> >  fields should be left aligned.\n2.'
> >
> >
> >>>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION").Value = "123"
> >>>>
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> > AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'Value'
> >
>
> The "Value" suggestion was clearly bad advice on my part.  What do you
> get if you just do this:
>     mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION") = "123'
>
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python-win32 mailing list
> Python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>


-- 
<admiral>

Michael F. March ----- mmarch at gmail.com
Ph: (415)462-1910 ---- Fax: (602)296-0400
P.O. Box 2254 ---- Phoenix, AZ 85002-2254
          "Seriously" - HSR

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Wed May 16 01:21:21 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 09:21:21 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <4649F5DC.3090404@probo.com>
Message-ID: <018601c79747$bfed9880$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> > I don't see the parent being passed into the dialogs in pywin32's
> > sample code. Is this going to be a problem?
>
> Well, in looking at the code, I don't even see a way to
> specify one, so
> this seems to have been a rat hole.
>
> I'm mildly surprised by that.  The CreateDialog APIs all take
> a "parent"
> window, and the parentage plays a part in determining window stacking
> and taskbar presence.  I wonder what the win32ui code uses for that...

This is the magic of MFC - if no parent is specified, the "main window" for
the application is automatically used.

Mark


From timr at probo.com  Wed May 16 01:27:18 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 16:27:18 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <018601c79747$bfed9880$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <018601c79747$bfed9880$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <464A41D6.2070906@probo.com>

Mark Hammond wrote:
>>> I don't see the parent being passed into the dialogs in pywin32's
>>> sample code. Is this going to be a problem?
>>>       
>> Well, in looking at the code, I don't even see a way to
>> specify one, so
>> this seems to have been a rat hole.
>>
>> I'm mildly surprised by that.  The CreateDialog APIs all take
>> a "parent"
>> window, and the parentage plays a part in determining window stacking
>> and taskbar presence.  I wonder what the win32ui code uses for that...
>>     
>
> This is the magic of MFC - if no parent is specified, the "main window" for
> the application is automatically used.
>   

Isn't that the issue, then?  He's writing a dialog to plug in to
Explorer, and every time he runs, there's a different "main window". 
MFC gets its concept of a "main window" from its global state, so unless
something in the process tells MFC to refresh its global state, it will
have stale information.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From benjamin.d at sparx.com  Thu May 10 09:56:27 2007
From: benjamin.d at sparx.com (Benjamin Deboute)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 09:56:27 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] terminateprocess,
	getprocessid and compiling trunk on win32
Message-ID: <4642D02B.1020601@sparx.com>

Hi Pythonistas,

i'm currently building a multi-platform renderfarm application, and 
would need to use GetProcessId to circumvant problems i encounter when i 
try to kill processes on win32

IE: i can't kill with TerminateProcess a process i spawned with 
CreateProcess (getting a Acess Denied error), but i can kill it using 
this chunk of aspn'd code

PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
handle = win32api.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, pid)
win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
win32api.CloseHandle(handle)

As i haven't found any way to get the pid except searching for the 
process name (but as we'll get several instances of maya.exe running on 
a renderslave, it won't get me far), i browsed the cvs source and found 
a function that was recently added: GetProcessId

I then tried to compile the cvs trunk using python setup.py build, but 
got this error

Building pywin32 2.4.210.1
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
Warning - can't find an installed platform SDK
error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before building 
extensions for Python.

After several .net installs, i still got this error : \
i also tried (and failed) compiling it on visual studio, cygwin+mingw, 
but as i'm quite the noob on the subject of compiling for windows, i'm 
afraid i'm quite lost at the moment (my skills are limited to loading 
the project, clicking on build and watching the build fail with 
wide-eyed horror)
Has someone got any pointers on compiling the cvs trunk ? A link to a 
quick howto or just a small paste of working compiling commands would be 
very appreciated

Alternatively, if anyone knew how to effectively kill a process without 
the 'access denied' error (excepting running the service as 
administrator), i'll be very happy with it


have a nice day and thanks in advance,
ben


From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Wed May 16 03:13:54 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 11:13:54 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <464A41D6.2070906@probo.com>
Message-ID: <018d01c79757$796c5440$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> > This is the magic of MFC - if no parent is specified, the
> "main window" for
> > the application is automatically used.
> >
>
> Isn't that the issue, then?  He's writing a dialog to plug in to
> Explorer, and every time he runs, there's a different "main window".
> MFC gets its concept of a "main window" from its global
> state, so unless
> something in the process tells MFC to refresh its global
> state, it will
> have stale information.

Quite possibly - I'm afraid I can't recall the exact semantics for dialog
based apps, but I suspect that a number of things in MFC will end up getting
upset if the nominated main window dies but the application does not - but
win32ui.GetApp().SetMainFrame() can be used to change this value
dynamically.  I'm afraid I haven't found the time to read the other messages
in enough detail to offer more concrete suggestions (other than to possibly
consider using win32gui to avoid future MFCisms from biting)

Cheers,

Mark


From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Wed May 16 03:15:42 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 11:15:42 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] terminateprocess,
	getprocessid and compiling trunk on win32
In-Reply-To: <4642D02B.1020601@sparx.com>
Message-ID: <018e01c79757$b9e12f00$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

These appear to be a reposts of the message you sent on May 11, which I also
answered on that same day (notwithstanding time zones!)

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-win32-bounces at python.org
> [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org]On Behalf Of Benjamin Deboute
> Sent: Thursday, 10 May 2007 5:56 PM
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: [python-win32] terminateprocess,getprocessid and compiling
> trunk on win32
>
>
> Hi Pythonistas,
>
> i'm currently building a multi-platform renderfarm application, and
> would need to use GetProcessId to circumvant problems i
> encounter when i
> try to kill processes on win32
>
> IE: i can't kill with TerminateProcess a process i spawned with
> CreateProcess (getting a Acess Denied error), but i can kill it using
> this chunk of aspn'd code
>
> PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
> handle = win32api.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, pid)
> win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
> win32api.CloseHandle(handle)
>
> As i haven't found any way to get the pid except searching for the
> process name (but as we'll get several instances of maya.exe
> running on
> a renderslave, it won't get me far), i browsed the cvs source
> and found
> a function that was recently added: GetProcessId
>
> I then tried to compile the cvs trunk using python setup.py
> build, but
> got this error
>
> Building pywin32 2.4.210.1
> running build
> running build_py
> running build_ext
> Warning - can't find an installed platform SDK
> error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before building
> extensions for Python.
>
> After several .net installs, i still got this error : \
> i also tried (and failed) compiling it on visual studio,
> cygwin+mingw,
> but as i'm quite the noob on the subject of compiling for
> windows, i'm
> afraid i'm quite lost at the moment (my skills are limited to loading
> the project, clicking on build and watching the build fail with
> wide-eyed horror)
> Has someone got any pointers on compiling the cvs trunk ? A link to a
> quick howto or just a small paste of working compiling
> commands would be
> very appreciated
>
> Alternatively, if anyone knew how to effectively kill a
> process without
> the 'access denied' error (excepting running the service as
> administrator), i'll be very happy with it
>
>
> have a nice day and thanks in advance,
> ben
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python-win32 mailing list
> Python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>


From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Wed May 16 09:12:43 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 08:12:43 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <48bc40670705151419l6e130b59ve3181a32d176b3d6@mail.gmail.com>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>	<4643C469.60407@probo.com>	<48bc40670705141622t614906e4k897e847e3a98ae90@mail.gmail.com>	<46496EC3.9040303@timgolden.me.uk>	<48bc40670705151146w44d04575t3f1069a1c1bcfab8@mail.gmail.com>
	<48bc40670705151419l6e130b59ve3181a32d176b3d6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <464AAEEB.50502@timgolden.me.uk>

I'm hoping that Mark Hammond will catch sight
of this thread and chip in. I'm guessing that
you're seeing some odd interaction between
the generated class/module and the COM object
properties. There's a sort of funniness where
properties can be methods... or not.

Have you generated a proxy module for this?
If you haven't use makepy or EnsureDispatch
to generate and then look for the definition
of the result of the .Field method or
property or whatever.

I'm groping in the dark a little, but I suspect
that the __str__ and __unicode__ magic methods
of whatever type that is are actually invoking
the default method/property of the underlying
object.

To be concrete then:

1) Can you generate and post (probably to some webspace
somwhere) the proxy module? If you don't have easy
access to space, send it to me off-list and I can post
it up.

<code>
from win32com.client import gencache
td = gencache.EnsureDispatch ("TDApiOle80.TDConnection.1")
print td.__module__
</code>

2) What is the *type* of the value returned from
mybug.Field ("blah") ?

<code>
import win32com.client
td = win32com.client.Dispatch("TDApiOle80.TDConnection.1")
td.InitConnectionEx( "http://myserver.com:8080/qcbin/" )
td.ConnectProjectEx(
   "TM_PLAY_AREA",
   "TM_PlayArea",
   "user",
   "passwd"
)
bfact = td.BugFactory
mybug=bfact.Item(22)
fields = mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
print fields.__class__
print type (fields)

</code>



From le.dahut at laposte.net  Wed May 16 10:34:03 2007
From: le.dahut at laposte.net (le dahut)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:34:03 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Error FindPerformanceAttributesByName
Message-ID: <464AC1FB.6010405@laposte.net>

Hi,

I'm using win32pdhutil.FindPerformanceAttributesByName in order to know 
if 'explorer.exe' is running or not. Sometimes I get this error :
"""
   File "win32pdhutil.pyc", line 97, in FindPerformanceAttributesByName

   File "win32pdhutil.pyc", line 60, in GetPerformanceAttributes

pywintypes.error: (-2147481643, 'CollectQueryData', 'No error message is 
available')
"""

I've googled for "2147481643" but didn't find interesting pages. Can 
someone explain me what's happening ?

I'm using the latest py-win32 for python 2.5.


K.


From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Wed May 16 14:06:47 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 22:06:47 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <464AAEEB.50502@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <021301c797b2$ada96080$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> I'm hoping that Mark Hammond will catch sight
> of this thread and chip in. I'm guessing that
> you're seeing some odd interaction between
> the generated class/module and the COM object
> properties. There's a sort of funniness where
> properties can be methods... or not.

I'm stumped too.

>
> Have you generated a proxy module for this?
> If you haven't use makepy or EnsureDispatch
> to generate and then look for the definition
> of the result of the .Field method or
> property or whatever.
>
> I'm groping in the dark a little, but I suspect
> that the __str__ and __unicode__ magic methods
> of whatever type that is are actually invoking
> the default method/property of the underlying
> object.

This is 1/2 correct - 'print' or 'str' of a COM object will try a default
method, but this isn't the problem here best I can tell:

>From before:

>>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION").Value = "123"
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> > AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'Value'

printing repr(mybug) before the above line would be interesting tho, just to
make sure it is a makepy object - if it wasn't I could see it happening in
edge cases (ie, the code around ERRORS_BAD_CONTEXT in
win32com.client.dynamic)

Mark


From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Wed May 16 14:27:47 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 13:27:47 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Error FindPerformanceAttributesByName
In-Reply-To: <464AC1FB.6010405@laposte.net>
References: <464AC1FB.6010405@laposte.net>
Message-ID: <464AF8C3.9030406@timgolden.me.uk>

le dahut wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using win32pdhutil.FindPerformanceAttributesByName in order to know 
> if 'explorer.exe' is running or not. Sometimes I get this error :
> """
>    File "win32pdhutil.pyc", line 97, in FindPerformanceAttributesByName
> 
>    File "win32pdhutil.pyc", line 60, in GetPerformanceAttributes
> 
> pywintypes.error: (-2147481643, 'CollectQueryData', 'No error message is 
> available')
> """
> 
> I've googled for "2147481643" but didn't find interesting pages. Can 
> someone explain me what's happening ?

Notice that the number is actually negative: -2147481643
which equates to hex 800007d5. Might be worth searching on
that. Meanwhile...

... I can't easily think of a situation under Windows when
explorer.exe *isn't* running, since it powers thing like
your desktop. This code snippet, for example, shows
the explorer processes running on my machine with
nothing running in the foreground except the Python
process itself:

<code>
import wmi
for i in wmi.WMI ().Win32_Process (Name="explorer.exe"):
   print i.CommandLine

# => c:/windows/explorer/exe
</code>

What are you trying to do with the explorer.exe
once you find it?

TJG

From deboute at gmail.com  Wed May 16 15:09:49 2007
From: deboute at gmail.com (benjamin deboute)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:09:49 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] terminateprocess,
	getprocessid and compiling trunk on win32
In-Reply-To: <018e01c79757$b9e12f00$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <4642D02B.1020601@sparx.com>
	<018e01c79757$b9e12f00$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <cbe276490705160609r35dbd7a8n9e4cad399f0c83da@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Mark,

On 5/16/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> These appear to be a reposts of the message you sent on May 11, which I also
> answered on that same day (notwithstanding time zones!)
>

Sorry about that, but actually they were sent before and never managed
to appear on the list until now :\

I encountered a strange problem when trying to post this message the
other week, from another email address than the one i'm using right
now. Those two emails where sent 09/05 and 10/05 and never appeared
before just now, but as a matter of fact i did saw two posts from
other people on the list which had as enveloppe-from
"python-win32-bounces+benjamin.d=sparx.com at python.org". I alerted
python.org mailing list admin on this really strange postfix behaviour
and reposted my mail using another email addy and this time it
actually went through.
Quite voodoo story, and as everything voodoo, it now has its own
zombies with those mails that have been raised from the dead



Anyway, sorry for not having answered before but i was slightly overworked :\

>>i'm currently building a multi-platform renderfarm application, and
>> would need to use GetProcessId to circumvant problems i encounter when
>> i try to kill processes on win32
>>
>> IE: i can't kill with TerminateProcess a process i spawned with
>> CreateProcess (getting a Acess Denied error), but i can kill it using
>> this chunk of aspn'd code
>>
>> PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
>> handle = win32api.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, pid)
>> win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
>> win32api.CloseHandle(handle)


>But doesn't CreateProcess also return the PID to you, meaning you can safely
>use the code above?  If the 2 processes are running as the same user, I'm
>surprised it fails.


So, as i was telling, when i use createprocess i can't find the PID

In [1]: import win32process
In [2]: s = 'd:\\APPLIS\\cygwin\\bin\\ping.exe -t embrun'
In [3]: win32process.CreateProcess(None, s,None, None, 1, 0,
None,None, win32process.STARTUPINFO())
Out[3]: (<PyHANDLE:96>, <PyHANDLE:156>, 1316, 1528)

and the ping.exe process is listed with a PID of 1402 in windows' tasks manager


I have checked msdn and have seen the function that is called via
win32.process.CreateProcess is stated to return a ProcessInformation
structure, that contains the process ProcessId as its 3rd entry

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684873.aspx

So in my case, the process id returned would be 1316

In order to be sure i invoked

PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
handle = win32api.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, 1316)
win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
win32api.CloseHandle(handle)

A quick glance in my task manager window showed me that the ping
process was still running

I then tried the same chuck of code with a PID of 1402, and the ping
process this time disapeared from the task manager

For your info, i'm on win2k






For the compilation problems

>> Warning - can't find an installed platform SDK
>> > error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before building
>> > extensions for Python.
>> >
>> > After several .net installs, i still got this error : \
> After installing the Platform SDK (or .NET SDK), you still got the exact
> error above?  It might be worth looking at the source code to see why it
> fails to be detected.
> > i also tried (and failed) compiling it on visual studio, cygwin+mingw,
> These day, setup.py is the only way that is known to work (well - sometimes :)

The .NET error message has been resolved by reading more carefully and
realizing that i needed a computer with visual platform sdk installed.
Don't know why it incorrectly states .NET as being seeked, as the
string *NET* does not exist in setup.py so i suppose it's windows
internals that are at fault

As i progressed, this error has been raised 'Can't find a version in Windows.h'
Been crudely taken care of with finding the hexa value in windows.h
and assigning it to a variable in setup.py

Then i got a linking problem with pywintypes, Link reported that it
couldn't find pywintypes.lib

i searched around and found that pywintypes is a lib included in
pywin32, i found it strange that pywin32 couldn't be build if pywin32
wasn't installed in the system, but i shrugged the shrug of
HeWhoIsCompilingOnWindows and copied pywintypes.lib shamelessly at the
root of my source directory



Then pywin32 compiled some more and crashed on this

C:\APPLIS\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\bin\link.exe /DLL
/nologo /INCREMENTAL:NO /LIBPATH:C:\Python24\libs
/LIBPATH:C:\Python24\PCBuild /LIBPATH:build\temp.win32-2.4\Release
/EXPORT:initwin32pdh
build\temp.win32-2.4\Release\win32\src\win32pdhmodule.obj
/OUT:build\lib.win32-2.4\win32\win32pdh.pyd
/IMPLIB:build\temp.win32-2.4\Release\win32\src\win32pdh.lib
/MACHINE:ix86 /BASE:0x1eb30000 /DEBUG
/PDB:build\temp.win32-2.4\Release\win32pdh.pdb
   Creating library
build\temp.win32-2.4\Release\win32\src\win32pdh.lib and object
build\temp.win32-2.4\Release\win32\src\win32pdh.exp
win32pdhmodule.obj : error LNK2019: external symbol unresolved
"__declspec(dllimport) struct _object * __cdecl
PyWinLong_FromHANDLE(void *)"
(__imp_?PyWinLong_FromHANDLE@@YAPAU_object@@PAX at Z) referenced in
function "struct _object * __cdecl PyAddCounter(struct _object
*,struct _object *)" (?PyAddCounter@@YAPAU_object@@PAU1 at 0@Z)
build\lib.win32-2.4\win32\win32pdh.pyd : fatal error LNK1120: 1
external unresolved

As it states that PyWinLong_FromHandle is not declared in pywintypes i
verified that i had the latest relased version of pywin32 (it was) and
grepped the lib for PywinLong
No match was found for it



This is where i stopped yesterday, i hope the gritty details will help
you understand the issue. If you need specific info that i did not
include, please ask

Regards,
ben

From graham.bloice at trihedral.com  Wed May 16 14:41:24 2007
From: graham.bloice at trihedral.com (Graham Bloice)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 13:41:24 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Error FindPerformanceAttributesByName
In-Reply-To: <464AF8C3.9030406@timgolden.me.uk>
References: <464AC1FB.6010405@laposte.net> <464AF8C3.9030406@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <464AFBF4.8030203@trihedral.com>

Tim Golden wrote:
> le dahut wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using win32pdhutil.FindPerformanceAttributesByName in order to know 
>> if 'explorer.exe' is running or not. Sometimes I get this error :
>> """
>>    File "win32pdhutil.pyc", line 97, in FindPerformanceAttributesByName
>>
>>    File "win32pdhutil.pyc", line 60, in GetPerformanceAttributes
>>
>> pywintypes.error: (-2147481643, 'CollectQueryData', 'No error message is 
>> available')
>> """
>>
>> I've googled for "2147481643" but didn't find interesting pages. Can 
>> someone explain me what's happening ?
> 
> Notice that the number is actually negative: -2147481643
> which equates to hex 800007d5. Might be worth searching on
> that. Meanwhile...
> 

FYI, the error "PDH_NO_DATA" is defined as 0x800007D5 in the SDK header
files.  The comment beside it states "No data to return".

