From hejibo at gmail.com  Wed Dec  1 01:37:32 2010
From: hejibo at gmail.com (He Jibo)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:37:32 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] How do I get the URL of the active tab in
	Internet Explorer
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Thanks. Following your link, I get the following code in C#, The following
function GetActiveTabIndex seems to what I need. But I do not know how to do
it in python. Any ideas? Thanks.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ieextensiondevelopment/thread/03a8c835-e9e4-405b-8345-6c3d36bc8941


        public int GetActiveTabIndex(IntPtr ieHandle)

        {

            AccessibleObjectFromWindow(GetDirectUIHWND(ieHandle),
OBJID.OBJID_WINDOW,
ref accessible);

            if (accessible == null)

                throw new Exception();



            var index = 0;

            var ieDirectUIHWND = new IEAccessible(ieHandle);



            foreach (IEAccessible accessor in ieDirectUIHWND.Children)

            {

                foreach (var child in accessor.Children)

                {

                    foreach (var tab in child.Children)

                    {

                        object tabIndex = tab.accessible.get_accState(0);



                        if ((int)tabIndex == IE_ACTIVE_TAB)

                            return index;



                        index++;

                    }

                }

            }



            return -1;

        }



---------------------------
He Jibo
Department of Psychology,
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign,
603 East Daniel St.,
Champaign, IL 61820
website: www.hejibo.info



On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:00 PM, sharpblade <sharpblade1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This might be of some help:
>
> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/ieextensiondevelopment/thread/e3a501d6-2163-4cc0-be2d-5011e7fa9613/
> <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/ieextensiondevelopment/thread/e3a501d6-2163-4cc0-be2d-5011e7fa9613/>Check
> out Dan Morris's post, or T E dixons.
>
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:42 PM, He Jibo <hejibo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks so much for your valuable information. I will only need the url of
>> a browser when it is in the front. I am going to try SendKey, it seems to be
>> a good way to go. Have a nice day!
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------
>> He Jibo
>> Department of Psychology,
>> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
>> University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign,
>> 603 East Daniel St.,
>> Champaign, IL 61820
>> website: www.hejibo.info
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Mike Driscoll <
>> mdriscoll at co.marshall.ia.us> wrote:
>>
>>>  On 1:59 PM, He Jibo wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I am writing a small program, which needs to get the URL of the active
>>> tab in either of firefox, internet exploerer or chrome.
>>> My need is similar as the one posted at,
>>>
>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3631216/how-do-i-get-the-url-of-the-visible-tab-in-firefox-
>>> ie-chrome
>>>
>>> I did a lot of Googling, and get the following code. The following
>>> code can get the url of the first tab in internet explorer. My
>>> question is, how can I get the url of the current active tab? Thanks.
>>>
>>> '''
>>>
>>> http://efreedom.com/Question/1-2555905/Get-Internet-Explorer-Address-Bar-Python
>>> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/07/05/435657.aspx
>>> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2004-June/002040.html
>>>
>>> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/302324-browser-automation-tool-py-class-file/
>>> '''
>>> from win32com.client import Dispatch
>>> import win32api, win32con,win32gui
>>>
>>>
>>> SHELL = Dispatch("Shell.Application")
>>>
>>> def get_ie(shell):
>>>    for win in shell.Windows():
>>> #        print win
>>>        if win.Name == "Windows Internet Explorer":
>>>            return win
>>>    return None
>>>
>>> def main():
>>>    ie = get_ie(SHELL)
>>>    if ie:
>>>        print ie.LocationURL
>>>        print ie.LocationName
>>>        print ie.ReadyState
>>>        print ie
>>>        print ie.Document.title
>>>        print ie.Document.location
>>>        print ie.Document.forms
>>>
>>> #        title = win32gui.GetWindowText(ie)
>>> #        print title
>>>
>>>    else:
>>>        print "no ie window"
>>>
>>> if __name__ == '__main__':
>>>    main()
>>> ---------------------------
>>> He Jibo
>>> Department of Psychology,
>>> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
>>> University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign,
>>> 603 East Daniel St.,
>>> Champaign, IL 61820
>>> website: www.hejibo.info
>>>
>>>
>>> It will probably be frowned on here, but one of the easiest ways would be
>>> to use SendKeys in combination with some Windows hackery. I have attached
>>> some code I came up with after getting help from several of the fine people
>>> on this list. It shows how to bring a window into focus by just passing in
>>> an expected string. In this case, you would want to use something like
>>> "Windows Internet Explorer" and have it search for that.
>>>
>>> Once that's in focus, you can use the SendKeys package (
>>> http://www.rutherfurd.net/python/sendkeys/) to send an ALT+D to select
>>> the url and then CTRL+C to copy it. Then you can use the win32clipboard
>>> module from PyWin32 to grab the text from the clipboard.
>>>
>>> It's a hack, but it's kind of fun. Of course, you can't use your PC while
>>> the script runs or you might interrupt the process and send the keys to the
>>> wrong window.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike Driscoll
>>> Applications Specialist
>>> Blog:   http://blog.pythonlibrary.org
>>>
>>
>>
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From robin at reportlab.com  Wed Dec  1 17:00:40 2010
From: robin at reportlab.com (Robin Becker)
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:00:40 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] odbc exceptions
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On 01/12/2010 00:28, Vernon Cole wrote:
> even more important, also install a new copy of pywin32.
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
>
>
.......

OK I have installed both python 2.6.6 and the latest pywin32 ie build 214 for 
2.6 (before I had 212). I'm still getting that error.

C:\code\rlextra\graphics\guiedit>cat toad.py
try:
     import odbc
     print odbc.__file__
     conn = odbc.odbc('not_a_db_path')
except:
     raise

C:\code\rlextra\graphics\guiedit>toad.py
C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32\odbc.pyd
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\code\rlextra\graphics\guiedit\toad.py", line 4, in <module>
     conn = odbc.odbc('not_a_db_path')
dbi.opError: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no 
default driver specified in LOGIN

C:\code\rlextra\graphics\guiedit>ls -l C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32\odbc.pyd
-rw-rw-rw-   1 user     group       28160 Jul  5  2009 
C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32\odbc.pyd

C:\code\rlextra\graphics\guiedit>

can you tell me what the timestamp of your odbc.pyd is to finally eliminate that 
as the source of the problem?
-- 
Robin Becker

From planders at gmail.com  Wed Dec  1 17:22:22 2010
From: planders at gmail.com (Preston Landers)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:22:22 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] odbc exceptions
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No, it appears you're getting a different (and expected) error now.

"[ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver
specified in LOGIN"

That means you didn't give a valid ODBC connection string when you tried to
create a connection.   Earlier you were getting "TypeError: exceptions must
be classes or instances, not str".  Try putting a valid connection string in
your test.

thanks,
Preston


On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Robin Becker <robin at reportlab.com> wrote:

> On 01/12/2010 00:28, Vernon Cole wrote:
>
>> even more important, also install a new copy of pywin32.
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
>>
>>
>>  .......
>
> OK I have installed both python 2.6.6 and the latest pywin32 ie build 214
> for 2.6 (before I had 212). I'm still getting that error.
>
> C:\code\rlextra\graphics\guiedit>cat toad.py
>
> try:
>    import odbc
>    print odbc.__file__
>    conn = odbc.odbc('not_a_db_path')
> except:
>    raise
>
> C:\code\rlextra\graphics\guiedit>toad.py
>
> C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32\odbc.pyd
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "C:\code\rlextra\graphics\guiedit\toad.py", line 4, in <module>
>
>    conn = odbc.odbc('not_a_db_path')
> dbi.opError: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found
> and no default driver specified in LOGIN
>
> C:\code\rlextra\graphics\guiedit>ls -l
> C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32\odbc.pyd
> -rw-rw-rw-   1 user     group       28160 Jul  5  2009
> C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32\odbc.pyd
>
> C:\code\rlextra\graphics\guiedit>
>
> can you tell me what the timestamp of your odbc.pyd is to finally eliminate
> that as the source of the problem?
>
> --
>
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From gstellenberg at gmail.com  Wed Dec  1 17:26:55 2010
From: gstellenberg at gmail.com (Gerry Stellenberg)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:26:55 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] Python COM server corrupting VB parameter?
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Thanks Matt.  I'm still hopeful there's something I can do from the python
(server) side as the VB scripts are managed in somebody else's project.

Does anybody else have input on this?  Is this a known issue with pyWin32 or
do I need to do something differently in the server code?  If a known issue,
is the cause known and a fix in the works?  Alternately, can somebody help
me identify the issue in the pyWin32 source so I can rebuild my local copy?

Thanks.
- Gerry

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Matthias Kirst <matt at clondiag.com> wrote:

> We stumbled across the same problem (10 years ago) and our solutions are:
>
> - use global variables
>
> - copy variable to another one and call COM server with this copy
>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Matt
>
>
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From robin at reportlab.com  Wed Dec  1 18:13:05 2010
From: robin at reportlab.com (Robin Becker)
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:13:05 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] odbc exceptions
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On 01/12/2010 16:22, Preston Landers wrote:
> No, it appears you're getting a different (and expected) error now.
>
> "[ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver
> specified in LOGIN"
>
> That means you didn't give a valid ODBC connection string when you tried to
> create a connection.   Earlier you were getting "TypeError: exceptions must
> be classes or instances, not str".  Try putting a valid connection string in
> your test.
>
> thanks,
> Preston
......
you're absolutely right, I must have been snow blind. The exception's no longer 
a string which is what we expect.
-- 
Robin Becker

From mdhowle at att.net  Wed Dec  1 19:32:39 2010
From: mdhowle at att.net (Matthew Howle)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:32:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [python-win32] Inheritance not applied to objects and containers
Message-ID: <571383.18937.qm@web80013.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

The permissions are applied to the directory but subdirectories and files within 
the directory aren't inheriting the permissions.  I can manually go the Advanced 
Security Settings for the directory and check "Apply these permissions to 
objects and/or container within this container only" to get the desired result. 

There was the same issue listed in the 
archive http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2006-March/004472.html, 
but there was no response.

Any ideas what I'm missing?

Here is the sample code I'm using:

>>> user,domain,type =  win32security.LookupAccountName("","DOMAIN\\username")
>>> sd = 
>>>win32security.GetFileSecurity("C:\\testdir",win32security.DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION)
>>>
>>> dacl = sd.GetSecurityDescriptorDacl()
>>> dacl.AddAccessAllowedAceEx(win32security.ACL_REVISION_DS,win32security.OBJECT_INHERIT_ACE|win32security.CONTAINER_INHERIT_ACE,win32file.FILE_ALL_ACCESS,user)
>>>
>>> sd.SetSecurityDescriptorDacl(1,dacl,0)
>>> win32security.SetFileSecurity("C:\\testdir",win32security.DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,sd)
>>>

Thanks!
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From timr at probo.com  Wed Dec  1 19:59:12 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:59:12 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Inheritance not applied to objects and containers
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References: <571383.18937.qm@web80013.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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Matthew Howle wrote:
> The permissions are applied to the directory but subdirectories and
> files within the directory aren't inheriting the permissions.

