[python-win32] Can win32com handle this one?

[David Abrahams]

on Mon Feb 04 2008, "Mark Hammond" <mhammond-AT-skippinet.com.au> wrote:

>> >
>> > ob = win32com.client.Dispatch(s.GetProvider())
>> >
>> > to see if it does support IDispatch,
>> 
>> Hmm, thanks, I guess it doesn't:
>> 
>>      'PyIUnknown' object has no attribute 'GetTypeInfo'
>> 
>> > in which case you could then start calling methods etc on it.
>
> Oops - it looks like I should have written:
>  
> ob =
> win32com.client.Dispatch(s.GetProvider().QueryInterface(pythoncom.IID_IDispa
> tch))
>
>> 
>> So I guess I need to resort to wrapping the C++ API into an extension
>> module.
>
> Or look at 'comtypes', which may end up being less work than an extension
> module.

Seems to handle the problem very nicely, thank you!

Is there somewhere a summary of criteria by which I'd choose win32com or
comtypes?

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