-- 
Regards,

Graham Bloice

From le.dahut at laposte.net  Wed May 16 15:33:09 2007
From: le.dahut at laposte.net (le dahut)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:33:09 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Error FindPerformanceAttributesByName
In-Reply-To: <464AF8C3.9030406@timgolden.me.uk>
References: <464AC1FB.6010405@laposte.net> <464AF8C3.9030406@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <464B0815.5070707@laposte.net>



Tim Golden wrote :
> le dahut wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using win32pdhutil.FindPerformanceAttributesByName in order to know 
>> if 'explorer.exe' is running or not. Sometimes I get this error :
>> """
>>    File "win32pdhutil.pyc", line 97, in FindPerformanceAttributesByName
>>
>>    File "win32pdhutil.pyc", line 60, in GetPerformanceAttributes
>>
>> pywintypes.error: (-2147481643, 'CollectQueryData', 'No error message is 
>> available')
>> """
>>
>> I've googled for "2147481643" but didn't find interesting pages. Can 
>> someone explain me what's happening ?
> 
> Notice that the number is actually negative: -2147481643
> which equates to hex 800007d5. Might be worth searching on
> that. Meanwhile...
> 
> ... I can't easily think of a situation under Windows when
> explorer.exe *isn't* running, since it powers thing like
> your desktop. This code snippet, for example, shows
> the explorer processes running on my machine with
> nothing running in the foreground except the Python
> process itself:
> 
> <code>
> import wmi
> for i in wmi.WMI ().Win32_Process (Name="explorer.exe"):
>    print i.CommandLine
> 
> # => c:/windows/explorer/exe
> </code>
> 
> What are you trying to do with the explorer.exe
> once you find it?
> 
> TJG

Kill it  ;-)

this code is part of an winlogon notification package that setup users' 
environment like hide drives which require explorer to be restarted.

If you're interested in how to make that, here's the subversion's url
- for the .dll that runs the python script
http://eole.orion.education.fr/depot/listing.php?repname=Eole&path=%2FEole2%2Fscribe%2Fcontrole-vnc%2Ftrunk%2Fsources%2Fcliscribe_dll%2F&rev=0&sc=0
- for the python script itself (look for logon.py)
http://eole.orion.education.fr/depot/listing.php?repname=Eole&path=%2FEole2%2Fscribe%2Fcontrole-vnc%2Ftrunk%2Fsources%2Fservscribe%2F&rev=0&sc=0

I've re-written my "isrunning" and the killProcName functions with 
ctypes which runs very faster than the python version (look for 
process.py in subversion).



From mmarch at gmail.com  Wed May 16 15:49:27 2007
From: mmarch at gmail.com (Michael March)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 06:49:27 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <464AAEEB.50502@timgolden.me.uk>
References: <48bc40670705101808j26d9c857heb1f49034c17619d@mail.gmail.com>
	<4643C469.60407@probo.com>
	<48bc40670705141622t614906e4k897e847e3a98ae90@mail.gmail.com>
	<46496EC3.9040303@timgolden.me.uk>
	<48bc40670705151146w44d04575t3f1069a1c1bcfab8@mail.gmail.com>
	<48bc40670705151419l6e130b59ve3181a32d176b3d6@mail.gmail.com>
	<464AAEEB.50502@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <48bc40670705160649g12064e4eiefb8d70b6d77d364@mail.gmail.com>

See below..

On 5/16/07, Tim Golden <mail at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> I'm hoping that Mark Hammond will catch sight
> of this thread and chip in. I'm guessing that
> you're seeing some odd interaction between
> the generated class/module and the COM object
> properties. There's a sort of funniness where
> properties can be methods... or not.
>
> Have you generated a proxy module for this?
> If you haven't use makepy or EnsureDispatch
> to generate and then look for the definition
> of the result of the .Field method or
> property or whatever.
>
> I'm groping in the dark a little, but I suspect
> that the __str__ and __unicode__ magic methods
> of whatever type that is are actually invoking
> the default method/property of the underlying
> object.
>
> To be concrete then:
>
> 1) Can you generate and post (probably to some webspace
> somwhere) the proxy module? If you don't have easy
> access to space, send it to me off-list and I can post
> it up.

Oops.. I sent it to Mark in the most COMPRESSED form I could muster up.

> <code>
> from win32com.client import gencache
> td = gencache.EnsureDispatch ("TDApiOle80.TDConnection.1")
> print td.__module__
> </code>

>>> from win32com.client import gencache
>>> td = gencache.EnsureDispatch ("TDApiOle80.TDConnection.1")
>>> print td.__module__
win32com.gen_py.F645BD06-E1B4-4E6A-82FB-E97D027FD456x0x1x0

> 2) What is the *type* of the value returned from
> mybug.Field ("blah") ?
>
> <code>
> import win32com.client
> td = win32com.client.Dispatch("TDApiOle80.TDConnection.1")
> td.InitConnectionEx( "http://myserver.com:8080/qcbin/" )
> td.ConnectProjectEx(
>    "TM_PLAY_AREA",
>    "TM_PlayArea",
>    "user",
>    "passwd"
> )
> bfact = td.BugFactory
> mybug=bfact.Item(22)
> fields = mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
> print fields.__class__
> print type (fields)
>
> </code>


>>> bfact = td.BugFactory
>>> mybug=bfact.Item(22)
>>> fields = mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
>>> print fields.__class__
<type 'unicode'>
>>> print type (fields)
<type 'unicode'>

From mmarch at gmail.com  Wed May 16 15:58:15 2007
From: mmarch at gmail.com (Michael March)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 06:58:15 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <48bc40670705160629x127d0897lcafd9eceff9b5df9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <464AAEEB.50502@timgolden.me.uk>
	<021301c797b2$ada96080$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
	<48bc40670705160629x127d0897lcafd9eceff9b5df9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <48bc40670705160658r563f8ba5j6b6b29e929ccd818@mail.gmail.com>

[resend - I think the mailing list ate my last post..]

See comments below...

On 5/16/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> > I'm hoping that Mark Hammond will catch sight
> > of this thread and chip in. I'm guessing that
> > you're seeing some odd interaction between
> > the generated class/module and the COM object
> > properties. There's a sort of funniness where
> > properties can be methods... or not.
>
> I'm stumped too.
>
> >
> > Have you generated a proxy module for this?
> > If you haven't use makepy or EnsureDispatch
> > to generate and then look for the definition
> > of the result of the .Field method or
> > property or whatever.
> >
> > I'm groping in the dark a little, but I suspect
> > that the __str__ and __unicode__ magic methods
> > of whatever type that is are actually invoking
> > the default method/property of the underlying
> > object.
>
> This is 1/2 correct - 'print' or 'str' of a COM object will try a default
> method, but this isn't the problem here best I can tell:
>
> From before:
>
> >>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION").Value = "123"
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> > > AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'Value'
>
> printing repr(mybug) before the above line would be interesting tho, just to
> make sure it is a makepy object - if it wasn't I could see it happening in
> edge cases (ie, the code around ERRORS_BAD_CONTEXT in
> win32com.client.dynamic)

>>> repr(mybug)
'<win32com.gen_py.OTA COM 9.0 Type Library.IBug instance at 0x18853976>'

And here is the generated stub code (in 7zip or uncompressed form.)

http://music.cowmix.com/PythonWin32/

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Wed May 16 16:01:51 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:01:51 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <48bc40670705160658r563f8ba5j6b6b29e929ccd818@mail.gmail.com>
References: <464AAEEB.50502@timgolden.me.uk>	
	<021301c797b2$ada96080$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>	
	<48bc40670705160629x127d0897lcafd9eceff9b5df9@mail.gmail.com>
	<48bc40670705160658r563f8ba5j6b6b29e929ccd818@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <464B0ECF.2020702@timgolden.me.uk>

Michael March wrote:
> [resend - I think the mailing list ate my last post..]

I saw it! But no matter, the web link's useful. I imagine
Mark's hitting the sack about now (assuming he's in
Australia). It's 3pm here in the UK so I'll try to see
if I can spot what's happening, but from a glance at
the generated code, it looks like one of those awkward
cases where a method is also a property and *also* the
default value. I'll try and have a go at it.

TJG

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Wed May 16 16:48:46 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 00:48:46 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <48bc40670705160629x127d0897lcafd9eceff9b5df9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <023c01c797c9$4f42ff80$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> > printing repr(mybug) before the above line would be 
> interesting tho, just to
> > make sure it is a makepy object - if it wasn't I could see 
> it happening in
> > edge cases (ie, the code around ERRORS_BAD_CONTEXT in
> > win32com.client.dynamic)
> 
> >>> repr(mybug)
> '<win32com.gen_py.OTA COM 9.0 Type Library.IBug instance at 
> 0x18853976>'

Yeah - so sadly it *is* a makepy based object, so I remain stumped :(

Mark


From graham.bloice at trihedral.com  Wed May 16 16:53:17 2007
From: graham.bloice at trihedral.com (Graham Bloice)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:53:17 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <464B0ECF.2020702@timgolden.me.uk>
References: <464AAEEB.50502@timgolden.me.uk>		<021301c797b2$ada96080$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>		<48bc40670705160629x127d0897lcafd9eceff9b5df9@mail.gmail.com>	<48bc40670705160658r563f8ba5j6b6b29e929ccd818@mail.gmail.com>
	<464B0ECF.2020702@timgolden.me.uk>
Message-ID: <464B1ADD.8070003@trihedral.com>

Tim Golden wrote:
> Michael March wrote:
>> [resend - I think the mailing list ate my last post..]
> 
> I saw it! But no matter, the web link's useful. I imagine
> Mark's hitting the sack about now (assuming he's in
> Australia). It's 3pm here in the UK so I'll try to see
> if I can spot what's happening, but from a glance at
> the generated code, it looks like one of those awkward
> cases where a method is also a property and *also* the
> default value. I'll try and have a go at it.
> 

Looking at the makepy output isn't this a case where pywin32 has to use
a method to access an indexed property using a "SetXXX" call.

>From the makepy:

class IBug(DispatchBaseClass):
	"""Represents a defect."""
	CLSID = IID('{2AF970F7-6CCC-4DFB-AA78-08F689481F94}')
	coclass_clsid = IID('{AF9180F9-8C16-4824-9EA1-A9010B072B2C}')

	# The method Field is actually a property, but must be used as a method
to correctly pass the arguments
	def Field(self, FieldName=defaultNamedNotOptArg):
		"""The value of the specified field."""
		return self._ApplyTypes_(0, 2, (12, 0), ((8, 0),), 					'Field',
None,FieldName)

...

	# The method SetField is actually a property, but must be used as a
method to correctly pass the arguments
	def SetField(self, FieldName=defaultNamedNotOptArg, 					
arg1=defaultUnnamedArg):
		"""The value of the specified field."""
		return self._oleobj_.InvokeTypes(0, LCID, 4, (24, 0), 					((8, 0),
(12, 1)),FieldName, arg1)


So try using:

mybug.SetField("BG_DESCRIPTION", "123")

-- 
Regards,

Graham Bloice

From mmarch at gmail.com  Wed May 16 17:01:08 2007
From: mmarch at gmail.com (Michael March)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 08:01:08 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <464B1ADD.8070003@trihedral.com>
References: <464AAEEB.50502@timgolden.me.uk>
	<021301c797b2$ada96080$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
	<48bc40670705160629x127d0897lcafd9eceff9b5df9@mail.gmail.com>
	<48bc40670705160658r563f8ba5j6b6b29e929ccd818@mail.gmail.com>
	<464B0ECF.2020702@timgolden.me.uk> <464B1ADD.8070003@trihedral.com>
Message-ID: <48bc40670705160801j4644ff65q5c5c39dc5a3bbc08@mail.gmail.com>

Hurray!!!!!!!!

>>> mybug=bfact.Item(24)

>>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
u'Test Set: Mercury Tours UI\nTest: [1]Welcome Page\nRun: Run_9-11_11-43-36\nSte
p: Verify Tag Properties\n\nDescription:\n1. Click the "Find Next" button.\n2. V
erify <WIDTH, HEIGHT and ALT> properties for the tag.\n\nExpected result:\n<The
WIDTH and HEIGHT properties should be set to numeric values. The ALT property sh
ould define a text alternative to the graphic.>\n\nActual Result:\nIMG tags have
 no these attributes on all HTML pages of the Mercury Tours site.'

>>> mybug.SetField("BG_DESCRIPTION", "123")

>>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
u'123'

>>> mybug.Post()


On 5/16/07, Graham Bloice <graham.bloice at trihedral.com> wrote:
> Tim Golden wrote:
> > Michael March wrote:
> >> [resend - I think the mailing list ate my last post..]
> >
> > I saw it! But no matter, the web link's useful. I imagine
> > Mark's hitting the sack about now (assuming he's in
> > Australia). It's 3pm here in the UK so I'll try to see
> > if I can spot what's happening, but from a glance at
> > the generated code, it looks like one of those awkward
> > cases where a method is also a property and *also* the
> > default value. I'll try and have a go at it.
> >
>
> Looking at the makepy output isn't this a case where pywin32 has to use
> a method to access an indexed property using a "SetXXX" call.
>
> From the makepy:
>
> class IBug(DispatchBaseClass):
>         """Represents a defect."""
>         CLSID = IID('{2AF970F7-6CCC-4DFB-AA78-08F689481F94}')
>         coclass_clsid = IID('{AF9180F9-8C16-4824-9EA1-A9010B072B2C}')
>
>         # The method Field is actually a property, but must be used as a method
> to correctly pass the arguments
>         def Field(self, FieldName=defaultNamedNotOptArg):
>                 """The value of the specified field."""
>                 return self._ApplyTypes_(0, 2, (12, 0), ((8, 0),),                                      'Field',
> None,FieldName)
>
> ...
>
>         # The method SetField is actually a property, but must be used as a
> method to correctly pass the arguments
>         def SetField(self, FieldName=defaultNamedNotOptArg,
> arg1=defaultUnnamedArg):
>                 """The value of the specified field."""
>                 return self._oleobj_.InvokeTypes(0, LCID, 4, (24, 0),                                   ((8, 0),
> (12, 1)),FieldName, arg1)
>
>
> So try using:
>
> mybug.SetField("BG_DESCRIPTION", "123")
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Graham Bloice
>


-- 
<admiral>

Michael F. March ----- mmarch at gmail.com
Ph: (415)462-1910 ---- Fax: (602)296-0400
P.O. Box 2254 ---- Phoenix, AZ 85002-2254
          "Seriously" - HSR

From steve_geo at optusnet.com.au  Thu May 17 03:32:11 2007
From: steve_geo at optusnet.com.au (Stephen George)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 11:32:11 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Cannot get COM early bound
Message-ID: <464BB09B.1040201@optusnet.com.au>

Greetings,

I have been a COM expert for all of two days ;-)

I did get a Type Mismatch error on an argument, .. the more I dug and 
researched this error, the more I found out and now have a question 
about early binding.

I am trying to get access to two COM objects/interfaces <=(don't know 
what word to use here, so bear with me if I get it wrong)

The COM objects I'm interested in are ClearCase Automation Library (CAL) 
& ClearQuestOLEServer

I ran makepy on both of these.
selected info from each of the generated files is
===============================
# From type library 'ccauto.dll'
# On Wed May 16 16:38:12 2007
"""ClearCase Automation Library 6.0"""
makepy_version = '0.4.95'
python_version = 0x20500f0
 ::         ::
# This CoClass is known by the name 'ClearCase.Application.1'
class Application(CoClassBaseClass): # A CoClass
===============================
# From type library 'cqole.dll'
# On Wed May 16 16:37:15 2007
""""""
makepy_version = '0.4.95'
python_version = 0x20500f0
 ::         ::
# This CoClass is known by the name 'CLEARQUEST.SESSION'
class Session(CoClassBaseClass): # A CoClass
===============================

Chapter 12 of Marks book, indicates case sensitivity can be a problem 
for late bound
Also VARIANT translations may not work so well under late bound.

I wanted to use early bound to ensure my VARIANTS are correct. But I 
cannot get the
CLEARQUEST.SESSION early bound. I successfully got ClearCase.Application 
early bound

The output of my program indicates that the ClearCase.Application object 
was early bound, but I
could do nothing to get CLEARQUEST.SESSION early bound

==========My Program=============
import win32com.client as w32c
import pythoncom
from win32com.client import constants
try:
    cc = w32c.Dispatch(r"ClearCase.Application")
    print "CC:",cc
except TypeError, detail:
    print "ClearCase exception: TypeError", detail
print '--------------------------------------------------------'
#---------------ClearQuest ----------------  
try:
    from win32com.client import gencache
    gencache.EnsureModule('{B805FDF6-BEA8-11D1-B36D-00A0C9851B52}', 0, 1, 0)
    cq_session = w32c.Dispatch(r"CLEARQUEST.SESSION")
#    cq_session = w32c.Dispatch(r"Clearquest.Session")
#    cq_session = w32c.Dispatch(r"ClearQuest.Session")
#    cq_session = w32c.Dispatch(r"clearquest.session")
#    cq_session = w32c.Dispatch('{B805FDF6-BEA8-11D1-B36D-00A0C9851B52}')
    print "CQ:",cq_session
    cq_session.UserLogon( 'sgeorge', 'sgeorge', "OSI", "" );
except pythoncom.com_error ,(hr, msg, exc, arg):
    print 'HRESULT\t%d: %s' % (hr, msg)
    if exc:
        wcode, source, text, helpFile, helpId, scode = exc
        print 'The source of the error is', source
        print 'The error message is', text
        print "More info can be found in %s (id=%d)" % (helpFile, helpId)

========= Output ===============================
D:\tempSVNPyFiles\clearcase>testcom.py
CC: <win32com.gen_py.ClearCase Automation Library 6.0.IClearCase 
instance at 0x16076152>
--------------------------------------------------------
CQ: <COMObject CLEARQUEST.SESSION>
HRESULT -2147352571: Type mismatch.
=================================================

According to Chp. 12, the  'win32com.gen_py' bit indicates early binding 
and 'COMObject ' indicates late binding

To ensure early binding as per the book , I force the makepy process 
from the source using info from running makepy.py -i

D:\tempSVNPyFiles\clearcase>c:\python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\makepy.py 
-i
ClearQuestOleServer
 {B805FDF6-BEA8-11D1-B36D-00A0C9851B52}, lcid=0, major=1, minor=0
 >>> # Use these commands in Python code to auto generate .py support
 >>> from win32com.client import gencache
 >>> gencache.EnsureModule('{B805FDF6-BEA8-11D1-B36D-00A0C9851B52}', 0, 
1, 0)

I also experimented with the case of the object name CLEARQUEST.SESSION, 
as can been seen in the source. All resulted in late binding.