You've stumbled across a very nasty little dark corner.

There are several APIs for managing security descriptors, including APIs
like SetFileSecurity, SetSecurityInfo, and SetNamedSecurityInfo.  You
happened to choose SetFileSecurity.  It turns out this is a low-level
API which does not automatically propagate the inherited permissions. 
Your permissions will apply to NEW objects, but it doesn't modify
EXISTING child objects.

You should investigate either SetSecurityInfo or SetNamedSecurityInfo. 
Both of those will do the propagation automatically.

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


From mdhowle at att.net  Wed Dec  1 20:47:16 2010
From: mdhowle at att.net (Matthew Howle)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:47:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [python-win32] Inheritance not applied to objects and containers
In-Reply-To: <4CF69B00.3010502@probo.com>
Message-ID: <428914.11688.qm@web80010.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Aha! Thank you, using SetNamedSecurityInfo() worked perfectly. 

Here's the test code I used

>>> user = win32security.LookupAccountName("","DOMAIN\\username")[0]
>>> sd = win32security.GetFileSecurity("C:\\testdir",win32security.DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION)
>>> dacl = sd.GetSecurityDescriptorDacl()
>>> dacl.AddAccessAllowedAceEx(win32security.ACL_REVISION,win32security.OBJECT_INHERIT_ACE|win32security.CONTAINER_INHERIT_ACE,win32file.FILE_ALL_ACCESS,user)

>>> ret = win32security.SetNamedSecurityInfo("C:\\testdir",win32security.SE_FILE_OBJECT,win32security.DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,None,None,dacl,None)

>>> print ret # None == Success

--- On Wed, 12/1/10, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:

> From: Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com>
> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Inheritance not applied to objects and containers
> To: "Python-Win32 List" <python-win32 at python.org>
> Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 6:59 PM
> Matthew Howle wrote:
> > The permissions are applied to the directory but
> subdirectories and
> > files within the directory aren't inheriting the
> permissions.
> 
> You've stumbled across a very nasty little dark corner.
> 
> There are several APIs for managing security descriptors,
> including APIs
> like SetFileSecurity, SetSecurityInfo, and
> SetNamedSecurityInfo.? You
> happened to choose SetFileSecurity.? It turns out this
> is a low-level
> API which does not automatically propagate the inherited
> permissions. 
> Your permissions will apply to NEW objects, but it doesn't
> modify
> EXISTING child objects.
> 
> You should investigate either SetSecurityInfo or
> SetNamedSecurityInfo. 
> Both of those will do the propagation automatically.
> 
> -- 
> 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 kevinlcarlson at gmail.com  Wed Dec  1 21:16:56 2010
From: kevinlcarlson at gmail.com (Kevin Carlson)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:16:56 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Checking app windows for certain keywords
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=qv7yQT+rx1wBydmrf-SoqjKghuuAVk8T-QN93@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

My searches didn't turn up anything so I'm posting to the group:

I'd like to develop a Python app that periodically scans all open app
windows (browser, Word, Outlook, etc.) for specific keywords.  The
idea is to have an alert window popup (using wxPython) as a reminder
to the user to handle certain documents in a special way.

Libraries such as WinGuiAuto.py can apparently check the contents of
forms, but I haven't seen anything to simply identify keyword text
anywhere within an open window.  Ideas?

Thanks,
Kevin

From timr at probo.com  Wed Dec  1 22:56:20 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 13:56:20 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Checking app windows for certain keywords
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=qv7yQT+rx1wBydmrf-SoqjKghuuAVk8T-QN93@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTi=qv7yQT+rx1wBydmrf-SoqjKghuuAVk8T-QN93@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4CF6C484.3070706@probo.com>

Kevin Carlson wrote:
> I'd like to develop a Python app that periodically scans all open app
> windows (browser, Word, Outlook, etc.) for specific keywords.

What does that mean, exactly?  Remember that most applications have
hundreds of windows (buttons, list boxes, input boxes, tree controls,
icons, menu bars, tool bars, etc).  Do you mean you want to scan their
open documents?  If you look at windows, you will often only get the
part that's visible right now.

> The idea is to have an alert window popup (using wxPython) as a reminder
> to the user to handle certain documents in a special way.

Hmm, I can see that getting really annoying, really quickly.

> Libraries such as WinGuiAuto.py can apparently check the contents of
> forms, but I haven't seen anything to simply identify keyword text
> anywhere within an open window.  Ideas?

I don't see why you think a form is different from a window. 
WinGuiAuto.py would seem to be just what you want, mostly.

However, it turns out that what you ask is simply not possible in the
general case.  You can certainly enumerate all of the top level windows
in the system, then enumerate all of the child windows looking for text
boxes and rich text controls, then fetch their contents (all using
WinGuiAuto.py).  Then you can search the text for your keywords. 
However, that won't work with Word (or any of the other Office
applications).  The Office applications do not use traditional windows
to display their controls.  They treat the entire window as a blank
canvas, and use their own internal scheme to display the text.  You
can't use a window message to read the visible part of a Word document.

To control Word, you'd have to use COM.  That opens up an entirely new
can of worms.

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


From rsyring at inteli-com.com  Thu Dec  2 02:02:36 2010
From: rsyring at inteli-com.com (Randy Syring)
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:02:36 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application
Message-ID: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com>

I have been tasked with integrating an command line program (.exe) with 
a python web application.  The program is intended to be run by a normal 
user and therefore pops up a "helpful" GUI window that displays a 
"working on it" type message while the program gathers data from a 
remote location.  The web application is written in python and uses 
isapi-wsgi to integrate into IIS.

Long story short, I have a routine in my web application that calls the 
program using the subprocess module, waits for it to finish, and then 
imports the data it collected.  We have successfully tested this routine 
with the user that the IIS application pool runs under.  But, when I try 
to run said routine from the web application, the external program hangs.

It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a 
non-interactive service like IIS.  But, I am not 100% sure on this so I 
was hoping that this list might be able to shed some light on this topic.

Thank you in advance for any help you might be able to give.

-- 
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From timr at probo.com  Thu Dec  2 02:28:02 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 17:28:02 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web
	application
In-Reply-To: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com>
References: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com>
Message-ID: <4CF6F622.2010903@probo.com>

Randy Syring wrote:
> It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a 
> non-interactive service like IIS.  But, I am not 100% sure on this so I 
> was hoping that this list might be able to shed some light on this topic.

Your analysis is quite correct.

It is possible, through painful and creative use of CreateProcessAsUser,
to create a process as the user that is running on the primary visible
desktop.  Here's more information, although I don't really think it
solves your problem:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683502.aspx

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


From rsyring at inteli-com.com  Thu Dec  2 03:43:58 2010
From: rsyring at inteli-com.com (Randy Syring)
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:43:58 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS
	web	application
In-Reply-To: <4CF6F622.2010903@probo.com>
References: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com> <4CF6F622.2010903@probo.com>
Message-ID: <4CF707EE.4000404@inteli-com.com>

On 12/01/2010 08:28 PM, Tim Roberts wrote:
> Randy Syring wrote:
>> It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a
>> non-interactive service like IIS.  But, I am not 100% sure on this so I
>> was hoping that this list might be able to shed some light on this topic.
> Your analysis is quite correct.
Thank you for the confirmation.
> It is possible, through painful and creative use of CreateProcessAsUser,
> to create a process as the user that is running on the primary visible
> desktop.  Here's more information, although I don't really think it
> solves your problem:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683502.aspx
>
Good to know, but you are correct that it doesn't solve the problem.  
This program needs to work even when no users are logged into the 
server, as that will be the case 99% of the time.

Thanks again.

--------------------------------------
Randy Syring
Intelicom
Direct: 502-276-0459
Office: 502-212-9913

For the wages of sin is death, but the
free gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom 6:23)


From roberto.c.aguilar at gmail.com  Thu Dec  2 04:02:06 2010
From: roberto.c.aguilar at gmail.com (Roberto Aguilar)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 19:02:06 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS
	web	application
In-Reply-To: <4CF707EE.4000404@inteli-com.com>
References: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com> <4CF6F622.2010903@probo.com>
	<4CF707EE.4000404@inteli-com.com>
Message-ID: <D5A77B07-77D1-4D4F-8BFA-59AC54B15933@gmail.com>

On Dec 1, 2010, at 6:43 PM, Randy Syring wrote:
> On 12/01/2010 08:28 PM, Tim Roberts wrote:
>> Randy Syring wrote:
>>> It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a
>>> non-interactive service like IIS.  But, I am not 100% sure on this so I
>>> was hoping that this list might be able to shed some light on this topic.
>> Your analysis is quite correct.
> Thank you for the confirmation.
>> It is possible, through painful and creative use of CreateProcessAsUser,
>> to create a process as the user that is running on the primary visible
>> desktop.  Here's more information, although I don't really think it
>> solves your problem:
>> 
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683502.aspx
>> 
> Good to know, but you are correct that it doesn't solve the problem.  This program needs to work even when no users are logged into the server, as that will be the case 99% of the time.

My guess is that you do not have access to the source code of the .exe in order to yank out the dialog and recompile, correct?

We had a similar issue at work and ended up using Ollydbg [1] to find out where the msgbox call was being made within the executable.  Once located, the msgbox call and associated instructions were replaced with noop calls.

Hacky?  Absolutely.  Did it work?  Yep.

Hope this helps,
-Roberto.

[1] http://www.ollydbg.de/

From vernondcole at gmail.com  Thu Dec  2 04:38:01 2010
From: vernondcole at gmail.com (Vernon Cole)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 20:38:01 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web
	application
In-Reply-To: <D5A77B07-77D1-4D4F-8BFA-59AC54B15933@gmail.com>
References: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com> <4CF6F622.2010903@probo.com>
	<4CF707EE.4000404@inteli-com.com>
	<D5A77B07-77D1-4D4F-8BFA-59AC54B15933@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTik1U4+iLEU-aREkJUB20MdNUkcZZx0Fqt5FTkQ1@mail.gmail.com>

There is a registry hack to make a Windows box auto log in when it boots
up.  If you cannot find an example, get back to me and I will get a sample
from a co-worker at a former employer.  We had several dozen machines there
which were actually servers, but the software was written for a GUI desktop.
An auto-login with a Python startup script make them work automatically.
Something like that may do the trick for your application.
Vernon

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Roberto Aguilar <roberto.c.aguilar at gmail.com
> wrote:

> On Dec 1, 2010, at 6:43 PM, Randy Syring wrote:
> > On 12/01/2010 08:28 PM, Tim Roberts wrote:
> >> Randy Syring wrote:
> >>> It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a
> >>> non-interactive service like IIS.  But, I am not 100% sure on this so I
> >>> was hoping that this list might be able to shed some light on this
> topic.
> >> Your analysis is quite correct.
> > Thank you for the confirmation.
> >> It is possible, through painful and creative use of CreateProcessAsUser,
> >> to create a process as the user that is running on the primary visible
> >> desktop.  Here's more information, although I don't really think it
> >> solves your problem:
> >>
> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683502.aspx
> >>
> > Good to know, but you are correct that it doesn't solve the problem.
>  This program needs to work even when no users are logged into the server,
> as that will be the case 99% of the time.
>
> My guess is that you do not have access to the source code of the .exe in
> order to yank out the dialog and recompile, correct?
>
> We had a similar issue at work and ended up using Ollydbg [1] to find out
> where the msgbox call was being made within the executable.  Once located,
> the msgbox call and associated instructions were replaced with noop calls.
>
> Hacky?  Absolutely.  Did it work?  Yep.
>
> Hope this helps,
> -Roberto.
>
> [1] http://www.ollydbg.de/
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From rupole at hotmail.com  Thu Dec  2 04:45:11 2010
From: rupole at hotmail.com (Roger Upole)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 22:45:11 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web
	application
References: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com>
Message-ID: <id74o8$jrm$1@dough.gmane.org>

You might be able to use win32service.CreateDesktop to give
the program a desktop to work with.

