[python-win32] How to create a com_record?

[Kevin Patterson]

Sorry for so many posting here, but on the off chance someone is curious and
looks in to this:

There's two issues I've found so far:


On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Kevin Patterson <patter001 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Does anyone have a working example (excel, outlook, etc...) to try the
> win32com.client.Record function on ?
>
> I tried the pythoncom test harness also, but no luck:
>
> import win32com.client
> myarray = win32com.client.DispatchEx
> ("{F1A51873-24E9-47ED-AE71-925462C5FE3B}")
> myrecord = win32com.client.Record("tagTestStruct1",myarray)
>
> the Record Creation fails with the following exception:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line
> 405, in
>  Record
>     return pythoncom.GetRecordFromGuids(module.CLSID, module.MajorVersion,
> modul
> e.MinorVersion, module.LCID, struct_guid)
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147024809, 'The parameter is incorrect.', None,
> None)
>
> For refrence, help looks like the below. Only major difference is using
> Dispatch vs. DispatchEx
>
> Record(name, object)
>     Creates a new record object, given the name of the record,
>     and an object from the same type library.
>
>
> Example usage from documentation is:
>
>       app = win32com.client.Dispatch("Some.Application")
>       point = win32com.client.Record("SomeAppPoint", app)
>       point.x = 0
>       point.y = 0
>       app.MoveTo(point)
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Kevin Patterson <patter001 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Ok, more digging, it looks like the OLE Automation TypeLib should have a
> > GUID Record defined. I see this when using the Python Object Browser
> >
> > However, when I generate the py file for the OLE Automation type
> > library, I don't see GUID in the RecordMap (or any reference to the GUID
> > Record)...Is there suppose to be something in the generated file, but maybe
> > its not working ? How do I actually create one of these Records ?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Kevin Patterson <patter001 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I found the comtypes equivalent if that helps any. The generated
> > > comtypes file looks like this:
> > >
> > >    COMMETHOD([dispid(1610743812), helpstring(u'GetInterface()
> > > method')], HRESULT, 'GetInterface',
> > >               ( ['in'], POINTER(GUID), 'riid' ),
> > >               ( ['retval', 'out'], POINTER(POINTER(IUnknown)),
> > > 'ppUnknown' )),
> > >
> > > With the above, I'm able to use the comtypes.GUID.GUID structure to
> > > pass the information over through the COM. Unfortunately I still can't find
> > > the win32com equivalent of passing my structure through the COM.
> > >
> > > The win32com generated py file is saying that it expects a VT_RECORD,
> > > but from above, maybe it should really be expecting a POINTER ? or
> > > VT_POINTER ? I tried to modify the win32com generated file to take a VT_PTR
> > > but that didn't seem to help. I really don't want to redo my infastructure
> > > in comtypes, so if anyone knows the win32com equivalent, that would be
> > > awesome.
> > >
> > > In the meantime, I'll keep digging, and will post if I find more.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Kevin Patterson <patter001 at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Old thread, but I got a little more data on the function. The
> > > > function actually has a REFIID as the first parameter. This apparently is a
> > > > standard structure for C COM code.  I'm not entirely sure why the win32com
> > > > changes the REFIID to be a VT_RECORD. Does the following definition of the
> > > > functions help at all (they are from the IDL file)
> > > >
> > > > HRESULT GetInterface( [in] REFIID riid, [out, retval, iid_is(riid)]
> > > > IUnknown** ppUnknown);
> > > > should be same as:
> > > > HRESULT GetInterface( [in] GUID* pGuid, [out, retval, iid_is(pGuid)]
> > > > IUnknown** ppUnknown);
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Mark Hammond <
> > > > mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > guid = win32com.client.Record("GUID", some_ob)
> > > > >
> > > > > > I don't have the some_obj that allows me to build "GUID".
> > > > >
> > > > > It should be any object from the same typelib - almost certainly
> > > > > whatever
> > > > > object you intend passing this record to.
> > > > >
> > > > > > VB.NET (GetType) and C++ (__uuid) both already know that a GUID
> > > > > is a
> > > > > record.
> > > > >
> > > > > C++ doesn't know it is a COM record.  A COM record is something
> > > > > quite
> > > > > different to a C/C++ struct or from .NET types.  A COM record is
> > > > > specifically designed to be cross-language.
> > > > >
> > > > > > It seems the python CLSID is the same thing, but i don't know
> > > > > what to call
> > > > >
> > > > > > to get a CLSID that is a com_record type.
> > > > >
> > > > > As I've explained, we are looking for the COM record definition
> > > > > you are
> > > > > trying to use.  A C++ struct definition for a GUID is *not* what
> > > > > you are
> > > > > looking for - you are looking for the COM record definition of a
> > > > > GUID.  I
> > > > > see now that you simply copied me a C++ struct you found, which is
> > > > > not at
> > > > > all useful in this context.
> > > > >
> > > > > To clarify: in a *typelib* you will find a struct definition that
> > > > > you are
> > > > > trying to use.  Finding a struct definition of the same name
> > > > > somewhere else
> > > > > is not suitable.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Am I understanding the win32com.client.Record call correctly? It
> > > > > needs
> > > > > GUID to be defined by the
> > > > > > COM right?
> > > > >
> > > > > Not "defined by COM", but "defined using COM" - the author of a
> > > > > typelib must
> > > > > have defined it somewhere.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Its odd b/c the GIUD (python's CLSID) is all over the COM
> > > > > definitions its
> > > > > just type
> > > > > > VT_RECORD type that I'm not understanding how to convert to.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, I'm afraid you are confused.  All existing GUID or CLSID
> > > > > definitions
> > > > > you can find are useless - there is only 1 that is relevant, and
> > > > > that will
> > > > > be defined in a typelib.
> > > > >
> > > > > I think the confusion is such that you need to find basic docs for
> > > > > the
> > > > > object, so we can get back to square 1.
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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