The final test is passing in the CLSID  (hope this is the right format)
    cq_session = w32c.Dispatch('{B805FDF6-BEA8-11D1-B36D-00A0C9851B52}')
Which resulted in

D:\tempSVNPyFiles\clearcase>testcom.py
CC: <win32com.gen_py.ClearCase Automation Library 6.0.IClearCase 
instance at 0x16083224>
--------------------------------------------------------
HRESULT -2147221164: Class not registered

Making me wonder whats going on?

I'm unsure were to go from here.

======================
Possibly separate but related, I have notice something funny.
I deleted the cache of generated py files by deleting the directory 
C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py  (not 
Python\win32com\gen_py as the book suggests)

And re-run the application, and ClearCase.Application was still early 
bound (although it should not be as I was not forcing it)
CC: <win32com.gen_py.ClearCase Automation Library 6.0.IClearCase 
instance at 0x16076152>

I had noticed on some occasions (not all) when I run makepy.py (from 
command line), it sticks stuff into a temp directory instead of 
win32com\gen.py ???
D:\tempSVNPyFiles\clearcase>
D:\tempSVNPyFiles\clearcase>c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\makepy.py
Generating to 
C:\DOCUME~1\SGEORG~1.OSI\LOCALS~1\Temp\gen_py\2.5\B22C7EFA-5A5E-11D3-B1CD-00C04F8ECE2Fx0x6x0.py
Building definitions from type library...
Generating...
Importing module

If I then run makepy from PythonWin It correctly puts things into 
\win32com\gen_py
Subsequent runs from the command line then correctly put into 
win32com\gen_py

So out of curiosity after deleting gen_py from the python directory, 
checking that the app was still early bound, I went to the temp 
directory and deleted the gen_py directory from there. finally ClearCase 
was late bound.
CC: <COMObject ClearCase.Application>

Why would my application be picking up the generated com interface file 
from a temp directory??

I could not work out the trigger for getting makepy.py into this mode. I 
suspected running with -i argument or running makepy from python24 which 
I also have co-installed, but I couldn't reproduce on demand.

However once I re-assured myself that the ONLY  gen_py directory on my 
hard disk was in C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\ and the two COM 
interface I was interested in had both been generated into this 
directory, I still had one late bound and one early bound.

A further test showed that if no gen_py directory exists on my hard 
disk, both under python24 and python25  the following code
 >> from win32com.client import gencache
 >> gencache.EnsureModule('{B805FDF6-BEA8-11D1-B36D-00A0C9851B52}', 0, 1, 0)

created the gen_py directory in the temp directory - Maybe this is the 
correct behavior for users without permissions?

After this a subsequent run of make_py from the command line put the 
resultant gen_py files also into the gen_py directory of the temp 
directory instead of under python?

I'm confused if I'm observing correct behavior?, and as to why I cannot 
get CLEARQUEST.SESSION early bound.

Any comments appreciated
Thanks
Steve

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Thu May 17 04:51:38 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 12:51:38 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Cannot get COM early bound
In-Reply-To: <464BB09B.1040201@optusnet.com.au>
Message-ID: <02ae01c7982e$4acf36c0$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> Greetings,
>
> I have been a COM expert for all of two days ;-)
>
> I did get a Type Mismatch error on an argument, .. the more I dug and
> researched this error, the more I found out and now have a question
> about early binding.
>
> I am trying to get access to two COM objects/interfaces <=(don't know
> what word to use here, so bear with me if I get it wrong)
>
> The COM objects I'm interested in are ClearCase Automation
> Library (CAL)
> & ClearQuestOLEServer
>
> I ran makepy on both of these.
> selected info from each of the generated files is
> ===============================
> # From type library 'ccauto.dll'
> # On Wed May 16 16:38:12 2007
> """ClearCase Automation Library 6.0"""
> makepy_version = '0.4.95'
> python_version = 0x20500f0
>  ::         ::
> # This CoClass is known by the name 'ClearCase.Application.1'
> class Application(CoClassBaseClass): # A CoClass
> ===============================
> # From type library 'cqole.dll'
> # On Wed May 16 16:37:15 2007
> """"""
> makepy_version = '0.4.95'
> python_version = 0x20500f0
>  ::         ::
> # This CoClass is known by the name 'CLEARQUEST.SESSION'
> class Session(CoClassBaseClass): # A CoClass
> ===============================
>
> Chapter 12 of Marks book, indicates case sensitivity can be a problem
> for late bound
> Also VARIANT translations may not work so well under late bound.
>
> I wanted to use early bound to ensure my VARIANTS are correct. But I
> cannot get the
> CLEARQUEST.SESSION early bound. I successfully got
> ClearCase.Application
> early bound
>
> The output of my program indicates that the
> ClearCase.Application object
> was early bound, but I
> could do nothing to get CLEARQUEST.SESSION early bound

Sadly some objects behave like this - they provide a typelib, but when you
ask the object itself about the type info, it says it has none!  win32com is
therefore unable to associate the object with the makepy module.

The "standard" answer here is to force things.  Something like:

mod = gencache.EnsureModule('{B805FDF6-BEA8-11D1-B36D-00A0C9851B52}' , 0, 1,
0)
cq_session = w32c.Dispatch(r"CLEARQUEST.SESSION")
cq_session = mod.Session(cq_session)

This should force cq_session to use the makepy generated info.  You may even
find:

mod = gencache.EnsureModule('{B805FDF6-BEA8-11D1-B36D-00A0C9851B52}' , 0, 1,
0)
cq_session = mod.Session()

works, but I can't recall...

Hope this helps,

Mark


From steve_geo at optusnet.com.au  Thu May 17 08:03:22 2007
From: steve_geo at optusnet.com.au (Stephen George)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 16:03:22 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Cannot get COM early bound
In-Reply-To: <02bb01c7983c$97a8f2c0$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <02bb01c7983c$97a8f2c0$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <464BF02A.5080301@optusnet.com.au>


Hi Mark,

Thanks for the info, I had only just inserted the error handling from 
the example from your book, and
although it was staring me in the face I was not concentrating on that 
message, I was looking at the late/early binding info.

I had missed supplying one argument in that method call, (my fault for 
not being careful enough) so the string had moved into the int place.

This has now highlighted to me, since the arguments to the functions all 
have default values, being short an argument is not flagged as an error 
by python, and why I missed it.

Lesson learnt: is to be more careful with arguments and types.

Thanks again
Steve


Mark Hammond wrote:
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> Thanks for the response.
>>
>> Both those methods you highlighted resulted in the following output
>>
>> D:\tempSVNPyFiles\clearcase>testcom.py
>> CC: <win32com.gen_py.ClearCase Automation Library 6.0.IClearCase
>> instance at 0x16083224>
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> CQ: <win32com.gen_py.None.Session>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "D:\tempSVNPyFiles\clearcase\testcom.py", line 28, in <module>
>>     cq_session.UserLogon( 'sgeorge', 'sgeorge', "OSI", "" );
>>   File
>> "C:\DOCUME~1\SGEORG~1.OSI\LOCALS~1\Temp\gen_py\2.5\B805FDF6-BE
>> A8-11D1-B36D-00A0C9851B52x0x1x0.py",
>> line 2816, in UserL
>> ogon
>>     , password, database_name, session_type, database_set)
>> ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''
>>     
>
> The function appears to want an int, but you are passing a string.  Even
> with type info, python does not cooerce string to ints, just like it doesnt
> with:
>
>   print "Num is %d" % ('foo',)
>
>   
>> The ValueError is the initial problem I had before I got sidetracked
>> with EarlyBinding
>>
>> However I just check with you that
>> <win32com.gen_py.None.Session>
>> Is correct when getting binding by this method?
>>     
>
> Although it looks strange, it is correct, yes.
>
> Mark
>
>
>   
   

From mmarch at gmail.com  Thu May 17 15:15:41 2007
From: mmarch at gmail.com (Michael March)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 06:15:41 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] translating VB into Python...
In-Reply-To: <48bc40670705160801j4644ff65q5c5c39dc5a3bbc08@mail.gmail.com>
References: <464AAEEB.50502@timgolden.me.uk>
	<021301c797b2$ada96080$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
	<48bc40670705160629x127d0897lcafd9eceff9b5df9@mail.gmail.com>
	<48bc40670705160658r563f8ba5j6b6b29e929ccd818@mail.gmail.com>
	<464B0ECF.2020702@timgolden.me.uk> <464B1ADD.8070003@trihedral.com>
	<48bc40670705160801j4644ff65q5c5c39dc5a3bbc08@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <48bc40670705170615x5fef04c3o3b7d6d7b106b49a2@mail.gmail.com>

I just wanted to follow up and say I completed my app today.
Everything worked wonderfully. Thanks to everyone.

If anyone needs assistance automating Quality Center with Python, let me know.

On 5/16/07, Michael March <mmarch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hurray!!!!!!!!
>
> >>> mybug=bfact.Item(24)
>
> >>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
> u'Test Set: Mercury Tours UI\nTest: [1]Welcome Page\nRun:
> Run_9-11_11-43-36\nSte
> p: Verify Tag Properties\n\nDescription:\n1. Click the "Find Next"
> button.\n2. V
> erify <WIDTH, HEIGHT and ALT> properties for the tag.\n\nExpected
> result:\n<The
> WIDTH and HEIGHT properties should be set to numeric values. The ALT
> property sh
> ould define a text alternative to the graphic.>\n\nActual Result:\nIMG tags
> have
>  no these attributes on all HTML pages of the Mercury Tours site.'
>
> >>> mybug.SetField("BG_DESCRIPTION", "123")
>
> >>> mybug.Field("BG_DESCRIPTION")
> u'123'
>
> >>> mybug.Post()
>
>
> On 5/16/07, Graham Bloice <graham.bloice at trihedral.com> wrote:
> > Tim Golden wrote:
> > > Michael March wrote:
> > >> [resend - I think the mailing list ate my last post..]
> > >
> > > I saw it! But no matter, the web link's useful. I imagine
> > > Mark's hitting the sack about now (assuming he's in
> > > Australia). It's 3pm here in the UK so I'll try to see
> > > if I can spot what's happening, but from a glance at
> > > the generated code, it looks like one of those awkward
> > > cases where a method is also a property and *also* the
> > > default value. I'll try and have a go at it.
> > >
> >
> > Looking at the makepy output isn't this a case where pywin32 has to use
> > a method to access an indexed property using a "SetXXX" call.
> >
> > From the makepy:
> >
> > class IBug(DispatchBaseClass):
> >         """Represents a defect."""
> >         CLSID = IID('{2AF970F7-6CCC-4DFB-AA78-08F689481F94}')
> >         coclass_clsid = IID('{AF9180F9-8C16-4824-9EA1-A9010B072B2C}')
> >
> >         # The method Field is actually a property, but must be used as a
> method
> > to correctly pass the arguments
> >         def Field(self, FieldName=defaultNamedNotOptArg):
> >                 """The value of the specified field."""
> >                 return self._ApplyTypes_(0, 2, (12, 0), ((8, 0),),
>                              'Field',
> > None,FieldName)
> >
> > ...
> >
> >         # The method SetField is actually a property, but must be used as
> a
> > method to correctly pass the arguments
> >         def SetField(self, FieldName=defaultNamedNotOptArg,
> > arg1=defaultUnnamedArg):
> >                 """The value of the specified field."""
> >                 return self._oleobj_.InvokeTypes(0, LCID, 4, (24, 0),
>                              ((8, 0),
> > (12, 1)),FieldName, arg1)
> >
> >
> > So try using:
> >
> > mybug.SetField("BG_DESCRIPTION", "123")
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Graham Bloice
> >
>
>
> --
> <admiral>
>
> Michael F. March ----- mmarch at gmail.com
> Ph: (415)462-1910 ---- Fax: (602)296-0400
> P.O. Box 2254 ---- Phoenix, AZ 85002-2254
>           "Seriously" - HSR
>


-- 
<admiral>

Michael F. March ----- mmarch at gmail.com
Ph: (415)462-1910 ---- Fax: (602)296-0400
P.O. Box 2254 ---- Phoenix, AZ 85002-2254
          "Seriously" - HSR

From erich.nakasone at gmail.com  Fri May 18 02:44:17 2007
From: erich.nakasone at gmail.com (Erich Nakasone)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 19:44:17 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] plz help
Message-ID: <936fae1a0705171744w5c6b9762g193e55990d4d85ea@mail.gmail.com>

hi, i'm from Peru, so my english is really bad, but anyway.

I got this code

import win32com.client, sys, os
gp = win32com.client.Dispatch("esriGeoprocessing.GpDispatch.1")

#Configura el directorio de trabajo
gp.workspace = "E:/PRACTICANTES/erich/python/NameMatching.mdb"

#Lista de features
listaFC = gp.ListFeatureClasses("*")
#Loop para listar los features
listaFC.Reset()
fc = listaFC.Next()
while fc:
    if fc == "cp06wFC":
        print "Trabajamos con " + fc
        ruta = gp.workspace + "/" + fc
        #Loop para listar los campos
        fCampos = gp.ListFields(ruta)
        fCampo = fCampos.next()
        fNomField = "MATCHING"
        fExiste = 0
        while fCampo:
            print fCampo.name + " es tipo " + fCampo.type
            if fCampo.name == fNomField:
                print "El campo " + fNomField + " ya fue creado"
                fExiste = 1
            fCampo = fCampos.next()
        if fExiste == 0:
            print fExiste
            gp.AddField(fc, fNomField, "text", "30")
        #Crea un Search Cursor para este Feature
#        fFilas = gp.SearchCursor(ruta)
        fFilas = gp.UpdateCursor(ruta)
        #Loop para listar los registros
        fFilas.Reset()
        fFila = fFilas.Next()
        while fFila:
            fUBIGEO = fFila.getvalue("UBIGEO")
            fNomCP = fFila.getvalue("NOMCP")
            fVlen = len(fFila.getvalue("NOMCP"))
            n = 0
            m = 0
            vNewCode = fNomCP[n]
            print fVlen
            while n < fVlen:
                if fVlen >= 2:
                    if fNomCP[n] == " ":
                       if fNomCP[n+1] == "/":
                          break
                       else:
                           vNewCode = vNewCode + str(m) + fNomCP[n+1]
                           m = -1
                n = n + 1
                m = m + 1
            vNewCode = fUBIGEO + str(n) + vNewCode + str(m)
            print fNomCP.encode('latin-1') + " = " + vNewCode.encode
('latin-1')
            fFila.setvalue(fNomField, vNewCode)
            fFilas.UpdateRow(fFila)
            fFila = fFilas.Next()
    else:
        print "Paso de " + fc
    fc = listaFC.Next()
print "FIN"



that run wihtout problems.

but when I change of computer the same code

apear this

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "E:\PRACTICANTES\erich\python\python\namematchingV3.py", line 2, in ?
    gp = win32com.client.Dispatch("esriGeoprocessing.GpDispatch.1")
  File "C:\Python21\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 95, in Dispatch
    dispatch, userName =
dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch,userName,clsctx)
  File "C:\Python21\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 84, in
_GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
    return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
  File "C:\Python21\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 72, in
_GetGoodDispatch
    IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx,
pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
com_error: (-2147024770, 'The specified module could not be found.', None,
None)



I don't know what to do.

I apreciate the help that can bring me =)
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From timr at probo.com  Fri May 18 03:14:53 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:14:53 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] plz help
In-Reply-To: <936fae1a0705171744w5c6b9762g193e55990d4d85ea@mail.gmail.com>
References: <936fae1a0705171744w5c6b9762g193e55990d4d85ea@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <464CFE0D.40808@probo.com>

Erich Nakasone wrote:
>
> hi, i'm from Peru, so my english is really bad, but anyway.
>
> I got this code
>
> import win32com.client, sys, os
> gp = win32com.client.Dispatch("esriGeoprocessing.GpDispatch.1")
>
>  ...
>
> that run wihtout problems.
>
> but when I change of computer the same code
>
> apear this
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "E:\PRACTICANTES\erich\python\python\namematchingV3.py", line
> 2, in ?
>     gp = win32com.client.Dispatch("esriGeoprocessing.GpDispatch.1")
>   File "C:\Python21\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 95, in Dispatch
>     dispatch, userName =
> dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch,userName,clsctx)
>   File "C:\Python21\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 84, in
> _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
>     return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
>   File "C:\Python21\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 72, in
> _GetGoodDispatch
>     IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx,
> pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
> com_error: (-2147024770, 'The specified module could not be found.',
> None, None)
>
> I don't know what to do.
>

This just says that you don't have the ESRI application installed on the
other computer.  Or, if it is installed, it isn't properly registered.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From jhawk at innovativerobotics.com  Fri May 18 08:14:13 2007
From: jhawk at innovativerobotics.com (jhawk at innovativerobotics.com)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 02:14:13 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Word Document manipulation (newbie)
Message-ID: <18309535.180511179468853857.JavaMail.servlet@perfora>

I am trying to manipulate a word doc and realize that there are modules available but to date have been unable to get my paws on them.  I have installed python 2.4.4 with pywin32-210.win32-py2.4. I have bought Mark Hammonds book which references such modules wdclass.py and the use of easyword.  Could some one point a newbie in the right direction.  It would be much appreciated.  Thanks

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Fri May 18 10:23:22 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:23:22 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Word Document manipulation (newbie)
In-Reply-To: <18309535.180511179468853857.JavaMail.servlet@perfora>
References: <18309535.180511179468853857.JavaMail.servlet@perfora>
Message-ID: <464D627A.9070100@timgolden.me.uk>

jhawk at innovativerobotics.com wrote:
> I am trying to manipulate a word doc and realize that there are modules available
> but to date have been unable to get my paws on them.  I have installed 
 > python 2.4.4 with pywin32-210.win32-py2.4. I have bought 
Mark Hammonds
> book which references such modules wdclass.py and the use of easyword.
 > Could some one point a newbie in the right direction.
 > It would be much appreciated.  Thanks

I'm not aware of any publicly-available modules to ease
working with Word. It may be that the modules the book
refers to are available from the publisher's site as
downloads. It's probably not beyond the wit of man in
any case to roll one's own.

If you can't lay your hands on useful modules then perhaps
come back here with specific questions, and maybe someone
can help.

TJG

From iladyko at odesk.com  Fri May 18 10:56:21 2007
From: iladyko at odesk.com (Irene Ladyko)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 15:56:21 +0700
Subject: [python-win32] embedded python and winsound module
Message-ID: <1947791765.20070518155621@odesk.com>

Hello, python-win32.