       Roger

Randy Syring wrote:
>I have been tasked with integrating an command line program (.exe) with a
>python web application.  The program is intended to be run by a normal user
>and therefore pops up a "helpful" GUI window that displays a "working on
>it" type message while the program gathers data from a remote location.
>The web application is written in python and uses isapi-wsgi to integrate
>into IIS.
>
> Long story short, I have a routine in my web application that calls the
> program using the subprocess module, waits for it to finish, and then
> imports the data it collected.  We have successfully tested this routine
> with the user that the IIS application pool runs under.  But, when I try
> to run said routine from the web application, the external program hangs.
>
> It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a
> non-interactive service like IIS.  But, I am not 100% sure on this so I
> was hoping that this list might be able to shed some light on this topic.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help you might be able to give.
>





From rsiravara at yahoo.com  Thu Dec  2 00:20:21 2010
From: rsiravara at yahoo.com (rmsauthor)
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 15:20:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [python-win32] cannot install pywin32, 'access denied,
 cannot open archive'
In-Reply-To: <4BC5255B.5090307@scheie.homedns.org>
References: <4BC5255B.5090307@scheie.homedns.org>
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I'm getting the same error and am unable to resolve it. 
Peter, were you able to install successfully?

Peter Scheie-2 wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to install the pywin32-214.win32-py2.5.exe package onto a
> Windows XP 
> virtual machine running on VirtualBox on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty). I've got
> python 
> 2.5 installed.  Whenever I try to run the pywin32-214.win32-py2.5.exe, it
> first 
> gives me a "Run As" dialog that asks me which ID it should run under,
> either my 
> own ID (which has administrator privileges) or Administrator.  If I choose
> my 
> own ID, I get a Runtime Error saying "Access is denied. Could not open
> archive." 
>   If I try to run it as Administrator, it just instantly pops back to the
> same 
> "Run As" dialog.  I've tried logging in as Administrator, but I get the
> same 
> thing.  I've tried the version 213 package, and I get the same thing. 
> I've 
> installed PIL, FileZilla, etc. with no problems.  I just can't seem to get 
> pywin32's installer to run.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.
> 
> Peter
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
> 
> 

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From python at bdurham.com  Thu Dec  2 12:49:23 2010
From: python at bdurham.com (python at bdurham.com)
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:49:23 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Prevent a (Tkinter) window from maximizing via win32
	api call?
Message-ID: <1291290563.24525.1408268743@webmail.messagingengine.com>

If I have a windows handle to my Tkinter window, is there a win32
api call that I can use that will prevent my window from being
maximized?

There is no way to prevent a resizable window from being
maximized in Tkinter other than to remove the window's border and
titlebar (both of which I would like to keep).

Thank you,
Malcolm
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From eric.brunel at pragmadev.com  Thu Dec  2 14:20:13 2010
From: eric.brunel at pragmadev.com (Eric Brunel)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 14:20:13 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Prevent a (Tkinter) window from maximizing via
	win32 api call?
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On 2 d?c. 10, at 12:49, python at bdurham.com wrote:

> If I have a windows handle to my Tkinter window, is there a win32  
> api call that I can use that will prevent my window from being  
> maximized?
>
> There is no way to prevent a resizable window from being maximized  
> in Tkinter other than to remove the window's border and titlebar  
> (both of which I would like to keep).

Are you sure about that? I just tried:

from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.wm_resizable(False, False)

and it disables the maximize button. I'm on a Mac though, not sure it  
works on Windows?

> Thank you,
> Malcolm

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From python at bdurham.com  Thu Dec  2 15:13:24 2010
From: python at bdurham.com (python at bdurham.com)
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:13:24 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Prevent a (Tkinter) window from maximizing via
 win32 api call?
In-Reply-To: <A44D5FC6-AB37-42E2-A318-4B72E6843841@pragmadev.com>
References: <1291290563.24525.1408268743@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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Message-ID: <1291299204.31739.1408289677@webmail.messagingengine.com>

Hi Eric,

> Are you sure about that? I just tried:

My original question said "resizable window" :)

I have a *resizable* Tkinter window with min and max sizes set. I
want to prevent users from attempting to maximize this window
because the window pops over to the upper left of the display - a
behavior that my users find very frustrating (and of little
value).

I can trap the maximize event in Tkinter by binding to a window's
<Configure> event, but the Tkinter raises the <Configure> event
*after* it has maximized the window so I can't cancel the
maximize behavior.

Thanks for your help!

Malcolm

<snipped>
On 2 d?c. 10, at 12:49, [1]python at bdurham.com wrote:

If I have a windows handle to my Tkinter window, is there a win32
api call that I can use that will prevent my window from being
maximized?

There is no way to prevent a resizable window from being
maximized in Tkinter other than to remove the window's border and
titlebar (both of which I would like to keep).

</snipped>

References

1. mailto:python at bdurham.com
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From jimragsdale02 at gmail.com  Thu Dec  2 15:59:23 2010
From: jimragsdale02 at gmail.com (Jim Ragsdale)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 08:59:23 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] Access femap API, Type mismatch
Message-ID: <AANLkTinWiwh_HaiPX7S8Ae7KR5-Y=QL-kzTOR_kfKXC7@mail.gmail.com>

I am trying to access the femap API, and having a bit of trouble. Here
is a simple example:

from win32com.client import Dispatch
femap = Dispatch("femap.model")
rc = femap.feAppGetActiveView(viewID)

This method, according to the documentation, is supposed to return a
long integer in viewID. If I do not define viewID, python returns the
error:

NameError: name 'viewID' is not defined

if I define viewID=0, python returns:

com_error: (-2147352571, 'Type mismatch.', None, 1)

I ran makepy and it generates a file, but I don't know if it is using
it or not. In the file, I can find the definition for the method:

def feAppGetActiveView(self, nViewID=pythoncom.Missing):
    return self._ApplyTypes_(20376, 1, (3, 0), ((16387, 2),),
u'feAppGetActiveView', None,nViewID
			)

To me it looks like win32 is not getting the information about the
variable types from com. Is there any way to get around this or am I
out of luck?

Thanks,
Jim

From timr at probo.com  Thu Dec  2 20:04:57 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 11:04:57 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Access femap API, Type mismatch
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinWiwh_HaiPX7S8Ae7KR5-Y=QL-kzTOR_kfKXC7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTinWiwh_HaiPX7S8Ae7KR5-Y=QL-kzTOR_kfKXC7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4CF7EDD9.5090500@probo.com>

Jim Ragsdale wrote:
> I am trying to access the femap API, and having a bit of trouble. Here
> is a simple example:
>
> from win32com.client import Dispatch
> femap = Dispatch("femap.model")
> rc = femap.feAppGetActiveView(viewID)
>
> This method, according to the documentation, is supposed to return a
> long integer in viewID. If I do not define viewID, python returns the
> error:
>
> NameError: name 'viewID' is not defined

Right, because it's not.  Python never passes variables by reference. 
The language simply does not have that concept.  When  a COM method has
an output parameter, Pythoncom turns it into a true output parameter. 
What you probably need is this:

    viewID = femap.feAppGetActiveView()


> I ran makepy and it generates a file, but I don't know if it is using
> it or not. 

The use of makepy is critical when the interface includes reference
parameters.


> In the file, I can find the definition for the method:
>
> def feAppGetActiveView(self, nViewID=pythoncom.Missing):
>     return self._ApplyTypes_(20376, 1, (3, 0), ((16387, 2),),
> u'feAppGetActiveView', None,nViewID)
>
> To me it looks like win32 is not getting the information about the
> variable types from com.

Sure it is.  The type code 16387 is VT_I4 + VT_BYREF, which means a
4-byte integer passed by reference.

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


From greg.antal at ata-e.com  Thu Dec  2 19:07:40 2010
From: greg.antal at ata-e.com (Greg Antal)
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:07:40 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Access femap API, Type mismatch
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From jimragsdale02 at gmail.com  Thu Dec  2 21:01:55 2010
From: jimragsdale02 at gmail.com (Jim Ragsdale)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 14:01:55 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] Access femap API, Type mismatch
In-Reply-To: <4CF7E06C.9050603@ata-e.com>
References: <AANLkTinWiwh_HaiPX7S8Ae7KR5-Y=QL-kzTOR_kfKXC7@mail.gmail.com>
	<4CF7E06C.9050603@ata-e.com>
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Greg,
THANKS!!!
That was a big help. I searched all over but could not find any
information that I could understand that addressed this. I guess I
didn't know what to look for. Thank you for taking the time to write
this up.