I use Python version 2.4.4 under win32.
I built python using pcbuild.sln. There is winsound module project in
it, so I built it too. After that I can run python.exe interpeter
directly and load winsound module in it. All be OK.
    D:\....>python.exe
    Python 2.4.4 (#71, May 17 2007, 16:53:33) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>>
    >>>import winsound
    >>>winsound.PlaySound("SystemExit", winsound.SND_ALIAS)

But I am interested in embeded python. I use this interpreter in
C++ code (MSVC7.1). And when I load winsound programmatically, the following error appears:
"No module named winsound". But such module as 'array' is imported
correctly:
          import array

What is wrong. Please, point me on my error.


Code:
#include <string>

#include "Python.h"


int main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/)
{
        PyThreadState *m_threadState;
        
        // Initialize python
        Py_NoSiteFlag = 1;
        Py_Initialize();
        
        // Enable thread support.
        PyEval_InitThreads();

        // Delete default thread state.
        PyThreadState *l_default = PyThreadState_Get();
        Py_EndInterpreter(l_default);

        // Release global interpreter lock.
        PyEval_ReleaseLock();

        //start python
        PyEval_AcquireLock();
        m_threadState = Py_NewInterpreter();
        PyEval_ReleaseThread(m_threadState);

        //-------Load winsound module----------!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        PyEval_AcquireThread(m_threadState);

        PyObject *l_module;
        PyObject *l_dict;
        PyObject *l_retValue;

        // we will use __main__ module as our global and local namespace.
        l_module = PyImport_AddModule("__main__");
        if (!l_module)
        {
                PyEval_ReleaseThread(m_threadState);
                return -1;
        }

        std::string l_str = "import winsound";
        l_dict = PyModule_GetDict(l_module);
        l_retValue = PyRun_StringFlags(
                        (char *)l_str.c_str(),
                        Py_file_input,
                        l_dict,
                        l_dict,
                        NULL);
        if (!l_retValue)
        {
//!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                // Enter into this block!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                PyEval_ReleaseThread(m_threadState);
                return -1;
        }
        Py_DECREF(l_retValue);

        PyEval_ReleaseThread(m_threadState);

        //End
        PyEval_AcquireThread(m_threadState);
        Py_EndInterpreter(m_threadState);
        PyEval_ReleaseLock();
        PyEval_AcquireLock();
        // Create default interpreter back.
        Py_NewInterpreter();
        Py_Finalize();

        return 0;
}

-- 
Best Regards,
Irene Ladyko,
C++ Developer
of ISS Art, Ltd., Omsk, Russia.
http://issart.com
http://issart.com/index/Portfolio/cpp&lang=eng
mailto:your at address.com


From pc88mxer at gmail.com  Fri May 18 18:11:44 2007
From: pc88mxer at gmail.com (E R)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 11:11:44 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] interacting with Windows Media Player
Message-ID: <3a69fa7c0705180911p76d9ed23m6b56da0df0024ff4@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

I am trying to write a simple video bookmarking tool with python. It
would allow you to keep track of and annotate locations in video files
so you can quickly find and jump to them.

To do this I just need to solve two technical problems. The first is
to instantiate a visible instance of Windows Media Player. The code
listed in this posting works:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2005-August/003626.html

but WMP doesn't show a user interface. I think I need to put the WMP
COM object into a GUI object, but I'm very new to Win32 programming,
so any help would be greatly appreciated!

The second technical problem is to be able to ask WMP where in the
video stream it currently is. And then I need to be able to tell WMP
to start playing a file from a certain offset. Does anyone know how to
do this?

Also, I don't have to use WMP if this can be done easier with another
media player. All I need to play are MPEG2 video files.

Thanks,

ER

From niki at vintech.bg  Fri May 18 19:14:33 2007
From: niki at vintech.bg (Niki Spahiev)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 20:14:33 +0300
Subject: [python-win32] interacting with Windows Media Player
In-Reply-To: <3a69fa7c0705180911p76d9ed23m6b56da0df0024ff4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3a69fa7c0705180911p76d9ed23m6b56da0df0024ff4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <464DDEF9.6080107@vintech.bg>

E R wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to write a simple video bookmarking tool with python. It
> would allow you to keep track of and annotate locations in video files
> so you can quickly find and jump to them.
> 
> To do this I just need to solve two technical problems. The first is
> to instantiate a visible instance of Windows Media Player. The code
> listed in this posting works:
> 
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2005-August/003626.html
> 
> but WMP doesn't show a user interface. I think I need to put the WMP
> COM object into a GUI object, but I'm very new to Win32 programming,
> so any help would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> The second technical problem is to be able to ask WMP where in the
> video stream it currently is. And then I need to be able to tell WMP
> to start playing a file from a certain offset. Does anyone know how to
> do this?
> 
> Also, I don't have to use WMP if this can be done easier with another
> media player. All I need to play are MPEG2 video files.

IIRC there is wxPython based project with same goals. And IIRC its open 
source.

Niki Spahiev

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Fri May 18 21:27:31 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 20:27:31 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] interacting with Windows Media Player
In-Reply-To: <3a69fa7c0705180911p76d9ed23m6b56da0df0024ff4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3a69fa7c0705180911p76d9ed23m6b56da0df0024ff4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <464DFE23.2040302@timgolden.me.uk>

> Also, I don't have to use WMP if this can be done easier with another
> media player. All I need to play are MPEG2 video files.

Would have thought it's worth checking out mplayer.

TJG

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Sat May 19 01:39:14 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 09:39:14 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Word Document manipulation (newbie)
In-Reply-To: <18309535.180511179468853857.JavaMail.servlet@perfora>
Message-ID: <043101c799a5$bf0c0cc0$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> I am trying to manipulate a word doc and realize that there
> are modules available but to date have been unable to get my
> paws on them.  I have installed python 2.4.4 with
> pywin32-210.win32-py2.4. I have bought Mark Hammonds book
> which references such modules wdclass.py and the use of
> easyword.  Could some one point a newbie in the right
> direction.  It would be much appreciated.  Thanks

You can find the samples from the book at
http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/ppw32/index.html

Cheers,

Mark


From pc88mxer at gmail.com  Sat May 19 14:17:44 2007
From: pc88mxer at gmail.com (E R)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 07:17:44 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] interacting with Windows Media Player
In-Reply-To: <3a69fa7c0705180911p76d9ed23m6b56da0df0024ff4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3a69fa7c0705180911p76d9ed23m6b56da0df0024ff4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3a69fa7c0705190517r24259f1ak6706d7bce4900a06@mail.gmail.com>

Okay - I found the MediaCtrl in wxPython which looks like it has
everything I need. It provides a generic media playback interface can
be configured to use WMP, Quicktime or Directshow. I'd still like to
learn how to interact with ActiveX and COM objects, but that can now
wait for another day.

Regards,

ER

On 5/18/07, E R <pc88mxer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to write a simple video bookmarking tool with python. It
> would allow you to keep track of and annotate locations in video files
> so you can quickly find and jump to them.
>
> To do this I just need to solve two technical problems. The first is
> to instantiate a visible instance of Windows Media Player. The code
> listed in this posting works:
>
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2005-August/003626.html
>
> but WMP doesn't show a user interface. I think I need to put the WMP
> COM object into a GUI object, but I'm very new to Win32 programming,
> so any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> The second technical problem is to be able to ask WMP where in the
> video stream it currently is. And then I need to be able to tell WMP
> to start playing a file from a certain offset. Does anyone know how to
> do this?
>
> Also, I don't have to use WMP if this can be done easier with another
> media player. All I need to play are MPEG2 video files.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ER
>

From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Mon May 21 19:14:43 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 12:14:43 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] [Python-Win32] error on shell.SHChangeNotify
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705211014g7d42bbf8t8efcd02920e29e39@mail.gmail.com>

I am trying to use SHChangeNotify to refresh the icon on the explorer
windows in the following script, but got an error:
----------------------------------
import sys
from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon

def notify(f):
    shell.SHChangeNotify(shellcon.SHCNE_UPDATEITEM,
                         shellcon.SHCNF_PATH | shellcon.SHCNF_FLUSHNOWAIT,
                         f,
                         None)

for f in sys.argv[1:]:
    notify(f)
----------------------------------

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "notify.py", line 11, in ?
    notify(f)
  File "notify.py", line 8, in notify
    None)
TypeError: Only sequences (but not strings) are valid ITEMIDLIST
objects (got str).


Does anyone has any idea what I did wrong? I can't find much info on
google. Thanks.

From rwupole at msn.com  Tue May 22 08:59:10 2007
From: rwupole at msn.com (Roger Upole)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 02:59:10 -0400
Subject: [python-win32]  error on shell.SHChangeNotify
Message-ID: <000701c79c3e$b5c39e30$0100a8c0@rupole>

TK Soh wrote:
>I am trying to use SHChangeNotify to refresh the icon on the explorer
> windows in the following script, but got an error:
> ----------------------------------
> import sys
> from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
> 
> def notify(f):
>    shell.SHChangeNotify(shellcon.SHCNE_UPDATEITEM,
>                         shellcon.SHCNF_PATH | shellcon.SHCNF_FLUSHNOWAIT,
>                         f,
>                         None)
> 
> for f in sys.argv[1:]:
>    notify(f)
> ----------------------------------
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "notify.py", line 11, in ?
>    notify(f)
>  File "notify.py", line 8, in notify
>    None)
> TypeError: Only sequences (but not strings) are valid ITEMIDLIST
> objects (got str).
> 
> 
> Does anyone has any idea what I did wrong? I can't find much info on
> google. Thanks

Try a newer build of pywin32.  There was a bug in some older versions
regarding how the function determined whether it needed a file path
or an id list.

          Roger


From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Tue May 22 16:12:23 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 09:12:23 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] error on shell.SHChangeNotify
In-Reply-To: <000701c79c3e$b5c39e30$0100a8c0@rupole>
References: <000701c79c3e$b5c39e30$0100a8c0@rupole>
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705220712s30cdadc1j1a9af6c4132115cf@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/22/07, Roger Upole <rwupole at msn.com> wrote:
> Try a newer build of pywin32.  There was a bug in some older versions
> regarding how the function determined whether it needed a file path
> or an id list.

Thanks. Actually I'm using the win32 extension bundled with
ActivePython, so I'd like to stick it when ever possible. Right now I
just use pass the SHCNF_IDLIST flag and use id list instead.

From zhaodapu at gmail.com  Wed May 23 12:59:54 2007
From: zhaodapu at gmail.com (Zhao Dapu)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:59:54 +0800
Subject: [python-win32] How to Impletments COM Interface: IInternetProtocol
Message-ID: <9ead098f0705230359v3fde6acftf2467f5a9efe8e29@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, all

I want to implements an Asynchronous Pluggable Protocol handler, which
can handle a custom protocol like "http" or "mk". Follow the
instruction of MSDN, I must Implements at least 3 interfaces:
IInternetProtocol, IInternetProtocolRoot and IClassFactory. But I'm
not clear how to do this and didn't find any clue in the win32com
documents.

Shoule I use makepy first to generate the a wrap py-file? But I don't
know the name of the typelib. I'm a newbie in COM. I also find any
thing about "IInternetProtocol" in my registry.

Below is some code I thought it should be. Without the
_com_interfaces_ lines, it works( i.e. I can create the COM object and
call the methods). But now it will generate many errors.

Any clue is appreciated!

import win32com
class MyProtocol:
    _com_interfaces_ = ['IInternetProtocol',
                        'IInternetProtocolRoot',
                        'IClassFactory',]
    _com_interfaces_ = ['IDispatch']

    _reg_clsid_ = '{F662AB76-9BE9-440F-9F33-42750C86EA2C}'
    _reg_progid_ = 'MyProtocol'
    _public_methods_ = ['Read', 'Seek']

    def __init__(self):
        print "create a com obj"

    # IInternetProtocol
    def Read(self, pv, cb, pcbread):
        print "Method called: Read 1"
    def Seek(self, dlibMove, dwOrigin, plibNewPosition):
        print "Method called: Seek"

    # IInternetProtocolRoot
    def Start( self, szUrl, pOIProtSink, pOIBindInfo, grfPI, dwReserved):
        print "Method called: Start"
    def Abort(hrReason, dwOptions):
        print "Method called: Abort"


Dapu

From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Wed May 23 16:03:19 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:03:19 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] error on shell.SHChangeNotify
In-Reply-To: <000701c79c3e$b5c39e30$0100a8c0@rupole>
References: <000701c79c3e$b5c39e30$0100a8c0@rupole>
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705230703y425615d0q8fd041d73a4f9d3@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/22/07, Roger Upole <rwupole at msn.com> wrote:
> Try a newer build of pywin32.  There was a bug in some older versions
> regarding how the function determined whether it needed a file path
> or an id list.

BTW, any idea which versions of pywin32 have the bug, or which version
has the fix? Just want to make a note in my code. Thanks.

From zhaodapu at gmail.com  Wed May 23 21:49:17 2007
From: zhaodapu at gmail.com (Zhao Dapu)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 03:49:17 +0800
Subject: [python-win32] How to Impletments COM Interface:
	IInternetProtocol
In-Reply-To: <465427ED.3000809@optusnet.com.au>
References: <9ead098f0705230359v3fde6acftf2467f5a9efe8e29@mail.gmail.com>
	<465427ED.3000809@optusnet.com.au>
Message-ID: <9ead098f0705231249n504b812dm699af120ddd4b4a@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, Steve,

Thank you for your information. I've read chapter 12 in detail, some
concepts are clear. But I still don't get it. Maybe I miss something.

1. I need to make a COM server. In the book, it just told how to
implements user-defined interfaces. How do I implement some system
interfaces, like IInternetProtocol. I supposed if there is a wrap
class of the interfaces, I can just inherit the class. The code maybe
like this:

class MyProtocol(PyIInternetProtocol, PyIClassFactory):
    ......

or like this:

class MyProtocol:
    _com_interfaces_ = ['IInternetProtocol', 'IClassFactory']
    ......

But these are not the real thing. There are no such wrap class
PyIInternetProtocol.

2. Makepy can create wrap classed of a typelib. The generated wrap
class can be used in a COM client (for early-bound and constants). Do
I need to use it when I create a sever-side COM object? As question 1
said , generating wrap class and inherit it?

Even the answer is Yes,  I still don't know which typelib it is. I
didn't find it in the typelib list.
How can I know which typelib defines these interfaces?

3. This question is not about python or PythonCOM. In my opinion,
every interface should have a entry int the registry. But I don't find
any information about IInternetProtocol. I found the IID of these
interfaces by google. They are not in my registry, except the last one
(IInternetSecurityMananer). They have similar IIDs and all implemented
in urlmon.dll. It puzzles me.

IInternetProtocol
"{79EAC9E4-BAF9-11CE-8C82-00AA004BA90B}"
IInternetProtocolInfo
"{79EAC9EC-BAF9-11CE-8C82-00AA004BA90B}"
IInternetProtocolRoot
"{79EAC9E3-BAF9-11CE-8C82-00AA004BA90B}"
IInternetProtocolSink
"{79EAC9E5-BAF9-11CE-8C82-00AA004BA90B}"
IInternetSecurityManager
"{79EAC9EE-BAF9-11CE-8C82-00AA004BA90B}"


If the questions are stupid, please just let me know why.

Dapu

2007/5/23, steve george <steve_geo at optusnet.com.au>:
> Did you read Chapter 12
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/chapter/ch12.html
>
> Zhao Dapu wrote:
> > Hi, all
> >
> > I want to implements an Asynchronous Pluggable Protocol handler, which
> > can handle a custom protocol like "http" or "mk". Follow the
> > instruction of MSDN, I must Implements at least 3 interfaces:
> > IInternetProtocol, IInternetProtocolRoot and IClassFactory. But I'm
> > not clear how to do this and didn't find any clue in the win32com
> > documents.
> >
> > Shoule I use makepy first to generate the a wrap py-file? But I don't
> > know the name of the typelib. I'm a newbie in COM. I also find any
> > thing about "IInternetProtocol" in my registry.
> >
> > Below is some code I thought it should be. Without the
> > _com_interfaces_ lines, it works( i.e. I can create the COM object and
> > call the methods). But now it will generate many errors.
> >
> > Any clue is appreciated!
> >
> > import win32com
> > class MyProtocol:
> >     _com_interfaces_ = ['IInternetProtocol',
> >                         'IInternetProtocolRoot',
> >                         'IClassFactory',]
> >     _com_interfaces_ = ['IDispatch']
> >
> >     _reg_clsid_ = '{F662AB76-9BE9-440F-9F33-42750C86EA2C}'
> >     _reg_progid_ = 'MyProtocol'
> >     _public_methods_ = ['Read', 'Seek']
> >
> >     def __init__(self):
> >         print "create a com obj"
> >
> >     # IInternetProtocol
> >     def Read(self, pv, cb, pcbread):
> >         print "Method called: Read 1"
> >     def Seek(self, dlibMove, dwOrigin, plibNewPosition):
> >         print "Method called: Seek"
> >
> >     # IInternetProtocolRoot
> >     def Start( self, szUrl, pOIProtSink, pOIBindInfo, grfPI, dwReserved):
> >         print "Method called: Start"
> >     def Abort(hrReason, dwOptions):
> >         print "Method called: Abort"
> >
> >
> > Dapu
> > _______________________________________________
> > Python-win32 mailing list
> > Python-win32 at python.org
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
> >
> >
>
>

From steve_geo at optusnet.com.au  Thu May 24 01:15:14 2007
From: steve_geo at optusnet.com.au (Stephen George)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:15:14 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Python Programmming on win32 - the book
Message-ID: <4654CB02.80800@optusnet.com.au>


Hi,

I was considering buying
Python Programming On Win32 which was written in 2000.

I hate to buy out of date books.

I'd like to ask if the contents of this book are still relevant in 2007 
and recent releases of Python.
Will this book continue to be relevant for a number of years to come?

Are there any plans for a 2nd Edition in the next 6 months or so?

Steve

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Thu May 24 01:18:37 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:18:37 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] error on shell.SHChangeNotify
In-Reply-To: <58b84f8e0705230703y425615d0q8fd041d73a4f9d3@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <032701c79d90$b1c1fb80$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> On 5/22/07, Roger Upole <rwupole at msn.com> wrote:
> > Try a newer build of pywin32.  There was a bug in some 
> older versions
> > regarding how the function determined whether it needed a file path
> > or an id list.
> 
> BTW, any idea which versions of pywin32 have the bug, or which version
> has the fix? Just want to make a note in my code. Thanks.

It was in the following revision of shell.cpp:

revision 1.42
date: 2006/01/12 15:20:31;  author: rupole;  state: Exp;  lines: +37 -32
Allow SHFileOperation to accept a string containing multiple file names,
and some doc improvements

(thanks Roger!) which theoretically first appeared in b208.

Cheers,

Mark

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Thu May 24 01:21:27 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:21:27 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Python Programmming on win32 - the book
In-Reply-To: <4654CB02.80800@optusnet.com.au>
Message-ID: <032801c79d91$16f915b0$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> Hi,
>
> I was considering buying
> Python Programming On Win32 which was written in 2000.
>
> I hate to buy out of date books.
>
> I'd like to ask if the contents of this book are still
> relevant in 2007
> and recent releases of Python.

Yep - some things have changed, but the concepts are all still good.

> Will this book continue to be relevant for a number of years to come?
>
> Are there any plans for a 2nd Edition in the next 6 months or so?

I'm afraid that I've been messing poor John around for many months now.  I'd
like to think a new version would be on the shelves in 12 months time (but
you could probably find me saying something similar 12 months ago...)

Mark


From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Thu May 24 01:29:16 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:29:16 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] How to Impletments COM
	Interface:IInternetProtocol
In-Reply-To: <9ead098f0705231249n504b812dm699af120ddd4b4a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <032901c79d92$2e714630$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> 1. I need to make a COM server. In the book, it just told how to
> implements user-defined interfaces. How do I implement some system
> interfaces, like IInternetProtocol. I supposed if there is a wrap
> class of the interfaces, I can just inherit the class. The code maybe
> like this:
>
> class MyProtocol(PyIInternetProtocol, PyIClassFactory):
>     ......
>
> or like this:
>
> class MyProtocol:
>     _com_interfaces_ = ['IInternetProtocol', 'IClassFactory']
>     ......
>
> But these are not the real thing. There are no such wrap class
> PyIInternetProtocol.

What you want is the win32com.internet module.

>>> from win32com.internet import internet
>>> internet.IID_IInternetProtocol
IID('{79EAC9E4-BAF9-11CE-8C82-00AA004BA90B}')
>>>

So your code could look something like:

class MyProtocol:
    _com_interfaces_ = [internet.IID_IInternetProtocol]
    ......

> 2. Makepy can create wrap classed of a typelib. The generated wrap
> class can be used in a COM client (for early-bound and constants). Do
> I need to use it when I create a sever-side COM object? As question 1
> said , generating wrap class and inherit it?
>
> Even the answer is Yes,  I still don't know which typelib it is. I
> didn't find it in the typelib list.
> How can I know which typelib defines these interfaces?

You would need to do that if the interface you were trying to support
existed in a typelib.  As the internet module handles this, you can ignore
makepy.

> 3. This question is not about python or PythonCOM. In my opinion,
> every interface should have a entry int the registry.

Maybe I misunderstand you, but if you are stating your opinion on what
should have been done, I'm afraid that will not change reality.  If you
meant to say that it is your *understanding* that every interface gets a
registry entry, then I'm afraid you are wrong.  Note that an interface is
*not* a COM object (but even then, not all COM objects are in the registry
either - only ones that are CoCreatable are).

> But I don't find
> any information about IInternetProtocol. I found the IID of these
> interfaces by google. They are not in my registry, except the last one
> (IInternetSecurityMananer). They have similar IIDs and all implemented
> in urlmon.dll. It puzzles me.

There is no requirement that interfaces be listed in the registry.  If you
want automatic marshalling of interfaces then you probably do need some
registration for them, but in general, interfaces do not need to be in the
registry to work.  A .IDL file is usually what you are looking for.

Hope this helps,

Mark


From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Thu May 24 04:22:14 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 21:22:14 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <018d01c79757$796c5440$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <464A41D6.2070906@probo.com>
	<018d01c79757$796c5440$1d0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705231922l2ad4878lec028b95d0f87175@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/15/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> > > This is the magic of MFC - if no parent is specified, the
> > "main window" for
> > > the application is automatically used.
> > >
> >
> > Isn't that the issue, then?  He's writing a dialog to plug in to
> > Explorer, and every time he runs, there's a different "main window".
> > MFC gets its concept of a "main window" from its global
> > state, so unless
> > something in the process tells MFC to refresh its global
> > state, it will
> > have stale information.
>
> Quite possibly - I'm afraid I can't recall the exact semantics for dialog
> based apps, but I suspect that a number of things in MFC will end up getting
> upset if the nominated main window dies but the application does not - but
> win32ui.GetApp().SetMainFrame() can be used to change this value
> dynamically.  I'm afraid I haven't found the time to read the other messages
> in enough detail to offer more concrete suggestions (other than to possibly
> consider using win32gui to avoid future MFCisms from biting)

Hi Mark,

Not sure it's helps to clarify my situation, but the dialog in
question is actually a simple subclass of pywin.mfc.dialog, with a
resize handler hooked to WM_SIZE with HookMessage().

This dialog forms part of the shell extension registered to Explorer,
which does work similar to TortoiseSVN or TortoiseCVS. The dialog is
then called from the context menu in the Explorer windows by a simple
call of something like this:

   dlg = MyResizableDialog()
   dlg.CreateWindow()

Everything in the dialog works fine, except the ability to resize is
somehow lost when the dialog is opened from subsequent Explorer
windows.

In any case, if you think it helps, I can email you the code. It'd be
great if you can suggest anything I can try to debug this.Thanks.

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Thu May 24 05:03:41 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 13:03:41 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
In-Reply-To: <58b84f8e0705231922l2ad4878lec028b95d0f87175@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <034401c79db0$22e5f810$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

I think the problem is likely related to the "main frame" issue quoted below.  I suggest you debug what the app's "main frame" is at any given point in time, and confirming the value is still appropriate.

Mark

> On 5/15/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> > > > This is the magic of MFC - if no parent is specified, the
> > > "main window" for
> > > > the application is automatically used.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Isn't that the issue, then?  He's writing a dialog to plug in to
> > > Explorer, and every time he runs, there's a different 
> "main window".
> > > MFC gets its concept of a "main window" from its global
> > > state, so unless
> > > something in the process tells MFC to refresh its global
> > > state, it will
> > > have stale information.
> >
> > Quite possibly - I'm afraid I can't recall the exact 
> semantics for dialog
> > based apps, but I suspect that a number of things in MFC 
> will end up getting
> > upset if the nominated main window dies but the application 
> does not - but
> > win32ui.GetApp().SetMainFrame() can be used to change this value
> > dynamically.  I'm afraid I haven't found the time to read 
> the other messages
> > in enough detail to offer more concrete suggestions (other 
> than to possibly
> > consider using win32gui to avoid future MFCisms from biting)
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Not sure it's helps to clarify my situation, but the dialog in
> question is actually a simple subclass of pywin.mfc.dialog, with a
> resize handler hooked to WM_SIZE with HookMessage().
> 
> This dialog forms part of the shell extension registered to Explorer,
> which does work similar to TortoiseSVN or TortoiseCVS. The dialog is
> then called from the context menu in the Explorer windows by a simple
> call of something like this:
> 
>    dlg = MyResizableDialog()
>    dlg.CreateWindow()
> 
> Everything in the dialog works fine, except the ability to resize is
> somehow lost when the dialog is opened from subsequent Explorer
> windows.
> 
> In any case, if you think it helps, I can email you the code. It'd be
> great if you can suggest anything I can try to debug this.Thanks.
> 


From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Thu May 24 05:13:13 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 22:13:13 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
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On 5/23/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> I think the problem is likely related to the "main frame" issue quoted below.  I suggest you debug what the app's "main frame" is at any given point in time, and confirming the value is still appropriate.

Being new to pywin32, I'm not sure I completely understand this.
Though I'm going take a good look at it. Appreciate the advice.

From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Thu May 24 05:25:44 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 22:25:44 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Python Programmming on win32 - the book
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On 5/23/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> > Will this book continue to be relevant for a number of years to come?
> >
> > Are there any plans for a 2nd Edition in the next 6 months or so?
>
> I'm afraid that I've been messing poor John around for many months now.  I'd
> like to think a new version would be on the shelves in 12 months time (but
> you could probably find me saying something similar 12 months ago...)

I was about to ask the same question. Guess I know the answer now.
Let's how quick Amazon can deliver the book to my door ;-)

From it at crummock.com  Thu May 24 11:32:05 2007
From: it at crummock.com (Ross McKerchar)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 10:32:05 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] extending com objects
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A few months ago I posted asking for some advice on ways to extend 
classes provided by com objects.

Primarily I was keen to make a com library that I work with a lot 
(Notes/Domino if anyone's interested) nicer and more pythonic to use.

I've spent a good few hours bashing away and have found two ways which 
appear to work with my simplistic test suite. However I'm not 
particularly comfortable with either of them (the black magic I'm using 
is all a bit new to me). Consequently if anyone has time to have a look 
at my solutions I'd be very grateful.

Attempt #1 (code at http://www2.crummock.com/comwrapper.py):

Based on what Tim Golden called a "Delegation model", involved holding 
an internal copy of my com class and by implementing getattr/setattr 
calling the com object when necessary. This turned out a fair bit more 
complicated than I originally expected as lots of the com objects 
methods returned other com objects from the same library. I wanted these 
returned com objects to also be automatically wrapped in my extension 
classes to save having to constantly wrap in my client code. To do this 
I ended up with some very convoluted code that intercepted all my com 
method calls to see if they returned a com object for which I had a 
corresponding wrapper class and if so, wrap it. Of course I then had to 
check all tuples returned to see if they also contained  candidates for 
wrapping.

I got this working (well enough that it passed my far-from-comprehensive 
test-suite) but I wasn't convinced by it: the complexity of my wrapping 
system is bound to contain some subtle bugs and it also introduced a 
significant performance overhead (about 15% runtime overhead from some 
rough tests).

Attempt #2:

This very simple, alternative method then occured to me:

#My custom classes
class IDocument: ...
class IDatabase: ...
class IDocumentCollection: ...

from win32com.client.gencache import GetModuleForProgID
module = GetModuleForProgID('Lotus.NotesSession')
implementedChildClasses = (IDocument,IDatabase,IDocumentCollection)
for klass in implementedChildClasses:
     #find parent class of same name
     parentclass = getattr(module,klass.__name__)
     parentclass.__dict__.update(klass.__dict__)

I just put this code at the bottom of my module and it automagically 
adds all my methods & attributes from classes listed in 
"implementedChildClasses" to the com class (at the expense of needing to 
run makepy on the com library, of course). The beauty of this is that I 
dont have to worry about wrapping the results of any functions as I'm 
always dealing with the real com class, just with some extra methods 
added. It is also a more efficient - a small overhead when loading the 
module but a lot quicker when using it. Unfortunately, it does feel like 
a big hack and I'm not convinced it's a sensible thing to do?

So, I dont actually have any real problems as such I'm just looking for 
advice/comments from anyone who is more familiar with all these magical 
techniques.

-ross

From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Thu May 24 15:42:34 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 08:42:34 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
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On 5/23/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> I think the problem is likely related to the "main frame" issue quoted below.
> I suggest you debug what the app's "main frame" is at any given point in
> time, and confirming the value is still appropriate.

I tried putting this statement in the context menu before calling the
dialog, as well as inside OnInitDialog() of the custom dialog, but
both generate the same errors:

   print "mainframe = ", win32ui.GetMainFrame()

   win32ui: The frame does not exist

I wonder this could be caused by  the fact the my code isn't really an
app, but simply a shell extension. Anything else I should try?

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Thu May 24 16:20:13 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 00:20:13 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] HookMessage fails
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> On 5/23/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> > I think the problem is likely related to the "main frame" 
> issue quoted below.
> > I suggest you debug what the app's "main frame" is at any 
> given point in
> > time, and confirming the value is still appropriate.
> 
> I tried putting this statement in the context menu before calling the
> dialog, as well as inside OnInitDialog() of the custom dialog, but
> both generate the same errors:
> 
>    print "mainframe = ", win32ui.GetMainFrame()
> 
>    win32ui: The frame does not exist
> 
> I wonder this could be caused by  the fact the my code isn't really an
> app, but simply a shell extension. Anything else I should try?

I hate to say it, but if you really are a "shell extension", you really should be using win32com.shell and win32gui.  win32com\shell\demos might give you some inspiration.  On the plus side, this is stuff I'm still regularly involved in, so my ability to offer real advice remains high (and actually higher than win32ui).  I had a similar conversation today, where I effectively declared win32ui 'dead' - more because it is dead in the Windows development world than because it is dead in pywin32.  On the plus side, I just today got pythonwin working in an x64 environment (thanks to Steve Yin for contributing the bulk of that)

Cheers,

Mark


From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Thu May 24 16:58:17 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 00:58:17 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] AMD64 support
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Some time ago, Sidnei writes:

> Sent: Friday, 22 December 2006 11:24 AM
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: [python-win32] AMD64 support
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I've spent some time today experimenting with building pywin32 for
> AMD64. That is, mostly the Py_ssize_t changes from PEP 353 and
> whatever else the compiler complained about.

Thanks Sid - I've merged this branch into the trunk, along with a number of
changes I made and those from Steve Yin.  This work, along with the
excellent ongoing x64 work by Roger Upole on the trunk means that I'm happy
to declare that branch "dead", and that given enough magic, an x64 build
from the trunk is now amazingly functional!

Thanks guys,

Mark


From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Thu May 24 22:01:09 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 21:01:09 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] extending com objects
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Ross McKerchar wrote:
> I've spent a good few hours bashing away and have found two ways which 
> appear to work with my simplistic test suite. However I'm not 
> particularly comfortable with either of them (the black magic I'm using 
> is all a bit new to me). Consequently if anyone has time to have a look 
> at my solutions I'd be very grateful.
> 
> Based on what Tim Golden called a "Delegation model", involved holding 
> an internal copy of my com class and by implementing getattr/setattr 
> calling the com object when necessary. This turned out a fair bit more 
> complicated than I originally expected as lots of the com objects 
> methods returned other com objects from the same library. I wanted these 
> returned com objects to also be automatically wrapped in my extension 
> classes to save having to constantly wrap in my client code. 

This is exactly the problem I have with things
like active_directory and WMI. In the case of the
latter you're slightly better off because the thing
allows for a certain amount of introspection. With
the former, I've just bitten the bullet and explictly
wrapped the most popular classes (User, Group, OU etc.)

But I agree: it's something of a pain.

 > ... it also introduced a significant performance overhead
 > (about 15% runtime overhead from some rough tests).

Yes, this doesn't bother me directly, but I was
contacted by someone who wanted to do real-time
monitoring with WMI where it starts to matter, so
I did some work with him to speed things up.

> Attempt #2:
> 
> This very simple, alternative method then occured to me:
> 
> #My custom classes
> class IDocument: ...
> class IDatabase: ...
> class IDocumentCollection: ...
> 
> from win32com.client.gencache import GetModuleForProgID
> module = GetModuleForProgID('Lotus.NotesSession')
> implementedChildClasses = (IDocument,IDatabase,IDocumentCollection)
> for klass in implementedChildClasses:
>      #find parent class of same name
>      parentclass = getattr(module,klass.__name__)
>      parentclass.__dict__.update(klass.__dict__)

This -- just in case you haven't come across the expression --
is called monkey-patching. It's a slightly general-purpose
example of it, but it's something which is usefully easy
to do in Python. (Consequently, it's easy to abuse but...)

Frankly, I never even thought of doing it. You may already
have covered this, but it does have one or corner-cases
you might want to consider. If one of your methods needs
to completely cover one of the original ones *and* to call
the original one as well (say to get the data you're going
to wrap) then you have to do something a bit smarter than
the straight __dict__.update you're doing there. Not very
much harder, but you'd have to do it.

 > The beauty of this is that I
> dont have to worry about wrapping the results of any functions as I'm 
> always dealing with the real com class, just with some extra methods 
> added. 

Presumably, then, if the original COM class exposed,
say, a .GetGroups method which returned a list of
groups, each of which you wanted to wrap, in this
implementation, you'd add a .MyGetGroups method which
called the original and wrapped the result? This is
the sort of thing I was averting to above. You *could*
rename (on the fly) .GetGroups to ._GetGroups and
add your own .GetGroups which called ._GetGroups under
the covers etc. This is obviously only important if
you're trying to present an API faithful to a documented
original. If you're simply rolling your own, then you
can do what you like.

I think what you've done is fine, and I'll certainly
look into it for my own stuff, not least because,
as you point out, it gives a speed advantage.

Others may point out hidden flaws which I've missed,
and I'll be glad to hear them, but if it works for
you... :)

TJG

From pc88mxer at gmail.com  Thu May 24 22:14:58 2007
From: pc88mxer at gmail.com (E R)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 15:14:58 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] interacting with Windows Media Player
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Is this what you were thinking of?

http://liris.cnrs.fr/advene/

I just happened to stumble across it. It uses VLC which looks like it
will work well for what I want to do. Now I just have to build the
python MediaCtrl binding.

ER

On 5/18/07, Niki Spahiev <niki at vintech.bg> wrote:

> IIRC there is wxPython based project with same goals. And IIRC its open
> source.
>
> Niki Spahiev
>

From f.guerrieri at gmail.com  Fri May 25 11:37:27 2007
From: f.guerrieri at gmail.com (Francesco Guerrieri)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 11:37:27 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] DCOM
Message-ID: <79b79e730705250237g6312b08ex3ecbab15f0e129ba@mail.gmail.com>

Hello :-)
I've got another newbie question.

I'm trying to use DCOM. If I'm right, I have to register my
application on both the client and the server, then set up the correct
access/launch rights.

It's easier said than done, though: in fact I continue getting runtime
errors, namely 430 (automation error) and 429 (ActiveX can't create
object). I've searched the web and found that it is rather common (and
rather Python-unrelated) to get these errors, but didn't find any
clear solution.
I think that the problem has to do with the way I'm registering the object.
I have tried to set
_reg_clsctx_ = pythoncom.CLSCTX_Remote_Server
on the server side and CLSCTX_Local_Server on the client side, but it
doesn't work (although, by trying the various combinations, I'm able
to change the error that I get from runtime error 429 to 430 and
back...).
Do you have any suggestions?

thanks in advance :-)

Francesco

From it at crummock.com  Fri May 25 11:38:41 2007
From: it at crummock.com (Ross McKerchar)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 10:38:41 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] extending com objects
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Tim Golden wrote:
> This -- just in case you haven't come across the expression --
> is called monkey-patching. It's a slightly general-purpose
> example of it, but it's something which is usefully easy
> to do in Python. (Consequently, it's easy to abuse but...)

Ah right - nice to know my dodgy hack is a member of a well known family :)

> Frankly, I never even thought of doing it. You may already
> have covered this, but it does have one or corner-cases
> you might want to consider. If one of your methods needs
> to completely cover one of the original ones *and* to call
> the original one as well (say to get the data you're going
> to wrap) then you have to do something a bit smarter than
> the straight __dict__.update you're doing there. Not very
> much harder, but you'd have to do it.

Yep - currently I'm just using it to add some basic convenience 
functions (particularly __iter__, __getitem__, and the likes) so it's 
not an issue. I suppose a slightly less naive technique would rename 
conflicts first.