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Greg Antal <greg.antal at ata-e.com> wrote:
> Jim:
>
> The thing about the Femap API is that its class methods use tons of ByRef
> arguments to return data to the caller. This is not something Python really
> supports. PythonCOM gets around it by turning the output arguments in to
> return values, but I find that only works if I enforce early binding. Here's
> what I recommend:
>
> Run makepy on the "femap.tlb" and have it save the output to a file. I
> always call that file PyFemap.py.
> In your Python code, import this file along with all your other import
> statements: import PyFemap. If you look in PyFemap.py, you'll see that it
> imports all the win32com stuff it needs, so you don't have to do that
> yourself. Also, all the Femap stuff is now accessible by "early binding",
> and that is essential when dealing with those pesky return values.
> Access the femap model object like this: zFemap = PyFemap.model()
> Get the active view ID like this: iRet, iViewId =
> zFemap.feAppGetActiveView()
>
> Item 4 shows how an output argument in VB or C++ becomes a return value in
> Python. That happens with every method in the API that uses output
> arguments. The standard return code is always first in the list, followed by
> the output arguments in the order they appear in the VB argument list. See,
> for example, the output vector method "GetOutputList" which retrieves all
> the data in the output vector. In Python, the call looks like this:
> iRet, nVals, liIds, lrData = zOutVec.GetOutputList().
>
> The key thing in all this is to import that PyFemap file. When you do that,
> it's infinitely easier to use the Femap API in Python than it is in VB or
> C++. If you don't do it, you'll just never get it to work.
>
> - Greg Antal
>
> Gregory W. Antal
> Senior Technical Advisor
> ATA Engineering, Inc.
> 11995 El Camino Real, Suite 200	
> San Diego, CA  92130
> www.ata-e.com
>
> greg.antal at ata-e.com
> 858-480-2072  (Phone)
> 858-792-8932  (Fax)
>
> Jim Ragsdale wrote, On 12/2/2010 6:59 AM:
>
> I am trying to access the femap API, and having a bit of trouble. Here
> is a simple example:
>
> from win32com.client import Dispatch
> femap = Dispatch("femap.model")
> rc = femap.feAppGetActiveView(
> viewID)
>
> This method, according to the documentation, is supposed to return a
> long integer in viewID. If I do not define viewID, python returns the
> error:
>
> NameError: name 'viewID' is not defined
>
> if I define viewID=0, python returns:
>
> com_error: (-2147352571, 'Type mismatch.', None, 1)
>
> I ran makepy and it generates a file, but I don't know if it is using
> it or not. In the file, I can find the definition for the method:
>
> def feAppGetActiveView(self, nViewID=pythoncom.Missing):
>     return self._ApplyTypes_(20376, 1, (3, 0), ((16387, 2),),
> u'feAppGetActiveView', None,nViewID
> 			)
>
> To me it looks like win32 is not getting the information about the
> variable types from com. Is there any way to get around this or am I
> out of luck?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
>

From timr at probo.com  Thu Dec  2 21:02:40 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 12:02:40 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web
	application
In-Reply-To: <4CF707EE.4000404@inteli-com.com>
References: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com> <4CF6F622.2010903@probo.com>
	<4CF707EE.4000404@inteli-com.com>
Message-ID: <4CF7FB60.3060208@probo.com>

Randy Syring wrote:
>
> Good to know, but you are correct that it doesn't solve the problem.  
> This program needs to work even when no users are logged into the 
> server, as that will be the case 99% of the time.

There is no easy solution for this.  There is no practical way to run a
GUI application when no one is logged in, without delving deep into
Windows magic.  You will need to modify (or patch) the application.

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


From RDahlstrom at directedge.com  Thu Dec  2 21:24:09 2010
From: RDahlstrom at directedge.com (Dahlstrom, Roger)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 15:24:09 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS
	web	application
In-Reply-To: <4CF7FB60.3060208@probo.com>
References: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com> <4CF6F622.2010903@probo.com>
	<4CF707EE.4000404@inteli-com.com> <4CF7FB60.3060208@probo.com>
Message-ID: <78C91C6FD63DD04BB8812EE9288C1E8126A6CCC987@EXCHANGE01.office.directedge.net>

Sure there is, autologon!

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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 3:03 PM
To: Python-Win32 List
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

Randy Syring wrote:
>
> Good to know, but you are correct that it doesn't solve the problem.
> This program needs to work even when no users are logged into the
> server, as that will be the case 99% of the time.

There is no easy solution for this.  There is no practical way to run a
GUI application when no one is logged in, without delving deep into
Windows magic.  You will need to modify (or patch) the application.

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

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From vernondcole at gmail.com  Thu Dec  2 21:58:36 2010
From: vernondcole at gmail.com (Vernon Cole)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 13:58:36 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Access femap API, Type mismatch
In-Reply-To: <4CF7E06C.9050603@ata-e.com>
References: <AANLkTinWiwh_HaiPX7S8Ae7KR5-Y=QL-kzTOR_kfKXC7@mail.gmail.com>
	<4CF7E06C.9050603@ata-e.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTika5-OiwHY1Hjb-U+UORdSn8b2JH_uC+MYO4w4S@mail.gmail.com>

Jim:
  Greg's answer is correct for you. Use it. It made me think of the
following question which you may safely ignore.
VC

Dear Gurus:

  This thread made me wonder.  (It happens occasionally.) The IronPython
team chose a different work-around for system calls: they have a class which
can be used to handle ByRef arguments.  The result is less Pythonic and less
elegant, but looks more like the calls made using other languages. Consider
the following code lifted from adodbapi. The Execute() method is the place
where the COM call actually executes the SQL statement which has been loaded
into self.cmd:

<code>
            if onIronPython:
                ra = clr.Reference[int]()      # prepare to get a ByRef
return parameter
                recordset = self.cmd.Execute(ra)
                count = ra.Value         # obtain the return value
            else: #pywin32
                recordset, count = self.cmd.Execute()       # the return
parameter is passed in a tuple
</code>

For the sake of compatibility, would it be worth the trouble to support the
option of using a return parameter helper class?

i.e. if an optional parameter is present, if it is a .Reference class, then
use it to return the value, else return an exception hinting that it must BE
a reference class,  else return the value as part of a tuple.  The exception
text should lead future programmers toward a correct solution.

Bad idea, or Good idea?
--
Vernon

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Greg Antal <greg.antal at ata-e.com> wrote:

>  Jim:
>
> The thing about the Femap API is that its class methods use tons of ByRef
> arguments to return data to the caller. This is not something Python really
> supports. PythonCOM gets around it by turning the output arguments in to
> return values, but I find that only works if I enforce early binding.
>
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From timr at probo.com  Thu Dec  2 22:05:06 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 13:05:06 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS
	web	application
In-Reply-To: <78C91C6FD63DD04BB8812EE9288C1E8126A6CCC987@EXCHANGE01.office.directedge.net>
References: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com>
	<4CF6F622.2010903@probo.com>	<4CF707EE.4000404@inteli-com.com>
	<4CF7FB60.3060208@probo.com>
	<78C91C6FD63DD04BB8812EE9288C1E8126A6CCC987@EXCHANGE01.office.directedge.net>
Message-ID: <4CF80A02.4070909@probo.com>

Dahlstrom, Roger wrote:
> Sure there is, autologon!

Ah, but if one uses autologon, then it is no longer the case that "no
one is logged in", so I think my comment is still valid...

;)

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


From rsyring at inteli-com.com  Thu Dec  2 23:07:02 2010
From: rsyring at inteli-com.com (Randy Syring)
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:07:02 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS
	web	application
In-Reply-To: <4CF7FB60.3060208@probo.com>
References: <4CF6F02C.4090306@inteli-com.com>
	<4CF6F622.2010903@probo.com>	<4CF707EE.4000404@inteli-com.com>
	<4CF7FB60.3060208@probo.com>
Message-ID: <4CF81886.30507@inteli-com.com>

Thanks for all the responses on this.  I spoke with the company that 
develops the external application and they are going to work on removing 
the calls that create the GUI windows.  Thank God, b/c the workarounds 
were looking pretty unsavory!

--------------------------------------
Randy Syring
Intelicom
Direct: 502-276-0459
Office: 502-212-9913

For the wages of sin is death, but the
free gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom 6:23)


On 12/02/2010 03:02 PM, Tim Roberts wrote:
> Randy Syring wrote:
>> Good to know, but you are correct that it doesn't solve the problem.
>> This program needs to work even when no users are logged into the
>> server, as that will be the case 99% of the time.
> There is no easy solution for this.  There is no practical way to run a
> GUI application when no one is logged in, without delving deep into
> Windows magic.  You will need to modify (or patch) the application.
>

From greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz  Thu Dec  2 23:11:38 2010
From: greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz (Greg Ewing)
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:11:38 +1300
Subject: [python-win32] Prevent a (Tkinter) window from maximizing via
 win32 api call?
In-Reply-To: <1291299204.31739.1408289677@webmail.messagingengine.com>
References: <1291290563.24525.1408268743@webmail.messagingengine.com>
	<A44D5FC6-AB37-42E2-A318-4B72E6843841@pragmadev.com>
	<1291299204.31739.1408289677@webmail.messagingengine.com>
Message-ID: <4CF8199A.2010101@canterbury.ac.nz>

python at bdurham.com wrote:

> I have a *resizable* Tkinter window with min and max sizes set. I want 
> to prevent users from attempting to maximize this window because the 
> window pops over to the upper left of the display - a behavior that my 
> users find very frustrating (and of little value).

If they find it annoying, why can't they simply refrain from
maximising the window? Nobody's forcing them to *use* the
maximise button...

-- 
Greg

From ckkart at hoc.net  Sun Dec  5 11:48:27 2010
From: ckkart at hoc.net (Christian K.)
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:48:27 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] 2010 com addin and IRibbonExtensibilty
Message-ID: <idfqlr$gce$1@dough.gmane.org>

Hi,

has anybody experiencs in writing Outlook com addins using the 
IRibbonExtensibilty mechanism? I would like to make use of the ui 
features provided by office 2010. Currently I am creating office 
toolbars as demonstrated in the win32com.demos and all toolbars go to 
the "Addins" tab.

Thanks in advance, Christian


From robert2682 at verizon.net  Mon Dec  6 05:42:42 2010
From: robert2682 at verizon.net (robert2682)
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:42:42 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] 2010 com addin and IRibbonExtensibilty
In-Reply-To: <idfqlr$gce$1@dough.gmane.org>
References: <idfqlr$gce$1@dough.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <4CFC69C2.9040307@verizon.net>

Christian K. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> has anybody experiencs in writing Outlook com addins using the
> IRibbonExtensibilty mechanism? I would like to make use of the ui
> features provided by office 2010. Currently I am creating office
> toolbars as demonstrated in the win32com.demos and all toolbars go to
> the "Addins" tab.
>
> Thanks in advance, Christian
>
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>

Hi,

I tried to get it working using Excel 2007 (I have not tried 2010).  I 
was able to get the extension to display on the Ribbon, and was able to 
call a function on a button click, but I ran into trouble reading the 
value of the IRibbonControl parameter to the callback.  I just kept 
getting a com error (I don't recall the number, but it was the one that 
means generic error to Microsoft) trying to access the properties of the 
IRibbonControl.  I spent a goodly amount  of time on this, and 
eventually decided it was some kind of bug.

I had meant to post a small program demonstrating the bug, but never got 
to it.  If you make any progress, or want to discuss this further, 
please let me know, on or off list.

Robert Kaplan
robert2682 at verizon.net

From ugshrin9 at rockwellcollins.com  Mon Dec  6 18:44:02 2010
From: ugshrin9 at rockwellcollins.com (ugshrin9 at rockwellcollins.com)
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:44:02 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] Regarding "LICENSING INFORMATION" for PyWin 32
Message-ID: <OFF5779EE3.04EA0338-ON862577F1.005F8EDA-862577F1.00616A89@rockwellcollins.com>

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is Uday Shriniwar, I am a Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins. We 
are using Python and PyWin32. We need Licensing Information for both.
We managed to get Licensing Information for Python but could not find any 
information regarding PyWin32.

It would be a great help if you could tell us the information needed.

Regards,
Uday Shriniwar
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From skippy.hammond at gmail.com  Mon Dec  6 23:00:42 2010
From: skippy.hammond at gmail.com (Mark Hammond)
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:00:42 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Regarding "LICENSING INFORMATION" for PyWin 32
In-Reply-To: <OFF5779EE3.04EA0338-ON862577F1.005F8EDA-862577F1.00616A89@rockwellcollins.com>
References: <OFF5779EE3.04EA0338-ON862577F1.005F8EDA-862577F1.00616A89@rockwellcollins.com>
Message-ID: <4CFD5D0A.5040304@gmail.com>

Sadly the license files aren't included with the binary builds, but you 
can find them in the source code.  The short story is it currently uses 
a very permissive BSD style license, but my intention is to eventually 
relicense them under the same terms as Python itself, mainly for 
consistency.  This means you can pretty-much whatever you like with them...

HTH,

Mark

On 6/12/2010 9:44 AM, ugshrin9 at rockwellcollins.com wrote:
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> This is Uday Shriniwar, I am a Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins. We
> are using Python and PyWin32. We need Licensing Information for both.
> We managed to get Licensing Information for Python but could not find
> any information regarding PyWin32.
>
> It would be a great help if you could tell us the information needed.
>
> Regards,
> Uday Shriniwar
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32


From erik at softwaresociety.nl  Tue Dec  7 10:00:14 2010
From: erik at softwaresociety.nl (Erik Oosterwaal)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 09:00:14 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Python in classic ASP
Message-ID: <A962AD7BFD48AD41892F096A0122017A02D9E6@GM01PDC001.supportprofessionals.local>

Hi Everybody,

In reply to my own mail, because others might run into the same problem; I received some help from Mark Hammond regarding the use of Python in WSC's.
Here's the deal:

1. It is possible to use a Python WSC from vbscript ASP, as long as your returnvalues are simple types (strings, integers..) or COM types (so having a Python WSC that passes an ADO recordset object from a vbscript WSC to a vbscript ASP page will work).

2. Even when using Python WSC's and calling them from a Python code block, it is not possible to pass Python objects to and from the WSC.
The WSC is still a "com-layer" between the ASP page and the Python code in the WSC, and it wants all passed objects to be com variants. You will get an error like:

Unexpected Python Error: TypeError: Objects of type 'module' can not be
converted to a COM VARIANT

3. The <implements type="ASP" id="ASP"/> tag you can normally use in a WSC doesn't work, so you don't have IIS' objects available. A workaround for this is to pass these objects from ASP to the WSC yourself:

class IISobjectsClass
    public request, response, session, application, server
end class

dim IISobjects
set IISobjects = new IISobjectsClass
    set IISobjects.request   = request
    set IISobjects.response   = response
    set IISobjects.session   = session
    set IISobjects.application  = application
    set IISobjects.server    = server

' suppose we have a translation WSC in the current directory, that has open(), close() and Label() functions defined.
' the open() function could have a parameter to accept the IISobjects, so you pass them to, and have them available inside the WSC :
Dim translate
Set translate = GetObject("script:" & Server.MapPath("./translate.wsc") )
    translate.open(IISobjects)
    Response.Write(translate.label("firstname"))
    translate.close()
Set translate = Nothing

4. When an error occurs in the Python code of the WSC, there will be a very vague ASP error, i.e.:

error '80020009'
Exception occurred.

Mark has concluded that the Python engine -is- reporting the error, but the script container doesn't pass it to asp. Python doesn't print the error, assuming asp will show it. A workaround for this is to decorate the functions in the WSC you want to debug:

Add this function to the top of the Python WSC:

def debug(func):
 def callit(*args, **kw):
  try:
   return func(*args, **kw)
  except:
   import traceback
   traceback.print_exc()
   raise
 return callit

Then add the decorator to the function you want to debug, any other functions that get called by the function you decorated will also be debugged:

@debug
def Label(lblName):
 """ Returns a specific label from a Python dictionary """
 global d, new_labels_added
 if str(lblName) in d:
  return d[str(lblName)]
 else:
  d[lblName] = unicode(str(lcid) + "|" + lblName)
  new_labels_added = True
  return str(lcid) + "|" + lblName

Any errors will now show up in a Python trace collector. I have tested this under IIS6 on XP and IIS7 on Windows 7 x64 (setting the application pool to support 32-bit). Under IIS6 this works out of the box (when enabling server-side debugging). Under IIS7 I had to adjust some settings in the IIS configuration to get it to work. Unfortunately I don't know exactly what settings I changed on IIS7 to get the errors to be passed from the WSC to ASP and the trace collector, but at first the "exception occurred" error that IIS6 gave me was not showing up in IIS7, just a blank screen. Messing with some of the debugging settings in IIS7 made them show up eventually and at that point the trace collector was also showing me the underlying Python errors.

Problem nr. 2 mentioned above (not being able to pass Python objects from a WSC to an ASP page and vice versa), limits the usability of Python in WSC's severely. There is another option Mark suggested; using plain Python in ASP (in a <script runat=server> block) and using Python imports to divide code up into re-usable parts like this:

<script language="Python" runat="server">
import os
mod_path = Server.MapPath("./pythonwsc.py")
print "MOD", mod_path
import sys; sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(mod_path))
from pythonwsc import list_builtins
</script>


<script language="vbscript" runat="server">
 Response.write("<hr/>")
 Response.write(list_builtins())
 Response.write("<hr/>")
</script>

If you include Python blocks in your page, it is possible to access Python functions from other languages (i.e. vbscript) if there are multiple of these script blocks on the page. Please note however that there are some things to consider regarding the order in which these blocks are processed by IIS: http://phrogz.net/tmp/serversidejsandvb.html
Using this method Python can access all of IIS' special objects as well.

I'm still struggling now to get the Python imports to work like my WSC's work, so I don't have to change the syntax throughout my pages; i.e.; I have a "translate" wsc, and currently I can translate parts of a webpage by saying for example:

Translate.Label("pagetitle")

In the Python example above I would import "translate.py" and then call the Label() function directly, so without the leading "Translate.". In order to maintain the same syntax I guess I need to write a class inside the .py file and import that, but being new to Python I haven't yet figured out how that works exactly.

Hopefully this helps some other people struggling with Python/classic asp/WSC's, if there still are any :)
Thanks to Mark for all of his help.

Erik
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From ckkart at hoc.net  Tue Dec  7 21:03:10 2010
From: ckkart at hoc.net (Christian K.)
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:03:10 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] 2010 com addin and IRibbonExtensibilty
In-Reply-To: <4CFC69C2.9040307@verizon.net>
References: <idfqlr$gce$1@dough.gmane.org> <4CFC69C2.9040307@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <idm3tu$l9n$1@dough.gmane.org>

Am 06.12.10 05:42, schrieb robert2682:
> Christian K. wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> has anybody experiencs in writing Outlook com addins using the
>> IRibbonExtensibilty mechanism? I would like to make use of the ui
>> features provided by office 2010. Currently I am creating office
>> toolbars as demonstrated in the win32com.demos and all toolbars go to
>> the "Addins" tab.
>
> I tried to get it working using Excel 2007 (I have not tried 2010). I
> was able to get the extension to display on the Ribbon, and was able to

I even fail to get that far. What do I have to change here to be able 
access the new style toolbars?

class Addin:
     _com_interfaces_ = ['_IDTExtensibility2']
     _public_methods_ = []
     _reg_clsctx_ = pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER
     _reg_clsid_ = "{D371B22C-78B1-4271-8C10-60AE4719CEE5}"
     _reg_progid_ = "my_addin"
     _reg_policy_spec_ = "win32com.server.policy.EventHandlerPolicy"

I must admit that I have neither read M.Hammonds book nor am I a windows 
programmer.

> call a function on a button click, but I ran into trouble reading the
> value of the IRibbonControl parameter to the callback. I just kept
> getting a com error (I don't recall the number, but it was the one that
> means generic error to Microsoft) trying to access the properties of the
> IRibbonControl. I spent a goodly amount of time on this, and eventually
> decided it was some kind of bug.
>
> I had meant to post a small program demonstrating the bug, but never got
> to it. If you make any progress, or want to discuss this further, please
> let me know, on or off list.

Let us continue the discussion here. I would have been glad if I had found
something about that topic while searching.

Regards, Christian


From m.g.bode at web.de  Tue Dec  7 21:08:24 2010
From: m.g.bode at web.de (Michael Bode)
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:08:24 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] what means "library not registered"?
Message-ID: <4CFE9438.7070501@web.de>

I'm trying to use a 3rd party COM dll for which I have only instructions
how to use it in VB. The instructions say I have to create a
cFM2Listener object, obtain an IFM2Listener interface from it, implement
my own version of a cFM2DeviceEvents object and assign that to the
DeviceEvents property of the cFM2Listener object.

I called makepy on the dll (FieldMax2DLLServer.dll) and got a
3B64E1EF-5DBC-4CCA-9C2A-F2D10C510050x0x2x0.py file.
Then I try to implement the cFM2DeviceEvents object which has to
implement the IFM2DeviceEvents interface.

import win32com.client
import win32com.server.util
from win32com import universal

class Notifier(object):
    _public_methods_ = [ 'DisplayErrorToClient',  'NotifyData',
                                'NotifyDeviceStatus',
'DisplayZeroDeviceProgressToClient']
    _public_attrs_ = [ 'CallbackEvent',  'CallbackMessage',  'DeviceIndex',
                            'SerialNumber',  'ZeroDeviceTimeoutCounter']
    _com_interfaces_ = [ '_IFM2DeviceEvents' ]
    _typelib_guid_ = '{3B64E1EF-5DBC-4CCA-9C2A-F2D10C510050}'
    _typelib_version = 2,  0

    def __init__(self):
        self._CallbackEvent = ""
        self._CallbackMessage = ""
        self._DeviceIndex = 0
        self._SerialNumber = ""
        self._ZeroDeviceTimeoutCounter = 0

    def DisplayErrorToClient(self): print "DisplayErrorToClient"

    def NotifyData(self,  CallbackData): print "NotifyData"

    def NotifyDeviceStatus(self,  CallbackData,  DevicesList): print
"NotifyDeviceStatus"

    def DisplayZeroDeviceProgressToClient(self): print
"DisplayZeroDeviceProgressToClient"

    def get_CallbackEvent(self): return self._CallbackEvent
    def set_CallbackEvent(self, value): self._CallbackEvent = value
    CallbackEvent = property(get_CallbackEvent, set_CallbackEvent, doc =
"CallbackEvent property")

    def get_DeviceIndex(self): return self._DeviceIndex
    def set_DeviceIndex(self, value): self._DeviceIndex = value
    DeviceIndex = property(get_DeviceIndex, set_DeviceIndex, doc =
"DeviceIndex property")

    def get_SerialNumber(self): return self._SerialNumber
    def set_SerialNumber(self, value): self._SerialNumber = value
    SerialNumber = property(get_SerialNumber, set_SerialNumber, doc =
"SerialNumber property")

    def set_ZeroDeviceTimeoutCounter(self, value):
self._ZeroDeviceTimeoutCounter = value
    ZeroDeviceTimeoutCounter = property(fset =
set_ZeroDeviceTimeoutCounter, doc = "ZeroDeviceTimeoutCounter property")

win32com.client.gencache.EnsureModule('{3B64E1EF-5DBC-4CCA-9C2A-F2D10C510050}',
0, 2, 0)
print "gencache"
fml = win32com.client.Dispatch("FieldMax2DLLServer.cFM2Listener")
print fml
universal.RegisterInterfaces('{3B64E1EF-5DBC-4CCA-9C2A-F2D10C510050}',
0, 2, 0, ['_IFM2DeviceEvents'])
print "RegisterInterfaces"
NM = Notifier()
print NM
notifyMe = win32com.server.util.wrap(NM, useDispatcher=1)

And here I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\myprogs\python\comtest\comtest.py", line 63, in <module>
    notifyMe = win32com.server.util.wrap(NM, useDispatcher=1)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\server\util.py", line 25,
in wrap
    ob = useDispatcher(usePolicy, ob)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\server\dispatcher.py",
line 203, in __init__
    DispatcherTrace.__init__(self, policyClass, object)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\server\dispatcher.py",
line 24, in __init__
    self.policy = policyClass(object)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\server\policy.py", line
181, in __init__
    self._wrap_(object)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\server\policy.py", line
466, in _wrap_
    tlb_major, tlb_minor, interfaces)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\universal.py", line 21,
in RegisterInterfaces
    tlb = pythoncom.LoadRegTypeLib(typelibGUID, major, minor, lcid)
com_error: (-2147319779, 'Bibliothek nicht registriert.', None, None)

The message in the last line translates to 'library not registered'.