>  > The beauty of this is that I
>> dont have to worry about wrapping the results of any functions as I'm 
>> always dealing with the real com class, just with some extra methods 
>> added. 
> 
> Presumably, then, if the original COM class exposed,
> say, a .GetGroups method which returned a list of
> groups, each of which you wanted to wrap, in this
> implementation, you'd add a .MyGetGroups method which
> called the original and wrapped the result?

It's simpler than that: as long as you've monkey-patched the original 
COM groups class, the groups returned by the GetGroups method will 
already have your methods: no need to wrap.

Of course this presumes it's easy to find the Group class: my current 
implementation assumes everything is in the same module, hence the

#find parent class of same name
parentclass = getattr(com_genpy_module,klass.__name__)
parentclass.__dict__.update(klass.__dict__)

If your com library returned com classes from another library (is that 
even possible?) and hence used another genpy module then I suppose you'd 
have more problems...

 > Others may point out hidden flaws which I've missed,
 > and I'll be glad to hear them, but if it works for
 > you... :)

I've already come across some minor problems (not currently affecting me 
too much but could become major headaches), mainly to do with existing 
magic used by pythoncom:

1) Using your own attributes gets tricky as they pythoncom tries to 
automatically assign them to the underlying com object. I've been 
bypassing the __setattr__ override by doing "self.__dict__['spam'] = 
'ham'" which would could get tedious rather quickly...

2) Defining your own __init__ causes all sorts of problems :)

3) You "take over" the com classes: that is, comclass.__class__ is your 
class, not the original com_class: any kind on explicit introspection 
(isinstance, etc.), within pythoncom or existing client code could now 
fail. Again a less naive patching process that didn't overwrite 
everything blindly should be easy.

-ross

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Fri May 25 12:03:18 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 11:03:18 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] extending com objects
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[Tim Golden]
>> Presumably, then, if the original COM class exposed,
>> say, a .GetGroups method which returned a list of
>> groups, each of which you wanted to wrap, in this
>> implementation, you'd add a .MyGetGroups method which
>> called the original and wrapped the result?

[Ross McKerchar]
> It's simpler than that: as long as you've monkey-patched the original 
> COM groups class, the groups returned by the GetGroups method will 
> already have your methods: no need to wrap.

I see what you mean. As you say, this assumes they're
already "victims" of your patching, but I imagine this
is usually the case.

[Ross McKerchar]
> 1) Using your own attributes gets tricky as they pythoncom tries to 
> automatically assign them to the underlying com object. I've been 
> bypassing the __setattr__ override by doing "self.__dict__['spam'] = 
> 'ham'" which would could get tedious rather quickly...

You could -- probably -- define a __setattribute__ method,
but that would only work if the pywin32-generated classes
were new-style (and I doubt they are).

> 2) Defining your own __init__ causes all sorts of problems :)
> 
> 3) You "take over" the com classes: that is, comclass.__class__ is your 
> class, not the original com_class: any kind on explicit introspection 
> (isinstance, etc.), within pythoncom or existing client code could now 
> fail. Again a less naive patching process that didn't overwrite 
> everything blindly should be easy.

As you say. Well for the kind of modules I find myself
churning out, this looks like an interesting approach,
so do report back with pitfalls or... whatever the
opposite of pitfalls is!

TJG

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Fri May 25 13:01:14 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 21:01:14 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] DCOM
In-Reply-To: <79b79e730705250237g6312b08ex3ecbab15f0e129ba@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <010c01c79ebc$04aaef60$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> Hello :-)
> I've got another newbie question.
>
> I'm trying to use DCOM. If I'm right, I have to register my
> application on both the client and the server, then set up the correct
> access/launch rights.

After you've registered the COM object on the remote machine, you also need
to configure dcom itself 'dcomcnfg' tool (which should already exist on the
box).  I cover this in the book, but you should be able to work out how to
set things up (its a little involved - but google can probably find some
non-python articles - it will be the same process...)

Cheers,

Mark


From f.guerrieri at gmail.com  Fri May 25 13:36:15 2007
From: f.guerrieri at gmail.com (Francesco Guerrieri)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 13:36:15 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] DCOM
In-Reply-To: <010c01c79ebc$04aaef60$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <79b79e730705250237g6312b08ex3ecbab15f0e129ba@mail.gmail.com>
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hi Mark,

actually I have used dcomcnfg to set the various accesses. Now I'm at
loss, since I have looked at all the various tabs and settings
available, and it seems that all refer to enabling DCOM (which I did)
and granting access (which I think I did).
But I will continue trying... I've googled around and found many VB
users stumbling on the same problems. Only problem is, I didn't
stumble on the posts with the solution :-)

thanks,
francesco



On 5/25/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> After you've registered the COM object on the remote machine, you also need
> to configure dcom itself 'dcomcnfg' tool (which should already exist on the
> box).  I cover this in the book, but you should be able to work out how to
> set things up (its a little involved - but google can probably find some
> non-python articles - it will be the same process...)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
>


-- 
"Voil?! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as
both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no
mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant,
vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation
stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent
vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and
voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a
vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of
such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily,
this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-?-vis an
introduction, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to
meet you and you may call me V." -- V's introduction to Evey

From theller at ctypes.org  Fri May 25 14:24:40 2007
From: theller at ctypes.org (Thomas Heller)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 14:24:40 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] DCOM
In-Reply-To: <79b79e730705250436p5ae65b6u9ffb0d670b7eb4b7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <79b79e730705250237g6312b08ex3ecbab15f0e129ba@mail.gmail.com>	<010c01c79ebc$04aaef60$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
	<79b79e730705250436p5ae65b6u9ffb0d670b7eb4b7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f36ki8$ii2$1@sea.gmane.org>

Francesco Guerrieri schrieb:
> hi Mark,
> 
> actually I have used dcomcnfg to set the various accesses. Now I'm at
> loss, since I have looked at all the various tabs and settings
> available, and it seems that all refer to enabling DCOM (which I did)
> and granting access (which I think I did).
> But I will continue trying... I've googled around and found many VB
> users stumbling on the same problems. Only problem is, I didn't
> stumble on the posts with the solution :-)

IIRC, you have to open the firewall for the protocols and ports that DCOM uses.

Thomas


From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Fri May 25 15:50:11 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 09:50:11 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation
Message-ID: <004001c79ed3$9d5945b0$6801a8c0@homeoffice.benchmarkinternational.com>

I'm working on an application that automated IE in an apartment threaded
model.

I'm trying to get back the result of ie.Navigate().  According to the MSDN
documentation it should return a HRESULT.  It appears to return None.  Is
there a way to get the return code from the com interaction?

Thanks.



From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Sat May 26 10:16:40 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 18:16:40 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation
In-Reply-To: <004001c79ed3$9d5945b0$6801a8c0@homeoffice.benchmarkinternational.com>
Message-ID: <01e001c79f6e$30c36840$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> I'm trying to get back the result of ie.Navigate().
> According to the MSDN
> documentation it should return a HRESULT.  It appears to
> return None.  Is
> there a way to get the return code from the com interaction?

All error HRESULTs are returned via exceptions.  Unfortunately, there isn't
a reliable way to get a success HRESULT - when it is known to be
significant, functions often return them, and it sounds like we could also
do that in your case (assuming it *always* returns None now).  It should
also be possible to stick all HRESULTs in some thread-local-storage and
fetchable via "GetLastHRESULT()" or similar.  What codes are you expecting
to see?

Mark


From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Sat May 26 14:50:23 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 07:50:23 -0500
Subject: [python-win32]  shell extension property sheet
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705260550i43395965qdd08ac5b41ad9929@mail.gmail.com>

I'm try to add a property sheet to my shell extension project, but
found that pywin32 doesn't support it. What's the best thing I can do,
other than hoping it will supportef pywin32 soon? I'm using pywin32
bundled with ActivePython 2.4.

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Sun May 27 16:42:05 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 00:42:05 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] shell extension property sheet
In-Reply-To: <58b84f8e0705260550i43395965qdd08ac5b41ad9929@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <02c501c7a06d$3227b150$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> I'm try to add a property sheet to my shell extension project, but
> found that pywin32 doesn't support it. What's the best thing I can do,
> other than hoping it will supportef pywin32 soon? I'm using pywin32
> bundled with ActivePython 2.4.

Use ctypes I would think.

Cheers,

Mark.

From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Mon May 28 05:32:45 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 22:32:45 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] shell extension property sheet
In-Reply-To: <02c501c7a06d$3227b150$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <58b84f8e0705260550i43395965qdd08ac5b41ad9929@mail.gmail.com>
	<02c501c7a06d$3227b150$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705272032j6fc62a1atf1fd7a4a313ce767@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/27/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> > I'm try to add a property sheet to my shell extension project, but
> > found that pywin32 doesn't support it. What's the best thing I can do,
> > other than hoping it will supportef pywin32 soon? I'm using pywin32
> > bundled with ActivePython 2.4.
>
> Use ctypes I would think.

Any chance of a demo hiding somewhere in pywin32 distribution that can
help kick things off?

From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Mon May 28 06:22:13 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 14:22:13 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] shell extension property sheet
In-Reply-To: <58b84f8e0705272032j6fc62a1atf1fd7a4a313ce767@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <031001c7a0df$c5c19da0$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> On 5/27/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> > > I'm try to add a property sheet to my shell extension project, but
> > > found that pywin32 doesn't support it. What's the best 
> thing I can do,
> > > other than hoping it will supportef pywin32 soon? I'm 
> using pywin32
> > > bundled with ActivePython 2.4.
> >
> > Use ctypes I would think.
> 
> Any chance of a demo hiding somewhere in pywin32 distribution that can
> help kick things off?

I'm afraid not.  I can't recall hearing about anyone one else doing it either.

An alternative I didn't mention which I hope is obvious, is that you could help contribute such support into pywin32 - this way you don't need to "hope".  I understand that not everyone has the knowledge or resources to be able to do that.  Even just doing the research of exactly what interfaces you need and any special data structures etc might help get it in too...

Cheers,

Mark


From niki at vintech.bg  Mon May 28 09:57:25 2007
From: niki at vintech.bg (Niki Spahiev)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 10:57:25 +0300
Subject: [python-win32] interacting with Windows Media Player
In-Reply-To: <3a69fa7c0705241314vb1b308fr59f66e8b9aed3dda@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3a69fa7c0705180911p76d9ed23m6b56da0df0024ff4@mail.gmail.com>	<464DDEF9.6080107@vintech.bg>
	<3a69fa7c0705241314vb1b308fr59f66e8b9aed3dda@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <465A8B65.80109@vintech.bg>

E R wrote:
> Is this what you were thinking of?
> 
> http://liris.cnrs.fr/advene/

No. I found it now. Its http://sourceforge.net/projects/transana

Niki Spahiev

From mbelzile at softimage.com  Tue May 29 00:27:37 2007
From: mbelzile at softimage.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Marc-Andr=E9_Belzile?=)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 18:27:37 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
Message-ID: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF1F0@tewk-mbpf3>

Hi,

My win32 app is hosting python 2.5 via the scripting ActiveX object. Everything works perfectly but the win32 COM cache behaves strangely if the app current folder (e.g. c:\temp) is different than the application path (e.g. c:\bin\MyApp). At some point when the app needs to create a new python scripting engine, the whole cache gets re-created from scratch which makes things pretty slow. This will not happen if the app is executed from it's normal application folder.

Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem other than running the app from its normal application folder ?

Below is an excerpt of a filemon log that shows the cache generation.

Thanks for your help.

-mab

5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080 
5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080 
5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080 
5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 CREATE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Options: OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196 
5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS FileFsVolumeInformation 
5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py BUFFER OVERFLOW FileAllInformation 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE  C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 0 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 1024 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 2048 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 3072 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE  C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4096 Length: 72 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4168 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 5192 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 6216 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 7240 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8264 Length: 56 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8320 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 9344 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 10368 Length: 1024 
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 11392 Length: 1024 
etc...

From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Tue May 29 14:21:38 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 07:21:38 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation
In-Reply-To: <01e001c79f6e$30c36840$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <004001c79ed3$9d5945b0$6801a8c0@homeoffice.benchmarkinternational.com>
	<01e001c79f6e$30c36840$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <008c01c7a1eb$eb3f5010$6701a8c0@rjbmain>

Mark,

Aside from the example I posted earlier, I adopted the approach you outlined
in your note, ie. I placed any exception results in class instance storage.
It looks like that will work although I've got a good deal more development
to do before being sure.

As to what codes I'm expecting ... heaven only knows.  I'm working with IE 7
now and it appears willing to return most anything under various boundary
conditions.  I'm in the process now of some systematic testing in an effort
to bring some kind of order to the affair.  

Regards,
Richard

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Mark Hammond [mailto:mhammond at skippinet.com.au]
|Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 3:17 AM
|To: 'Richard Bell'; python-win32 at python.org
|Subject: RE: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation
|
|> I'm trying to get back the result of ie.Navigate().
|> According to the MSDN
|> documentation it should return a HRESULT.  It appears to
|> return None.  Is
|> there a way to get the return code from the com interaction?
|
|All error HRESULTs are returned via exceptions.  Unfortunately, there isn't
|a reliable way to get a success HRESULT - when it is known to be
|significant, functions often return them, and it sounds like we could also
|do that in your case (assuming it *always* returns None now).  It should
|also be possible to stick all HRESULTs in some thread-local-storage and
|fetchable via "GetLastHRESULT()" or similar.  What codes are you expecting
|to see?
|
|Mark


From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Tue May 29 14:41:55 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 22:41:55 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation
In-Reply-To: <008c01c7a1eb$eb3f5010$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
Message-ID: <041d01c7a1ee$be0c8b50$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> As to what codes I'm expecting ... heaven only knows.  I'm
> working with IE 7
> now and it appears willing to return most anything under
> various boundary conditions.

I guess I was asking if you are expecting any 'success' codes other than
S_OK.  These are rare, and always explicitly documented.  If your concern is
restricted to errors, then you will find that catching pythoncom.com_error
is reliable.

Cheers,

Mark


From theodorei at yahoo.com  Tue May 29 15:41:48 2007
From: theodorei at yahoo.com (Teodor Ivanov)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:41:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [python-win32] win32net
References: <7ED3CA664474C84891E0DD86162C70F20120B4C3@dereu1nexc3.al-lighting.com>
	<450199FC.3080406@probo.com>
Message-ID: <loom.20070529T134339-755@post.gmane.org>

Tim Roberts <timr <at> probo.com> writes:

> 
> Wolf, Matthias ALRT/ELD wrote:
> 
> >Thanks for your answer!
> >
> >You are right, but in the group 'GROUP' are users and groups and I want to
receive both. Probably I need
> something like "win32net.NetGroupGetGroups" instead of
"win32net.NetGroupGetUsers". Is there any
> possible way to realise this?
> >  
> >
> 
> According to the MSDN documentation, NetGroupGetUsers is used to list
> the members of a "global group", and a "global group" can only contain
> domain users.  It cannot contain other groups.
> 
> Local groups can contain other groups, but you use
> NetLocalGroupGetMembers to examine those.
> 
The statement '"global group" can only contain domain users' is true only for 
MS domains running in mixed mode ( I mean the OS of primary domain controller is
Windows 2000 or 2003 ), but if it is in native 2000 or native 2003 mode, then
the global security groups can contain other security groups:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/95107162-47eb-4891-832f-0c0b15b7c8581033.mspx?mfr=true
and independant from NetGroupGetUsers documentation:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370430.aspx
it returns just the 'user members', but not the 'group members'. 
Does anybody have an ideia how to get the 'group members' of a group from domain
running in native mode, as well?

Thank you!

Teodor





From teekaysoh at gmail.com  Tue May 29 16:09:18 2007
From: teekaysoh at gmail.com (TK Soh)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 09:09:18 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] shell extension property sheet
In-Reply-To: <031001c7a0df$c5c19da0$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <58b84f8e0705272032j6fc62a1atf1fd7a4a313ce767@mail.gmail.com>
	<031001c7a0df$c5c19da0$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <58b84f8e0705290709q7638bcd2u7792940007b5b281@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/27/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> > On 5/27/07, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> > > > I'm try to add a property sheet to my shell extension project, but
> > > > found that pywin32 doesn't support it. What's the best
> > thing I can do,
> > > > other than hoping it will supportef pywin32 soon? I'm
> > using pywin32
> > > > bundled with ActivePython 2.4.
> > >
> > > Use ctypes I would think.
> >
> > Any chance of a demo hiding somewhere in pywin32 distribution that can
> > help kick things off?
>
> I'm afraid not.  I can't recall hearing about anyone one else doing it either.
>
> An alternative I didn't mention which I hope is obvious, is that you could help
> contribute such support into pywin32 - this way you don't need to "hope".
> I understand that not everyone has the knowledge or resources to be able to
> do that.  Even just doing the research of exactly what interfaces you need
> and any special data structures etc might help get it in too...

I'd certainly love to be able to contribute, but right now I simply
don't possess the skill to do so. Nonetheless I will keep this on my
"to-do" list ;-)

From mail at timgolden.me.uk  Tue May 29 16:09:11 2007
From: mail at timgolden.me.uk (Tim Golden)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 15:09:11 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] win32net
In-Reply-To: <loom.20070529T134339-755@post.gmane.org>
References: <7ED3CA664474C84891E0DD86162C70F20120B4C3@dereu1nexc3.al-lighting.com>	<450199FC.3080406@probo.com>
	<loom.20070529T134339-755@post.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <465C3407.8010305@timgolden.me.uk>

Teodor Ivanov wrote:

> The statement '"global group" can only contain domain users' is true only for 
> MS domains running in mixed mode ( I mean the OS of primary domain controller is
> Windows 2000 or 2003 ), but if it is in native 2000 or native 2003 mode, then
> the global security groups can contain other security groups:
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/95107162-47eb-4891-832f-0c0b15b7c8581033.mspx?mfr=true
> and independant from NetGroupGetUsers documentation:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370430.aspx
> it returns just the 'user members', but not the 'group members'. 
> Does anybody have an ideia how to get the 'group members' of a group from domain
> running in native mode, as well?

I seem to have missed the start of this thread, but is
there anything to stop you interrogating AD for this info?

If not, then have a look at these examples:

   http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/ad_cookbook.html

TJG

From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Tue May 29 16:38:41 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 09:38:41 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation
In-Reply-To: <041d01c7a1ee$be0c8b50$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <008c01c7a1eb$eb3f5010$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
	<041d01c7a1ee$be0c8b50$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <009601c7a1ff$0dcefd70$6701a8c0@rjbmain>

My misunderstanding.

As far as I know now absent some error all I really expect is S_OK.  I'm
adding in the python.com_error checking now and starting careful testing.
If something other than S_OK turns up in the IE interface I'll let you know.
Thanks.