I have a sample VB program which works fine, so I don't think this means
there is something wrong with the FieldMax2DLLServer.dll. But what am I
doing wrong here?

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From robert2682 at verizon.net  Wed Dec  8 03:18:57 2010
From: robert2682 at verizon.net (robert2682)
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:18:57 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] 2010 com addin and IRibbonExtensibilty
In-Reply-To: <idm3tu$l9n$1@dough.gmane.org>
References: <idfqlr$gce$1@dough.gmane.org> <4CFC69C2.9040307@verizon.net>
	<idm3tu$l9n$1@dough.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <4CFEEB11.2020506@verizon.net>

Christian K. wrote:

<clip ...>
> I even fail to get that far. What do I have to change here to be able 
> access the new style toolbars?
>
> class Addin:
>     _com_interfaces_ = ['_IDTExtensibility2']
>     _public_methods_ = []
>     _reg_clsctx_ = pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER
>     _reg_clsid_ = "{D371B22C-78B1-4271-8C10-60AE4719CEE5}"
>     _reg_progid_ = "my_addin"
>     _reg_policy_spec_ = "win32com.server.policy.EventHandlerPolicy"
>
> I must admit that I have neither read M.Hammonds book nor am I a 
> windows programmer.
>

It's quite different.  For example, you have to write XML for the 
controls for the ribbon.  I'll work up the sample program I'd been 
meaning to do and post that.  It may be a day or 2 as I have to redo my 
working code.

<clip ...>
> Let us continue the discussion here. I would have been glad if I had 
> found
> something about that topic while searching.
>
> Regards, Christian
>

Bob


From robert2682 at verizon.net  Thu Dec  9 00:05:52 2010
From: robert2682 at verizon.net (robert2682)
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:05:52 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] 2010 com addin and IRibbonExtensibilty
In-Reply-To: <idm3tu$l9n$1@dough.gmane.org>
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Christian K. wrote:

<Clip ...>

Hi Christian,

As promised, attached please find a sample program for accessing the 
Office Ribbon from Python.  A couple notes:

1)    The program I've written is for Excel; if you want Outlook you'll 
need to change the registration code, but this shouldn't be a big deal!

2)    I'd appreciate it if you'll let me know whether the Tag attribute 
in the callback can be read.  This is the problem I mentioned in my 
initial response.  Just let me know the contents of the second message 
box after clicking the button in Office.

3)    If you get into this and have to start writing XML, you might want 
to pick up a copy of "Ribbon X: Customizing the Office 2007 Ribbon."  
It's written from a VBA perspective but has a lot of info on the Ribbon 
controls, their attributes and callbacks.  If there are errors in the 
XML, Excel silently ignores it, not adding anything to the ribbon.

Hope this helps.

Robert Kaplan
robert2682 at veriozn.net
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From ckkart at hoc.net  Thu Dec  9 07:11:25 2010
From: ckkart at hoc.net (Christian K.)
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:11:25 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] 2010 com addin and IRibbonExtensibilty
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Hi Robert,

Am 09.12.10 00:05, schrieb robert2682:

  2) I'd appreciate it if you'll let me know whether the Tag attribute in
> the callback can be read. This is the problem I mentioned in my initial
> response. Just let me know the contents of the second message box after
> clicking the button in Office.

I did a quick test (with Excel) and it seems to work:
Getting tag ok, tag=RibbonCall

Let me know if I can help with further tests.

Now I will have a look at your code. Thanks a lot!

Christian



From noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il  Sat Dec 11 18:36:29 2010
From: noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il (nonino)
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:36:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [python-win32]  get file tags in windows7 vista
Message-ID: <30434433.post@talk.nabble.com>


Hi,

First I would like to say that I really searched the net but couldn't find
an answer... (I found someone who asked the same question but couldn't track
him/her).

I am trying to read file tags in windows7 and/or vista.
How can I do that?
I have tried win32file.getAttributesEx('my file name') and all I got is date
I tried to add FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM and got that this level is not
supported.

Can you please help me? I am trying to write this little program for my PhD
but with no luck...
Thanks,
Noa
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From smokefloat at gmail.com  Sun Dec 12 03:31:14 2010
From: smokefloat at gmail.com (David Hutto)
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:31:14 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] get file tags in windows7 vista
In-Reply-To: <30434433.post@talk.nabble.com>
References: <30434433.post@talk.nabble.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTinenwjONVcxQQLUBbL8xZALT_KAPRRa2THDPxcJ@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM, nonino <noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> First I would like to say that I really searched the net but couldn't find
> an answer... (I found someone who asked the same question but couldn't track
> him/her).
>
> I am trying to read file tags in windows7 and/or vista.
> How can I do that?
> I have tried win32file.getAttributesEx('my file name') and all I got is date
> I tried to add FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM and got that this level is not
> supported.
>
> Can you please help me? I am trying to write this little program for my PhD
> but with no luck...
> Thanks,

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM, nonino <noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> First I would like to say that I really searched the net but couldn't find
> an answer... (I found someone who asked the same question but couldn't track
> him/her).

Maybe:
http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=file+tags+in+windows7+and%2For+vista&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

>
> I am trying to read file tags in windows7 and/or vista.
> How can I do that?
> I have tried win32file.getAttributesEx('my file name') and all I got is date
> I tried to add FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM and got that this level is not
> supported.
>
> Can you please help me? I am trying to write this little program for my PhD
> but with no luck...

PhD implies you provide more info.


> Thanks,
> Noa
> --
> View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/get-file-tags-in-windows7-vista-tp30434433p30434433.html
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>
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From noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il  Sun Dec 12 09:20:08 2010
From: noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il (nonino)
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:20:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [python-win32] get file tags in windows7 vista
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinenwjONVcxQQLUBbL8xZALT_KAPRRa2THDPxcJ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <30434433.post@talk.nabble.com>
	<AANLkTinenwjONVcxQQLUBbL8xZALT_KAPRRa2THDPxcJ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <30437184.post@talk.nabble.com>


Ok, Lets start from the beginning:
I am doing a PhD in information science. As part of my study I am studying
the use of folders vs. tags. starting from windows vista there is an option
in windows to add tags to office files photos and other file formats. In the
first part of my experience I will run on the participant's computer a
program (the one that I am trying to write:)) that return the ouput: 1000
files in total: 100 in under folder hierarchy of 4, 300 under folder
hierarchy of 3 600 under folder hierarchy of 2. (I wrote this program with
os.walk) then I will teach the participants how to use the tag options and
will ask them to tag their files for the next 2 weeks.
After two weeks I would like to run again the program and now to see how
many tags were added. so the output will be for example: 1010 files in
total: 105 in under folder hierarchy of 4, 305 under folder hierarchy of 3
600 under folder hierarchy of 2. 7 files with 3 tags 3 files with 2 tags 10
files with 1 tag.
So, please help me. how can I get those tags out of the files?


David Hutto-2 wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM, nonino <noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> First I would like to say that I really searched the net but couldn't
>> find
>> an answer... (I found someone who asked the same question but couldn't
>> track
>> him/her).
>>
>> I am trying to read file tags in windows7 and/or vista.
>> How can I do that?
>> I have tried win32file.getAttributesEx('my file name') and all I got is
>> date
>> I tried to add FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM and got that this level is not
>> supported.
>>
>> Can you please help me? I am trying to write this little program for my
>> PhD
>> but with no luck...
>> Thanks,
> 
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM, nonino <noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> First I would like to say that I really searched the net but couldn't
>> find
>> an answer... (I found someone who asked the same question but couldn't
>> track
>> him/her).
> 
> Maybe:
> http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=file+tags+in+windows7+and%2For+vista&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
> 
>>
>> I am trying to read file tags in windows7 and/or vista.
>> How can I do that?
>> I have tried win32file.getAttributesEx('my file name') and all I got is
>> date
>> I tried to add FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM and got that this level is not
>> supported.
>>
>> Can you please help me? I am trying to write this little program for my
>> PhD
>> but with no luck...
> 
> PhD implies you provide more info.
> 
> 
>> Thanks,
>> Noa
>> --
>> View this message in context:
>> http://old.nabble.com/get-file-tags-in-windows7-vista-tp30434433p30434433.html
>> Sent from the Python - python-win32 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> python-win32 mailing list
>> python-win32 at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>>
> _______________________________________________
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> python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
> 
> 

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From smokefloat at gmail.com  Sun Dec 12 20:23:58 2010
From: smokefloat at gmail.com (David Hutto)
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:23:58 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] get file tags in windows7 vista
In-Reply-To: <30437184.post@talk.nabble.com>
References: <30434433.post@talk.nabble.com>
	<AANLkTinenwjONVcxQQLUBbL8xZALT_KAPRRa2THDPxcJ@mail.gmail.com>
	<30437184.post@talk.nabble.com>
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On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 3:20 AM, nonino <noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il> wrote:
>
> Ok, Lets start from the beginning:
> I am doing a PhD in information science. As part of my study I am studying
> the use of folders vs. tags. starting from windows vista there is an option
> in windows to add tags to office files photos and other file formats. In the
> first part of my experience I will run on the participant's computer a
> program (the one that I am trying to write:)) that return the ouput: 1000
> files in total: 100 in under folder hierarchy of 4, 300 under folder
> hierarchy of 3 600 under folder hierarchy of 2. (I wrote this program with
> os.walk) then I will teach the participants how to use the tag options and
> will ask them to tag their files for the next 2 weeks.
> After two weeks I would like to run again the program and now to see how
> many tags were added.

So you have a tag. This is a specific mark, a regular expression. You
need to search for the instances of this tag in a file, and then
utilize the info in between these tags. Us sophisticated doctors and
PhD's would splice out the info in between tags, right?:)

help(re)

And scientific method from there.


so the output will be for example: 1010 files in
> total: 105 in under folder hierarchy of 4, 305 under folder hierarchy of 3
> 600 under folder hierarchy of 2. 7 files with 3 tags 3 files with 2 tags 10
> files with 1 tag.
> So, please help me. how can I get those tags out of the files?
>
>
> David Hutto-2 wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM, nonino <noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> First I would like to say that I really searched the net but couldn't
>>> find
>>> an answer... (I found someone who asked the same question but couldn't
>>> track
>>> him/her).
>>>
>>> I am trying to read file tags in windows7 and/or vista.
>>> How can I do that?
>>> I have tried win32file.getAttributesEx('my file name') and all I got is
>>> date
>>> I tried to add FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM and got that this level is not
>>> supported.
>>>
>>> Can you please help me? I am trying to write this little program for my
>>> PhD
>>> but with no luck...
>>> Thanks,
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM, nonino <noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> First I would like to say that I really searched the net but couldn't
>>> find
>>> an answer... (I found someone who asked the same question but couldn't
>>> track
>>> him/her).
>>
>> Maybe:
>> http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=file+tags+in+windows7+and%2For+vista&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
>>
>>>
>>> I am trying to read file tags in windows7 and/or vista.
>>> How can I do that?
>>> I have tried win32file.getAttributesEx('my file name') and all I got is
>>> date
>>> I tried to add FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM and got that this level is not
>>> supported.
>>>
>>> Can you please help me? I am trying to write this little program for my
>>> PhD
>>> but with no luck...
>>
>> PhD implies you provide more info.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Noa
>>> --
>>> View this message in context:
>>> http://old.nabble.com/get-file-tags-in-windows7-vista-tp30434433p30434433.html
>>> Sent from the Python - python-win32 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> python-win32 at python.org
>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
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>>
>>
>
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From skippy.hammond at gmail.com  Sun Dec 12 20:41:22 2010
From: skippy.hammond at gmail.com (Mark Hammond)
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:41:22 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] get file tags in windows7 vista
In-Reply-To: <30437184.post@talk.nabble.com>
References: <30434433.post@talk.nabble.com>
	<AANLkTinenwjONVcxQQLUBbL8xZALT_KAPRRa2THDPxcJ@mail.gmail.com>
	<30437184.post@talk.nabble.com>
Message-ID: <4D052562.5010602@gmail.com>

On 12/12/2010 12:20 AM, nonino wrote:
>
> Ok, Lets start from the beginning:
> I am doing a PhD in information science. As part of my study I am studying
> the use of folders vs. tags. starting from windows vista there is an option
> in windows to add tags to office files photos and other file formats. In the

I'm completely guessing here, but I suspect different techniques are 
used depending on the file format.  eg, I suspect that jpg files used 
the EXIF data, while office files etc use "structured storage".  Windows 
may have APIs available in Vista to hide these details from you, but I'm 
not familiar with them.  You probably need to do a little research into 
how you would access these tags using any language, then we could help 
you use those same techniques from Python.

Cheers,

Mark

From rupole at hotmail.com  Sun Dec 12 23:40:33 2010
From: rupole at hotmail.com (Roger Upole)
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:40:33 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] get file tags in windows7 vista
References: <30434433.post@talk.nabble.com><AANLkTinenwjONVcxQQLUBbL8xZALT_KAPRRa2THDPxcJ@mail.gmail.com>
	<30437184.post@talk.nabble.com>
Message-ID: <ie3j13$522$1@dough.gmane.org>

nonino wrote:
>
> Ok, Lets start from the beginning:
> I am doing a PhD in information science. As part of my study I am studying
> the use of folders vs. tags. starting from windows vista there is an 
> option
> in windows to add tags to office files photos and other file formats. In 
> the
> first part of my experience I will run on the participant's computer a
> program (the one that I am trying to write:)) that return the ouput: 1000
> files in total: 100 in under folder hierarchy of 4, 300 under folder
> hierarchy of 3 600 under folder hierarchy of 2. (I wrote this program with
> os.walk) then I will teach the participants how to use the tag options and
> will ask them to tag their files for the next 2 weeks.
> After two weeks I would like to run again the program and now to see how
> many tags were added. so the output will be for example: 1010 files in
> total: 105 in under folder hierarchy of 4, 305 under folder hierarchy of 3
> 600 under folder hierarchy of 2. 7 files with 3 tags 3 files with 2 tags 
> 10
> files with 1 tag.
> So, please help me. how can I get those tags out of the files?
>

The low-level Property System interfaces introduced in Vista haven't been
wrapped in Pywin32 yet.  However, you can use the higher level shell objects
to retrieve any column that can be displayed in Explorer.
As a starting point, here's a script that uses the shell objects.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070228173702/www.uselesspython.com/download.php?script_id=124

      Roger




From erik at softwaresociety.nl  Mon Dec 13 16:49:42 2010
From: erik at softwaresociety.nl (Erik Oosterwaal)
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:49:42 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Import issue in pyscript
Message-ID: <A962AD7BFD48AD41892F096A0122017A02E386@GM01PDC001.supportprofessionals.local>

Hi All,

After struggling using Python in classic ASP for quite a while, I have settled on a method to implement Python inside an existing project.

What I want to do is use an import() statement in a Python/PyScript code block in ASP to import a Python class, and in vbscript call some methods from that class.
The contents of the two simple files I used to test this is below. I get the following error:


Python ActiveX Scripting Engine error '80020009'

Traceback (most recent call last): File "<Script Block >", line 6, in <module> from pythonwsc import justtesting ImportError: cannot import name justtesting

/tools/erik/pytest.asp, line 8

from pythonwsc import justtesting


Can anyone explain why this gives me this error and if it is at all possible to call a Python method with a leading classname like justtesting.list_builtins() from vbscript ?
The thing is that I need the method (in this case list_builtins) with a leading class name (in this case justtesting) to be able to integrate Python in this project. I know it's possible to accomplish calling a Python function from vbscript -without- the classname, by importing the function directly, instead of the class, but that is no solution in my current situation.

If anyone has a suggestion, I'd be very grateful.

Thanks, kind regards,

Erik
--------------------- pytest.asp ---------------------

<script language="Python" runat="server">
import os
mod_path = Server.MapPath("./pythonwsc.py")
print "MOD", mod_path
import sys; sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(mod_path))
Response.write(os.path.dirname(mod_path))
from pythonwsc import justtesting
</script>

<script language="vbscript" runat="server">
 Response.write("<hr/>")
 Response.write(justtesting.list_builtins())
 Response.write("<hr/>")
</script>

--------------------- end pytest.asp ---------------------

--------------------- pythonwsc.py ---------------------

class justtesting:
 import win32traceutil
 import sys
 import os.path

 def __init__(self):
  pass

 def test(self):
  """Testing a simple function"""
  returnvalue = 'Simple test succeeded'
  return returnvalue

 def test_asp_objects(self):
  Response.Write("testing response.write")
  return Server.MapPath(".")

 def trigger_error(self):
  (x,y) = (5,0)
  z=x/y

 def list_builtins(self):
  """Small Python test, listing the builtin functions using the
  Python 'dir' command"""
  l = dir(__builtins__)
  strl = "<br/>".join(l) #dir returns a sorted list of strings, join into one big string with BR's inside
  return strl
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From skippy.hammond at gmail.com  Tue Dec 14 20:08:43 2010
From: skippy.hammond at gmail.com (Mark Hammond)
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:08:43 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Import issue in pyscript
In-Reply-To: <A962AD7BFD48AD41892F096A0122017A02E386@GM01PDC001.supportprofessionals.local>
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Message-ID: <4D07C0BB.2070704@gmail.com>

On 13/12/2010 7:49 AM, Erik Oosterwaal wrote:
> The contents of the two simple files I used to test this is below. I get
> the following error:
>
> Python ActiveX Scripting Engine error '80020009'
>
> Traceback (most recent call last): File "<Script Block >", line 6, in
> <module> from pythonwsc import justtesting ImportError: cannot import
> name justtesting
>
> /tools/erik/pytest.asp, line 8
>
> from pythonwsc import justtesting
>
> Can anyone explain why this gives me this error

It gives an error as Python isn't able to import the model pythonwsc - 
probably because pythonwsc.py isn't on sys.path.  Note that sys.path 
doesn't include the directory where a .asp file lives - you probably 
need to manually add this path to sys.path - either explicitly in code, 
via a global PYTHONPATH env var, or via the registry.

> and if it is at all
> possible to call a Python method with a leading classname like
> justtesting.list_builtins() from vbscript ?

Nope - win32com doesn't know how to return module objects to vbscript, 
which would be required for this to work.

Cheers,

Mark

From greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz  Thu Dec 16 07:09:32 2010
From: greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz (Greg Ewing)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:09:32 +1300
Subject: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2
Message-ID: <4D09AD1C.5040106@canterbury.ac.nz>

PyGUI 2.3.2 is available:

   http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python_gui/

This version fixes a problem in Cocoa whereby the coordinate
system for drawing in a Pixmap was upside down, and corrects
a slight mistake in the Canvas documentation.


What is PyGUI?
--------------

PyGUI is a cross-platform GUI toolkit designed to be lightweight
and have a highly Pythonic API.

-- 
Gregory Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/

From orasnita at gmail.com  Thu Dec 16 10:45:03 2010
From: orasnita at gmail.com (Octavian Rasnita)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:45:03 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2
References: <4D09AD1C.5040106@canterbury.ac.nz>
Message-ID: <30C1D24741F94746BECF17B189C51616@teddy>

Hi,

I read "There is now a native Windows implementation based on pywin32 and ctypes."

Does this mean that under Windows it uses the Win32 standard GUI like WxPython?

I am asking this because I want to know if the interfaces it creates will be accessible for screen readers.

BTW, what is the difference between PyGUI and WxPython?

Thank you.

Octavian

----- Original Message ----- 
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.python,comp.lang.python.announce
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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 8:09 AM
Subject: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2


> PyGUI 2.3.2 is available:
> 
>   http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python_gui/
> 
> This version fixes a problem in Cocoa whereby the coordinate
> system for drawing in a Pixmap was upside down, and corrects
> a slight mistake in the Canvas documentation.
> 
> 
> What is PyGUI?
> --------------
> 
> PyGUI is a cross-platform GUI toolkit designed to be lightweight
> and have a highly Pythonic API.
> 
> -- 
> Gregory Ewing
> greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
> http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/
> _______________________________________________
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From timr at probo.com  Thu Dec 16 19:34:04 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:34:04 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2
In-Reply-To: <30C1D24741F94746BECF17B189C51616@teddy>
References: <4D09AD1C.5040106@canterbury.ac.nz>
	<30C1D24741F94746BECF17B189C51616@teddy>
Message-ID: <4D0A5B9C.8080804@probo.com>

Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> I read "There is now a native Windows implementation based on pywin32 and ctypes."
>
> Does this mean that under Windows it uses the Win32 standard GUI like WxPython?

If you read the documentation, I think this will be clear.  It uses
standard Win32 controls.

> I am asking this because I want to know if the interfaces it creates will be accessible for screen readers.

Yes, they should be.