Regards,
Richard

|> As to what codes I'm expecting ... heaven only knows.  I'm
|> working with IE 7
|> now and it appears willing to return most anything under
|> various boundary conditions.
|
|I guess I was asking if you are expecting any 'success' codes other than
|S_OK.  These are rare, and always explicitly documented.  If your concern
|is
|restricted to errors, then you will find that catching pythoncom.com_error
|is reliable.
|
|Cheers,
|
|Mark


From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Tue May 29 23:51:31 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 16:51:31 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Can pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() generate a COM
	error?
In-Reply-To: <009601c7a1ff$0dcefd70$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
References: <008c01c7a1eb$eb3f5010$6701a8c0@rjbmain><041d01c7a1ee$be0c8b50$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
	<009601c7a1ff$0dcefd70$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
Message-ID: <009a01c7a23b$87a16520$6701a8c0@rjbmain>


Can pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() generate a COM error?  In particular if
there is a running instance of IE that is terminated by some external event,
say the user or a script, will pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() generate a
COM error since the automation object is gone?

Thanks for any clues.

Regards,
Richard


From mbelzile at softimage.com  Wed May 30 01:12:50 2007
From: mbelzile at softimage.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Marc-Andr=E9_Belzile?=)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 19:12:50 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
In-Reply-To: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF1F0@tewk-mbpf3>
Message-ID: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF1FA@tewk-mbpf3>

I dig a bit more and it appears that the python win32 com module requires all target typelibs to be in the app current directory. Otherwise the cache is systematically re-generated anytime a new scripting engine is created. 

Am I doing something wrong ? Thanks in advance...

-mab

-----Original Message-----
From: python-win32-bounces at python.org [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Marc-Andr? Belzile
Sent: May 28, 2007 6:28 PM
To: python-win32 at python.org
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem

Hi,

My win32 app is hosting python 2.5 via the scripting ActiveX object. Everything works perfectly but the win32 COM cache behaves strangely if the app current folder (e.g. c:\temp) is different than the application path (e.g. c:\bin\MyApp). At some point when the app needs to create a new python scripting engine, the whole cache gets re-created from scratch which makes things pretty slow. This will not happen if the app is executed from it's normal application folder.

Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem other than running the app from its normal application folder ?

Below is an excerpt of a filemon log that shows the cache generation.

Thanks for your help.

-mab

5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080
5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080
5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080
5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 CREATE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Options: OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196
5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS FileFsVolumeInformation
5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py BUFFER OVERFLOW FileAllInformation
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE  C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 0 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 1024 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 2048 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 3072 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE  C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4096 Length: 72
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4168 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 5192 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 6216 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 7240 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8264 Length: 56
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8320 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 9344 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 10368 Length: 1024
5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 11392 Length: 1024 etc...
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From steve_geo at optusnet.com.au  Wed May 30 02:44:23 2007
From: steve_geo at optusnet.com.au (Stephen George)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 10:44:23 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Python Programmming on win32 - the book
In-Reply-To: <032801c79d91$16f915b0$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <032801c79d91$16f915b0$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <465CC8E7.4030404@optusnet.com.au>

Hi Mark,

For your info I contacted O'Reilly about the book after being told by a 
bookseller it appears "out of print"
Here is their response

> Hello,
>
> "Python Programming On Win32" is still "In Print".
> We have it on a "Print on demand" status.
> Every month or so we print enough to fill our backorders.
>
> So if you would like to get this book you would need to order it and you
> will receive it when it is printed.
> Several of our older books are now "Print on Demand" books.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tammie Jean
> O'Reilly Media Inc.
> Sebastopol, CA, USA
> 800-998-9938  US & Canada
> 707-829-0515  International




Mark Hammond wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was considering buying
>> Python Programming On Win32 which was written in 2000.
>>
>> I hate to buy out of date books.
>>
>> I'd like to ask if the contents of this book are still
>> relevant in 2007
>> and recent releases of Python.
>>     
>
> Yep - some things have changed, but the concepts are all still good.
>
>   
>> Will this book continue to be relevant for a number of years to come?
>>
>> Are there any plans for a 2nd Edition in the next 6 months or so?
>>     
>
> I'm afraid that I've been messing poor John around for many months now.  I'd
> like to think a new version would be on the shelves in 12 months time (but
> you could probably find me saying something similar 12 months ago...)
>
> Mark
>
>
>   


From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Wed May 30 04:24:14 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:24:14 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
In-Reply-To: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF1FA@tewk-mbpf3>
Message-ID: <04cf01c7a261$9e7629e0$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> I dig a bit more and it appears that the python win32 com 
> module requires all target typelibs to be in the app current 
> directory. Otherwise the cache is systematically re-generated 
> anytime a new scripting engine is created. 

This should not be the case, and there should be no assumption about the
location of the typelib - indeed, we generally just ask COM to load it for
us.  I'm afraid I have no insights to the problems you face, so you might
need to dig a little more to see what is going wrong, or work out a way so I
can reproduce the problem locally.

Cheers,

Mark

> 
> Am I doing something wrong ? Thanks in advance...
> 
> -mab
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-win32-bounces at python.org 
> [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of 
> Marc-Andr? Belzile
> Sent: May 28, 2007 6:28 PM
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My win32 app is hosting python 2.5 via the scripting ActiveX 
> object. Everything works perfectly but the win32 COM cache 
> behaves strangely if the app current folder (e.g. c:\temp) is 
> different than the application path (e.g. c:\bin\MyApp). At 
> some point when the app needs to create a new python 
> scripting engine, the whole cache gets re-created from 
> scratch which makes things pretty slow. This will not happen 
> if the app is executed from it's normal application folder.
> 
> Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem other than 
> running the app from its normal application folder ?
> 
> Below is an excerpt of a filemon log that shows the cache generation.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> -mab
> 
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py NOT FOUND Options: Open  
> Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc NOT FOUND Options: Open  
> Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo NOT FOUND Options: Open  
> Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 CREATE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Options: 
> OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS FileFsVolumeInformation
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py BUFFER OVERFLOW 
> FileAllInformation
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE  
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 0 Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 1024 
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 2048 
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 3072 
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE  
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4096 Length: 72
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4168 
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 5192 
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 6216 
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 7240 
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8264 Length: 56
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8320 
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 9344 
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 10368 
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 11392 
> Length: 1024 etc...
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From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Wed May 30 04:25:46 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:25:46 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Can pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() generate a
	COMerror?
In-Reply-To: <009a01c7a23b$87a16520$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
Message-ID: <04d301c7a261$d55d08c0$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

> Can pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() generate a COM error?  In 
> particular if
> there is a running instance of IE that is terminated by some 
> external event,
> say the user or a script, will 
> pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() generate a
> COM error since the automation object is gone?

PumpWaitingMessages will never return a COM exception.

Mark


From mbelzile at softimage.com  Wed May 30 17:19:03 2007
From: mbelzile at softimage.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Marc-Andr=E9_Belzile?=)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:19:03 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
In-Reply-To: <04cf01c7a261$9e7629e0$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF1FF@tewk-mbpf3>

That's odd, if I copy the tlb in the current folder then the __init__.py is not recreated:

10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
>>> 10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Attributes: A	

Otherwise, multiple write access calls are performed on __init__.py:

10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
>>> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Attributes: N	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Options: Open  Access: Read	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Options: Open  Access: 00100080	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	FileInternalInformation	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Length: 479208	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	READ 	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Offset: 0 Length: 64	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	CLOSE	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS		
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py	NOT FOUND	Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc	NOT FOUND	Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo	NOT FOUND	Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	CREATE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Options: OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	FileFsVolumeInformation	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	BUFFER OVERFLOW	FileAllInformation	
>>>
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE 	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 0 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 1024 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 2048 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 3072 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE 	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 4096 Length: 72	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 4168 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 5192 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 6216 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 7240 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 8264 Length: 56	
... and the list goes on

The write access calls occur when typelibs are added to the scripting ActiveX :

pythonEngine->AddTypeLib( theLibGUID, dwLibMajorVersion, dwLibMinorVersion, SCRIPTTYPELIB_ISCONTROL );

-mab

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hammond [mailto:mhammond at skippinet.com.au] 
Sent: May 29, 2007 10:24 PM
To: Marc-Andr? Belzile; python-win32 at python.org
Subject: RE: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem

> I dig a bit more and it appears that the python win32 com module 
> requires all target typelibs to be in the app current directory. 
> Otherwise the cache is systematically re-generated anytime a new 
> scripting engine is created.

This should not be the case, and there should be no assumption about the location of the typelib - indeed, we generally just ask COM to load it for us.  I'm afraid I have no insights to the problems you face, so you might need to dig a little more to see what is going wrong, or work out a way so I can reproduce the problem locally.

Cheers,

Mark

> 
> Am I doing something wrong ? Thanks in advance...
> 
> -mab
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-win32-bounces at python.org 
> [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Marc-Andr? 
> Belzile
> Sent: May 28, 2007 6:28 PM
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My win32 app is hosting python 2.5 via the scripting ActiveX object. 
> Everything works perfectly but the win32 COM cache behaves strangely 
> if the app current folder (e.g. c:\temp) is different than the 
> application path (e.g. c:\bin\MyApp). At some point when the app needs 
> to create a new python scripting engine, the whole cache gets 
> re-created from scratch which makes things pretty slow. This will not 
> happen if the app is executed from it's normal application folder.
> 
> Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem other than running 
> the app from its normal application folder ?
> 
> Below is an excerpt of a filemon log that shows the cache generation.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> -mab
> 
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py NOT FOUND Options: Open
> Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc NOT FOUND Options: Open
> Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo NOT FOUND Options: Open
> Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 CREATE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Options: 
> OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS FileFsVolumeInformation
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py BUFFER OVERFLOW 
> FileAllInformation
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 0 Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 1024
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 2048
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 3072
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4096 Length: 72
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4168
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 5192
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 6216
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 7240
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8264 Length: 56
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8320
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 9344
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 10368
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 11392
> Length: 1024 etc...
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From mbelzile at softimage.com  Wed May 30 17:28:30 2007
From: mbelzile at softimage.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Marc-Andr=E9_Belzile?=)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:28:30 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
In-Reply-To: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF1FF@tewk-mbpf3>
Message-ID: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF201@tewk-mbpf3>

Sorry, the code is rather:
pythonEngine->AddTypeLib( theLibGUID, dwLibMajorVersion, dwLibMinorVersion, SCRIPTTYPELIB_ISCONTROL );

-mab
 

-----Original Message-----
From: python-win32-bounces at python.org [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Marc-Andr? Belzile
Sent: May 30, 2007 11:19 AM
To: Mark Hammond; python-win32 at python.org
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem

That's odd, if I copy the tlb in the current folder then the __init__.py is not recreated:

10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
>>> 10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Attributes: A	

Otherwise, multiple write access calls are performed on __init__.py:

10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
>>> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Attributes: N	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Options: Open  Access: Read	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Options: Open  Access: 00100080	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	FileInternalInformation	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Length: 479208	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	READ 	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS	Offset: 0 Length: 64	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	CLOSE	C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmodel.tlb	SUCCESS		
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py	NOT FOUND	Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc	NOT FOUND	Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo	NOT FOUND	Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	CREATE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Options: OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	FileFsVolumeInformation	
10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	BUFFER OVERFLOW	FileAllInformation	
>>>
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE 	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 0 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 1024 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 2048 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 3072 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE 	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 4096 Length: 72	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 4168 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 5192 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 6216 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 7240 Length: 1024	
10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 8264 Length: 56	
... and the list goes on

The write access calls occur when typelibs are added to the scripting ActiveX :

pythonEngine->AddTypeLib( theLibGUID, dwLibMajorVersion, 
pythonEngine->dwLibMinorVersion, SCRIPTTYPELIB_ISCONTROL );

-mab

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hammond [mailto:mhammond at skippinet.com.au]
Sent: May 29, 2007 10:24 PM
To: Marc-Andr? Belzile; python-win32 at python.org
Subject: RE: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem

> I dig a bit more and it appears that the python win32 com module 
> requires all target typelibs to be in the app current directory.
> Otherwise the cache is systematically re-generated anytime a new 
> scripting engine is created.

This should not be the case, and there should be no assumption about the location of the typelib - indeed, we generally just ask COM to load it for us.  I'm afraid I have no insights to the problems you face, so you might need to dig a little more to see what is going wrong, or work out a way so I can reproduce the problem locally.

Cheers,

Mark

> 
> Am I doing something wrong ? Thanks in advance...
> 
> -mab
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-win32-bounces at python.org 
> [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Marc-Andr? 
> Belzile
> Sent: May 28, 2007 6:28 PM
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My win32 app is hosting python 2.5 via the scripting ActiveX object. 
> Everything works perfectly but the win32 COM cache behaves strangely 
> if the app current folder (e.g. c:\temp) is different than the 
> application path (e.g. c:\bin\MyApp). At some point when the app needs 
> to create a new python scripting engine, the whole cache gets 
> re-created from scratch which makes things pretty slow. This will not 
> happen if the app is executed from it's normal application folder.
> 
> Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem other than running 
> the app from its normal application folder ?
> 
> Below is an excerpt of a filemon log that shows the cache generation.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> -mab
> 
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py NOT FOUND Options: Open
> Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc NOT FOUND Options: Open
> Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo NOT FOUND Options: Open
> Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 CREATE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Options: 
> OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS FileFsVolumeInformation
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py BUFFER OVERFLOW 
> FileAllInformation
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 0 Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 1024
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 2048
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 3072
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4096 Length: 72
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4168
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 5192
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 6216
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 7240
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8264 Length: 56
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8320
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 9344
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 10368
> Length: 1024
> 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 11392
> Length: 1024 etc...
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From theller at ctypes.org  Wed May 30 18:07:37 2007
From: theller at ctypes.org (Thomas Heller)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 18:07:37 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
In-Reply-To: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF1FA@tewk-mbpf3>
References: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF1F0@tewk-mbpf3>
	<0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF1FA@tewk-mbpf3>
Message-ID: <f3k7g9$7a7$1@sea.gmane.org>

Marc-Andr? Belzile schrieb:
> I dig a bit more and it appears that the python win32 com module requires all target typelibs to be in the app current directory. Otherwise the cache is systematically re-generated anytime a new scripting engine is created. 
> 
> Am I doing something wrong ? Thanks in advance...
> 
> -mab
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-win32-bounces at python.org [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Marc-Andr? Belzile
> Sent: May 28, 2007 6:28 PM
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My win32 app is hosting python 2.5 via the scripting ActiveX object. Everything works perfectly but the win32 COM cache behaves strangely if the app current folder (e.g. c:\temp) is different than the application path (e.g. c:\bin\MyApp). At some point when the app needs to create a new python scripting engine, the whole cache gets re-created from scratch which makes things pretty slow. This will not happen if the app is executed from it's normal application folder.
> 
> Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem other than running the app from its normal application folder ?
> 
> Below is an excerpt of a filemon log that shows the cache generation.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> -mab
> 
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 CREATE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Options: OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS FileFsVolumeInformation
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py BUFFER OVERFLOW FileAllInformation
                                                                                                                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Have you investigated why the above call fails?  To me this looks like pywin cannot determine something about the file,
and then recreates it just in case...

Thomas


From daryl.spitzer at gmail.com  Wed May 30 18:55:42 2007
From: daryl.spitzer at gmail.com (Daryl Spitzer)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:55:42 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Error when trying to open a Microsoft Project file
Message-ID: <fbf2758a0705300955n2b5964ecm79d952e94ee3bfd2@mail.gmail.com>

I'm trying to open a Microsoft Project file using the following:

>>> from win32com.client import Dispatch
>>> a=Dispatch("MSProject.Application")
>>> a.Visible=1
>>> a.FileOpen("C:\test.mpp")

...but I get this error message.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<COMObject MSProject.Application>", line 8, in FileOpen
com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (1004, 'Microsoft
Office Project', 'Project cannot open the file.', 'C:\\Program
Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\VBAPJ.CHM', 131072, 0), None)

Project (Standard 2003 SP1) will open C:\test.mpp just fine interactively.

Can anyone tell me why I'm getting this error message?  What is that
'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\VBAPJ.CHM' file?  It
doesn't exist in that location, but I found it in C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\1033\.  I tried copying it to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\ but I get the same error.

--
Daryl Spitzer

From mbelzile at softimage.com  Wed May 30 19:44:42 2007
From: mbelzile at softimage.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Marc-Andr=E9_Belzile?=)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 13:44:42 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
In-Reply-To: <f3k7g9$7a7$1@sea.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF202@tewk-mbpf3>

The buffer overflow occurs after the __init__file.py has been re-created:

1:40:02 PM	XSI.exe:3836	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
1:40:02 PM	XSI.exe:3836	OPEN	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py	NOT FOUND	Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
1:40:02 PM	XSI.exe:3836	OPEN	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc	NOT FOUND	Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
1:40:02 PM	XSI.exe:3836	OPEN	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo	NOT FOUND	Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
1:40:02 PM	XSI.exe:3836	CREATE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Options: OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196	
1:40:02 PM	XSI.exe:3836	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	FileFsVolumeInformation	
1:40:02 PM	XSI.exe:3836	QUERY INFORMATION	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	BUFFER OVERFLOW	FileAllInformation	
1:40:03 PM	XSI.exe:3836	WRITE 	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 0 Length: 1024	
1:40:03 PM	XSI.exe:3836	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 1024 Length: 1024	
1:40:03 PM	XSI.exe:3836	WRITE	C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 2048 Length: 1024	

For some reasons, pywin recreates it if 269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py doesn't exist. This also happens for other typelibs added to the python engine.

-mab

-----Original Message-----
From: python-win32-bounces at python.org [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Heller
Sent: May 30, 2007 12:08 PM
To: python-win32 at python.org
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem

Marc-Andr? Belzile schrieb:
> I dig a bit more and it appears that the python win32 com module requires all target typelibs to be in the app current directory. Otherwise the cache is systematically re-generated anytime a new scripting engine is created. 
> 
> Am I doing something wrong ? Thanks in advance...
> 
> -mab
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-win32-bounces at python.org 
> [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Marc-Andr? 
> Belzile
> Sent: May 28, 2007 6:28 PM
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My win32 app is hosting python 2.5 via the scripting ActiveX object. Everything works perfectly but the win32 COM cache behaves strangely if the app current folder (e.g. c:\temp) is different than the application path (e.g. c:\bin\MyApp). At some point when the app needs to create a new python scripting engine, the whole cache gets re-created from scratch which makes things pretty slow. This will not happen if the app is executed from it's normal application folder.
> 
> Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem other than running the app from its normal application folder ?
> 
> Below is an excerpt of a filemon log that shows the cache generation.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> -mab
> 
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-
> 00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-
> 00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-
> 00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo NOT FOUND Options: Open  Access: 00010080
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 CREATE 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-
> 00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Options: OverwriteIf  Access: 
> 00120196
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-
> 00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS FileFsVolumeInformation
> 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION 
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-
> 00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py BUFFER OVERFLOW FileAllInformation
                                                                                                                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Have you investigated why the above call fails?  To me this looks like pywin cannot determine something about the file, and then recreates it just in case...

Thomas

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From timr at probo.com  Wed May 30 20:08:39 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:08:39 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Error when trying to open a Microsoft Project
 file
In-Reply-To: <fbf2758a0705300955n2b5964ecm79d952e94ee3bfd2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <fbf2758a0705300955n2b5964ecm79d952e94ee3bfd2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <465DBDA7.2010103@probo.com>

Daryl Spitzer wrote:
> I'm trying to open a Microsoft Project file using the following:
>
>   
>>>> from win32com.client import Dispatch
>>>> a=Dispatch("MSProject.Application")
>>>> a.Visible=1
>>>> a.FileOpen("C:\test.mpp")
>>>>         
>
> ...but I get this error message.
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "<COMObject MSProject.Application>", line 8, in FileOpen
> com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (1004, 'Microsoft
> Office Project', 'Project cannot open the file.', 'C:\\Program
> Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\VBAPJ.CHM', 131072, 0), None)
>
> Project (Standard 2003 SP1) will open C:\test.mpp just fine interactively.
>
> Can anyone tell me why I'm getting this error message?

Yes, I can.  You are trying to open a file name with a tab character in
it.  That is, your file name is C colon tab E S T dot M P P.

Use
    a.FileOpen( "C:\\test.mpp" )
or
    a.FileOpen( "C:/test.mpp" )


> What is that
> 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\VBAPJ.CHM' file?  It
> doesn't exist in that location, but I found it in C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\1033\.  I tried copying it to
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\ but I get the same error.
>   

That's the online help.  Project is just telling you where you could
look for more information about the error message.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From daryl.spitzer at gmail.com  Wed May 30 21:00:06 2007
From: daryl.spitzer at gmail.com (Daryl Spitzer)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:00:06 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Error when trying to open a Microsoft Project
	file
In-Reply-To: <465DBDA7.2010103@probo.com>
References: <fbf2758a0705300955n2b5964ecm79d952e94ee3bfd2@mail.gmail.com>
	<465DBDA7.2010103@probo.com>
Message-ID: <fbf2758a0705301200v58c08fe8gd60bade622ab6559@mail.gmail.com>

D'oh!  That's embarrasing.

  a.FileOpen( r'C:\test.mpp' )

...works too.

I should have clued in to the double backslashes in the path in the
error.  (I guess it goes without saying that I don't use Python on
Windows very often.)

Thanks Tim.

--
Daryl


On 5/30/07, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
> Daryl Spitzer wrote:
> > I'm trying to open a Microsoft Project file using the following:
> >
> >
> >>>> from win32com.client import Dispatch
> >>>> a=Dispatch("MSProject.Application")
> >>>> a.Visible=1
> >>>> a.FileOpen("C:\test.mpp")
> >>>>
> >
> > ...but I get this error message.
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
> >   File "<COMObject MSProject.Application>", line 8, in FileOpen
> > com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (1004, 'Microsoft
> > Office Project', 'Project cannot open the file.', 'C:\\Program
> > Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\VBAPJ.CHM', 131072, 0), None)
> >
> > Project (Standard 2003 SP1) will open C:\test.mpp just fine interactively.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me why I'm getting this error message?
>
> Yes, I can.  You are trying to open a file name with a tab character in
> it.  That is, your file name is C colon tab E S T dot M P P.
>
> Use
>     a.FileOpen( "C:\\test.mpp" )
> or
>     a.FileOpen( "C:/test.mpp" )
>
>
> > What is that
> > 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\VBAPJ.CHM' file?  It
> > doesn't exist in that location, but I found it in C:\Program
> > Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\1033\.  I tried copying it to
> > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\ but I get the same error.
> >
>
> That's the online help.  Project is just telling you where you could
> look for more information about the error message.
>
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python-win32 mailing list
> Python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>

From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Wed May 30 21:30:20 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:30:20 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation
In-Reply-To: <041d01c7a1ee$be0c8b50$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
References: <008c01c7a1eb$eb3f5010$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
	<041d01c7a1ee$be0c8b50$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
Message-ID: <004a01c7a2f0$f80582f0$6701a8c0@rjbmain>

The GenPY output for IE contains two _dispid_to_func list:
	_dispid_to_func_ = {
		      101 : "OnNavigateComplete",
		      103 : "OnQuit",
		      201 : "OnFrameNavigateComplete",
		      108 : "OnProgressChange",
		      110 : "OnWindowResize",
		      109 : "OnWindowMove",
		      104 : "OnDownloadComplete",
		      107 : "OnNewWindow",
		      111 : "OnWindowActivate",
		      102 : "OnStatusTextChange",
		      200 : "OnFrameBeforeNavigate",
		      204 : "OnFrameNewWindow",
		      105 : "OnCommandStateChange",
		      106 : "OnDownloadBegin",
		      113 : "OnTitleChange",
		      100 : "OnBeforeNavigate",
		      112 : "OnPropertyChange",
		}

	_dispid_to_func_ = {
		      227 : "OnUpdatePageStatus",
		      270 : "OnFileDownload",
		      104 : "OnDownloadComplete",
		      250 : "OnBeforeNavigate2",
		      269 : "OnSetSecureLockIcon",
		      108 : "OnProgressChange",
		      271 : "OnNavigateError",
		      283 : "OnWindowStateChanged",
		      105 : "OnCommandStateChange",
		      268 : "OnClientToHostWindow",
		      113 : "OnTitleChange",
		      266 : "OnWindowSetWidth",
		      259 : "OnDocumentComplete",
		      256 : "OnMenuBar",
		      272 : "OnPrivacyImpactedStateChange",
		      112 : "OnPropertyChange",
		      255 : "OnToolBar",
		      260 : "OnTheaterMode",
		      265 : "OnWindowSetTop",
		      102 : "OnStatusTextChange",
		      263 : "OnWindowClosing",
		      257 : "OnStatusBar",
		      262 : "OnWindowSetResizable",
		      251 : "OnNewWindow2",
		      273 : "OnNewWindow3",
		      226 : "OnPrintTemplateTeardown",
		      225 : "OnPrintTemplateInstantiation",
		      258 : "OnFullScreen",
		      282 : "OnSetPhishingFilterStatus",
		      253 : "OnQuit",
		      264 : "OnWindowSetLeft",
		      267 : "OnWindowSetHeight",
		      252 : "OnNavigateComplete2",
		      106 : "OnDownloadBegin",
		      254 : "OnVisible",
		}

Does anyone know if these are ALL the IE events passed through by the Python
COM interface?  I'm curious because the MSDN online documentation for the
browser automation objects are not entirely consistent with this list.

Thanks for any help.

Regards,
Richard


From pkoning at equallogic.com  Wed May 30 21:54:32 2007
From: pkoning at equallogic.com (Paul Koning)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 15:54:32 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Error when trying to open a Microsoft Project
 file
References: <fbf2758a0705300955n2b5964ecm79d952e94ee3bfd2@mail.gmail.com>
	<465DBDA7.2010103@probo.com>
Message-ID: <18013.54904.122141.828472@pkoning.equallogic.com>

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> writes:

 >> Can anyone tell me why I'm getting this error message?

 Tim> Yes, I can.  You are trying to open a file name with a tab
 Tim> character in it.  That is, your file name is C colon tab E S T
 Tim> dot M P P.

 Tim> Use a.FileOpen( "C:\\test.mpp" ) or a.FileOpen( "C:/test.mpp" )

or a.FileOpen (r"C:\test.mpp").  I like raw strings when dealing with
DOS style filenames.  That way I don't have to double the backslashes
and I don't have to remember whether forward slashes are supported in
that particular spot.

    paul


From mhammond at skippinet.com.au  Thu May 31 00:22:36 2007
From: mhammond at skippinet.com.au (Mark Hammond)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 08:22:36 +1000
Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
In-Reply-To: <0BCB4AE868D8934A8B3DCE3A58126A894EF1FF@tewk-mbpf3>
Message-ID: <058c01c7a309$07b1e280$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>

That is a huge amount of data, and I don't have time to digest it.  I'm
going to need help to work out why things are happening like this, otherwise
I simply am not going to find the time myself.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc-Andr? Belzile [mailto:mbelzile at softimage.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 31 May 2007 1:19 AM
> To: Mark Hammond; python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: RE: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
> 
> 
> That's odd, if I copy the tlb in the current folder then the 
> __init__.py is not recreated:
> 
> 10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py	
> SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
> 10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
> 10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc	NOT FOUND	
> Attributes: Error	
> >>> 10:33:14 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\si3dobjectmo
> del.tlb	SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
> 
> Otherwise, multiple write access calls are performed on __init__.py:
> 
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py	
> SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc	NOT FOUND	
> Attributes: Error	
> >>> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\si3dobjectmo
> del.tlb	NOT FOUND	Attributes: Error	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmo
> del.tlb	SUCCESS	Attributes: N	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	
> C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmo
> del.tlb	SUCCESS	Options: Open  Access: Read	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	
> C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmo
> del.tlb	SUCCESS	Options: Open  Access: 00100080	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmo
> del.tlb	SUCCESS	FileInternalInformation	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmo
> del.tlb	SUCCESS	Length: 479208	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	READ 	
> C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmo
> del.tlb	SUCCESS	Offset: 0 Length: 64	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	CLOSE	
> C:\Softimage\XSI_6.02_Debug-0528\Application\bin\si3dobjectmo
> del.tlb	SUCCESS		
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py	
> SUCCESS	Attributes: A	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py	NOT FOUND	Options: Open  
> Access: 00010080	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc	NOT FOUND	
> Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	OPEN	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo	NOT FOUND	
> Options: Open  Access: 00010080	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	CREATE	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	
> Options: OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	
> FileFsVolumeInformation	
> 10:11:50 AM	XSI.exe:3896	QUERY INFORMATION	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	BUFFER OVERFLOW	
> FileAllInformation	
> >>>
> 10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE 	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 
> 0 Length: 1024	
> 10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 
> 1024 Length: 1024	
> 10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 
> 2048 Length: 1024	
> 10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 
> 3072 Length: 1024	
> 10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE 	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 
> 4096 Length: 72	
> 10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 
> 4168 Length: 1024	
> 10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 
> 5192 Length: 1024	
> 10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 
> 6216 Length: 1024	
> 10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 
> 7240 Length: 1024	
> 10:11:51 AM	XSI.exe:3896	WRITE	
> C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py	SUCCESS	Offset: 
> 8264 Length: 56	
> ... and the list goes on
> 
> The write access calls occur when typelibs are added to the 
> scripting ActiveX :
> 
> pythonEngine->AddTypeLib( theLibGUID, dwLibMajorVersion, 
> dwLibMinorVersion, SCRIPTTYPELIB_ISCONTROL );
> 
> -mab
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Hammond [mailto:mhammond at skippinet.com.au] 
> Sent: May 29, 2007 10:24 PM
> To: Marc-Andr? Belzile; python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: RE: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
> 
> > I dig a bit more and it appears that the python win32 com module 
> > requires all target typelibs to be in the app current directory. 
> > Otherwise the cache is systematically re-generated anytime a new 
> > scripting engine is created.
> 
> This should not be the case, and there should be no 
> assumption about the location of the typelib - indeed, we 
> generally just ask COM to load it for us.  I'm afraid I have 
> no insights to the problems you face, so you might need to 
> dig a little more to see what is going wrong, or work out a 
> way so I can reproduce the problem locally.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark
> 
> > 
> > Am I doing something wrong ? Thanks in advance...
> > 
> > -mab
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: python-win32-bounces at python.org 
> > [mailto:python-win32-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Marc-Andr? 
> > Belzile
> > Sent: May 28, 2007 6:28 PM
> > To: python-win32 at python.org
> > Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > My win32 app is hosting python 2.5 via the scripting 
> ActiveX object. 
> > Everything works perfectly but the win32 COM cache behaves 
> strangely 
> > if the app current folder (e.g. c:\temp) is different than the 
> > application path (e.g. c:\bin\MyApp). At some point when 
> the app needs 
> > to create a new python scripting engine, the whole cache gets 
> > re-created from scratch which makes things pretty slow. 
> This will not 
> > happen if the app is executed from it's normal application folder.
> > 
> > Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem other than running 
> > the app from its normal application folder ?
> > 
> > Below is an excerpt of a filemon log that shows the cache 
> generation.
> > 
> > Thanks for your help.
> > 
> > -mab
> > 
> > 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py NOT FOUND Options: Open
> > Access: 00010080
> > 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc NOT FOUND Options: Open
> > Access: 00010080
> > 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo NOT FOUND Options: Open
> > Access: 00010080
> > 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 CREATE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Options: 
> > OverwriteIf  Access: 00120196
> > 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS 
> FileFsVolumeInformation
> > 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py BUFFER OVERFLOW 
> > FileAllInformation
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 0 
> Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 1024
> > Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 2048
> > Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 3072
> > Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4096 
> Length: 72
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4168
> > Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 5192
> > Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 6216
> > Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 7240
> > Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8264 
> Length: 56
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8320
> > Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 9344
> > Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 10368
> > Length: 1024
> > 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE
> > C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11
> > D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 11392
> > Length: 1024 etc...
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Python-win32 at python.org
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
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From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Thu May 31 00:24:15 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 17:24:15 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] How to use GetProperty and PutProperty COM interface
	in IE?
In-Reply-To: <009601c7a1ff$0dcefd70$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
References: <008c01c7a1eb$eb3f5010$6701a8c0@rjbmain><041d01c7a1ee$be0c8b50$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>
	<009601c7a1ff$0dcefd70$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
Message-ID: <005d01c7a309$42a85630$6701a8c0@rjbmain>

I'm having trouble using the GetProperty and PutProperty COM interfaces with
IE.  Example:

>>> import win32com.client
>>> ie = win32com.client.Dispatch('InternetExplorer.Application')
>>> ie.visible
>>> ie.Navigate('www.google.com')

So there's an IE with a loaded page.

>>> dir(ie)
['CLSID', 'ClientToWindow', 'ExecWB', 'GetProperty', 'GoBack', 'GoForward',
'GoHome', 'GoSearch', 'Navigate', 'Navigate2', 'PutProperty',
'QueryStatusWB', 'Quit', 'Refresh', 'Refresh2', 'ShowBrowserBar', 'Stop',
'_ApplyTypes_', '__call__', '__cmp__', '__doc__', '__getattr__', '__init__',
'__int__', '__module__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__',
'__unicode__', '_get_good_object_', '_get_good_single_object_', '_oleobj_',
'_prop_map_get_', '_prop_map_put_', 'coclass_clsid']

Clearly there are GetProperty and PutProperty methods.

>>> ie._prop_map_put_.keys()
['FullScreen', 'Width', 'Silent', 'Resizable', 'Visible',
'RegisterAsBrowser', 'StatusText', 'Top', 'Height', 'RegisterAsDropTarget',
'StatusBar', 'TheaterMode', 'Offline', 'Left', 'AddressBar', 'ToolBar',
'MenuBar']
>>> ie._prop_map_get_.keys()
['ReadyState', 'Busy', 'Container', 'Silent', 'Top', 'RegisterAsDropTarget',
'LocationName', 'Application', 'Offline', 'Document', 'Type', 'ToolBar',
'MenuBar', 'FullScreen', 'Parent', 'TheaterMode', 'Path', 'Name',
'RegisterAsBrowser', 'StatusText', 'Left', 'TopLevelContainer', 'Resizable',
'Width', 'StatusBar', 'HWND', 'Height', 'Visible', 'FullName',
'LocationURL', 'AddressBar']

Clearly there is a 'Height' property for Put and Get.

>>> ie.Height = 600

Actually changes IE's height.

>>> ie.Height
600

Reports it.

But ...

>>> print ie.GetProperty('Height')
None
>>>

And ...

>>> print ie.PutProperty('Height', 400) 
None
>>>

Does nothing.

Any clues how to use the GetProperty and PutProperty methods?

Thanks!

Richard


From timr at probo.com  Thu May 31 02:03:03 2007
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 17:03:03 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] How to use GetProperty and PutProperty COM
 interface in IE?
In-Reply-To: <005d01c7a309$42a85630$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
References: <008c01c7a1eb$eb3f5010$6701a8c0@rjbmain><041d01c7a1ee$be0c8b50$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>	<009601c7a1ff$0dcefd70$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
	<005d01c7a309$42a85630$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
Message-ID: <465E10B7.70207@probo.com>

Richard Bell wrote:
> I'm having trouble using the GetProperty and PutProperty COM interfaces with
> IE.  ...
>>>> ie.Height = 600
>>>>         
>
> Actually changes IE's height.
>
>   
>>>> ie.Height
>>>>         
> 600
> Reports it.
> But ...
>   
>>>> print ie.GetProperty('Height')
>>>>         
> None
> And ...
>
>   
>>>> print ie.PutProperty('Height', 400) 
>>>>         
> None
> Does nothing.
>
> Any clues how to use the GetProperty and PutProperty methods?
>   

I may be mistaken, but from my reading of the documents, GetProperty and
PutProperty are intended to pass property information to the web page
currently being displayed, not as an alternate method of manipulating
the properties of the IE object itself.

    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms976136.aspx

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From rbell01824 at earthlink.net  Thu May 31 16:42:46 2007
From: rbell01824 at earthlink.net (Richard Bell)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:42:46 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] How to use GetProperty and PutProperty COM
	interface in IE?
In-Reply-To: <465E10B7.70207@probo.com>
References: <008c01c7a1eb$eb3f5010$6701a8c0@rjbmain><041d01c7a1ee$be0c8b50$1f0a0a0a@enfoldsystems.local>	<009601c7a1ff$0dcefd70$6701a8c0@rjbmain><005d01c7a309$42a85630$6701a8c0@rjbmain>
	<465E10B7.70207@probo.com>
Message-ID: <002801c7a391$f4e3be60$6701a8c0@rjbmain>

Tim,

You are, of course, completely right as this example which may be useful to
others shows.

>>> import win32com.client
>>> ie=win32com.client.Dispatch('InternetExplorer.Application')
>>> ie.Visible=True
>>> ie.Navigate('www.cnn.com')
>>> ie.PutProperty('aProperty', 'this is the value')
>>> ie.GetProperty('aProperty')
u'this is the value'
>>>

Interestingly

>>> ie.Navigate('www.cnn.com')
>>> ie.GetProperty('aProperty')
u'this is the value'
>>>

so the property is preserved across navigation as the reference describes. 

Thanks again for your help.

Regards,
Richard

|
|I may be mistaken, but from my reading of the documents, GetProperty and
|PutProperty are intended to pass property information to the web page
|currently being displayed, not as an alternate method of manipulating
|the properties of the IE object itself.
|
|    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms976136.aspx
|
|--
|Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
|Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
|
|_______________________________________________
|Python-win32 mailing list
|Python-win32 at python.org
|http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32