> BTW, what is the difference between PyGUI and WxPython?

That's a difficult question to answer.  Really, they are two different
approaches to the same problem.  wxPython is a Python wrapper around a
largish GUI framework library that was originally written for C++ and
continues to have a life in the C++ world.  PyGUI is a Python wrapper
around the Win32 API.  The underlying wxWidgets library is a lot richer,
but PyGUI is lighter weight.

To know more, you should download both and try them.

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


From rays at blue-cove.com  Thu Dec 16 20:18:35 2010
From: rays at blue-cove.com (RayS)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:18:35 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] python sockets/proxy
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From reingart at gmail.com  Thu Dec 16 21:08:01 2010
From: reingart at gmail.com (Mariano Reingart)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:08:01 -0300
Subject: [python-win32] Creating a TLB for PythonCOM server
Message-ID: <AANLkTiky_wA7aGqRRzTo2_qgDQY3RNv6-usAH2C+gBvi@mail.gmail.com>

Hello

I'm trying to create a type library (TLB) using MIDL.EXE for a
PythonCom server, but I don't fully understand the brief MSDN
ducumentation:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms690150(v=VS.85).aspx

I've been able to create the TLB file, but when using it in VB, I get
a Run-time error '13': "Type mismatch" with this code:

Dim WSAA As PyAfipWs.WSAA
Set WSAA = CreateObject("WSAA")
Debug.Print WSAA.Version

Testing it with python, makepy.py sucessfully creates the python
classes, but it doesn't use them when I do:

win32com.client.Dispatch("WSAA")

Following is the code in question:

Python COM server (stripped version):
-------------------------------------

class WSAA:
    _public_methods_ = ['CreateTRA']
    _public_attrs_ =  _readonly_attrs_ = ['Version']
    _reg_progid_ = "WSAA"
    _reg_clsid_ = "{6268820C-8900-4AE9-8A2D-F0A1EBD4CAC5}"

    def __init__(self):
        self.Version = "1234"

    def CreateTRA(self, service="wsfe", ttl=2400):
        return "pass"


full code at:
http://code.google.com/p/pyafipws/source/browse/pyafipws.py


IDL file (stripped version):
----------------------------

import "unknwn.idl","oaidl.idl";
[
uuid(6268820C-8900-4AE9-8A2D-F0A1EBD4CAC5),
helpstring("PyAfipWs WSAA interface"),
pointer_default(unique),
//dual,
//oleautomation
object
]
interface WSAAif : IDispatch //IUnknown
{
   HRESULT CreateTRA([in] VARIANT service, [in] VARIANT ttl,
                   [out, retval] VARIANT * tra);
   [propget] HRESULT Version( [out, retval] VARIANT *  sign);
};

[
uuid(a03d1423-b1ec-11d0-8c3a-00c04fc31d2f),
version(1.0),
helpstring("PyAfipWs Type Library"),
] library PyAfipWs
{
  importlib("stdole32.tlb");
  [
  uuid(a03d1422-b1ec-11d0-8c3a-00c04fc31d2f),
  helpstring("WSAA Component Class")
  ] coclass WSAA
    {
    [default]interface WSAAif;
    }	
}; //end library def



I think I'm missing something and surely I'm doing something wrong
(related to IUnknown/IDispatch, dual/oleautomation/object, CLSID,
PROGID, etc.). I've tested many combinations and none seems to work.


Do you have any advice?


Thanks in advance,

Mariano Reingart
http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar
http://reingart.blogspot.com

From rsyring at inteli-com.com  Thu Dec 16 20:46:51 2010
From: rsyring at inteli-com.com (Randy Syring)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:46:51 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] python sockets/proxy
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20101216110911.028b8a90@pop-server.san.rr.com>
References: <6.2.3.4.2.20101216110911.028b8a90@pop-server.san.rr.com>
Message-ID: <4D0A6CAB.2030307@inteli-com.com>

Googling "http proxy python" turned up:

http://proxies.xhaus.com/python/

among other things.

--------------------------------------
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Intelicom
Direct: 502-276-0459
Office: 502-212-9913

For the wages of sin is death, but the
free gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom 6:23)


On 12/16/2010 02:18 PM, RayS wrote:
> I was playing with some simple code I found for a proxy server, made 
> some mods to trap exceptions it had etc, but still have odd behavior; 
> one that (with Firefox at least) when the browser proxy is set to 
> 127.0.0.1:8080, DNS seems to be cached, or ?.
> I run the script locally and browse through it to a web site - mostly 
> OK. But sometimes going to a new site just brings up the home page of 
> the last site, ie, the base URL. I tried forcing gc, but no help 
> there. The script seems to take a request for a new URL and simple 
> return the host of the last URL.
>
> Also, craigslist.org fails entirely.
> Suggestions?
> Links to better proxy code to study?
>
> -Ray
>
>
>
> ==============================================
> # -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
> # <PythonProxy.py>
> #
> #Copyright (c) <2009> <F?bio Domingues - fnds3000 in gmail.com>
> #
> #Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
> #obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
> #files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
> #restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
> #copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
> #copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> #Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
> #conditions:
> #
> #The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
> #included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
> #
> #THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> #EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
> #OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
> #NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
> #HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
> #WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
> #FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
> #OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
>
> """\
> Copyright (c) <2009> <F?bio Domingues - fnds3000 in gmail.com> <MIT 
> Licence>
>
>                   **************************************
>                  *** Python Proxy - A Fast HTTP proxy ***
>                   **************************************
>
> Neste momento este proxy ? um Elie Proxy.
>
> Suporta os m?todos HTTP:
>  - OPTIONS;
>  - GET;
>  - HEAD;
>  - POST;
>  - PUT;
>  - DELETE;
>  - TRACE;
>  - CONENCT.
>
> Suporta:
>  - Conex?es dos cliente em IPv4 ou IPv6;
>  - Conex?es ao alvo em IPv4 e IPv6;
>  - Conex?es todo o tipo de transmiss?o de dados TCP (CONNECT tunneling),
>      p.e. liga??es SSL, como ? o caso do HTTPS.
>
> A fazer:
>  - Verificar se o input vindo do cliente est? correcto;
>    - Enviar os devidos HTTP erros se n?o, ou simplesmente quebrar a 
> liga??o;
>  - Criar um gestor de erros;
>  - Criar ficheiro log de erros;
>  - Colocar excep??es nos s?tios onde ? previs?vel a ocorr?ncia de erros,
>      p.e.sockets e ficheiros;
>  - Rever tudo e melhorar a estrutura do programar e colocar nomes 
> adequados nas
>      vari?veis e m?todos;
>  - Comentar o programa decentemente;
>  - Doc Strings.
>
> Funcionalidades futuras:
>  - Adiconar a funcionalidade de proxy an?nimo e transparente;
>  - Suportar FTP?.
>
>
> (!) Aten??o o que se segue s? tem efeito em conex?es n?o CONNECT, para 
> estas o
>  proxy ? sempre Elite.
>
> Qual a diferen?a entre um proxy Elite, An?nimo e Transparente?
>  - Um proxy elite ? totalmente an?nimo, o servidor que o recebe n?o 
> consegue ter
>      conhecimento da exist?ncia do proxy e n?o recebe o endere?o IP do 
> cliente;
>  - Quando ? usado um proxy an?nimo o servidor sabe que o cliente est? 
> a usar um
>      proxy mas n?o sabe o endere?o IP do cliente;
>      ? enviado o cabe?alho HTTP "Proxy-agent".
>  - Um proxy transparente fornece ao servidor o IP do cliente e um 
> informa??o que
>      se est? a usar um proxy.
>      S?o enviados os cabe?alhos HTTP "Proxy-agent" e 
> "HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR".
>
> """
>
> import socket, thread, select, sys, gc
>
> __version__ = '0.1.0 Draft 1'
> BUFLEN = 4196 #8192
> VERSION = 'Python Proxy/'+__version__
> HTTPVER = 'HTTP/1.1'
>
> class ConnectionHandler:
>     def __init__(self, connection, address, timeout):
>         self.client = connection
>         self.client_buffer = ''
>         self.timeout = timeout
>         self.method, self.path, self.protocol = self.get_base_header()
>         if self.method=='CONNECT':
>             self.method_CONNECT()
>         elif self.method in ('OPTIONS', 'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', 'PUT',
>                              'DELETE', 'TRACE'):
>             self.method_others()
>         #print '  closing client', self.client
>         self.client.close()
>         #print '  closing target', self.target
>         self.target.close()
>         #print '  closed'#, self.client, self.target
>
>     def get_base_header(self):
>         while 1:
>             self.client_buffer += self.client.recv(BUFLEN)
>             end = self.client_buffer.find('\n')
>             if end!=-1:
>                 break
>         #print '%s'%self.client_buffer[:end]#debug
>         print ' bs %s...'%self.client_buffer[:40]#debug
>         data = (self.client_buffer[:end+1]).split()
>         self.client_buffer = self.client_buffer[end+1:]
>         return data
>
>     def method_CONNECT(self):
>         self._connect_target(self.path)
>         self.client.send(HTTPVER+' 200 Connection established\n'+
>                          'Proxy-agent: %s\n\n'%VERSION)
>         self.client_buffer = ''
>         print "CONNECT", self.path[:35]
>         self._read_write()
>
>     def method_others(self):
>         self.path = self.path[7:]
>         i = self.path.find('/')
>         host = self.path[:i]
>         path = self.path[i:]
>         self._connect_target(host)
>         self.target.send('%s %s %s\n'%(self.method, path, self.protocol)+
>                          self.client_buffer)
>         self.client_buffer = ''
>         #print " M", self.method, host, 'pth:', self.path[:10]
>         self._read_write()
>
>     def _connect_target(self, host):
>         i = host.find(':')
>         if i!=-1:
>             port = int(host[i+1:])
>             host = host[:i]
>         else:
>             port = 80
>         (soc_family, _, _, _, address) = socket.getaddrinfo(host, port)[0]
>         self.target = socket.socket(soc_family)
>         self.target.connect(address)
>
>     def _read_write(self):
>         time_out_max = self.timeout#/3
>         socs = [self.client, self.target]
>         count = 0
>         data = ''
>         while 1:
>             count += 1
>             (recv, _, error) = select.select(socs, [], socs, 3)
>             if error:
>                 break
>             if recv:
>                 for in_ in recv:
>                     try:
>                         data = in_.recv(BUFLEN)
>                         #print "    OK:recv data:'%s'..., len:%d, 
> BUF:%d" % \
>                         #   (data[11:35], len(data), BUFLEN)
>                     except socket.error, (errno, strerror):
>                         if errno!=10053 and errno!=10054: ## 'Software 
> caused connection abort' or reset
>                             print "    recv error", (errno, strerror)
>                             print "      data:'%s'..., len:%d, BUF:%d" % \
>                                     (data[11:35], len(data), BUFLEN)
>                             pass
>                         else:
>                             break
>                     except:
>                         print ' ERR', sys.exc_info()[0]
>                     if in_ is self.client:
>                         out = self.target
>                     else:
>                         out = self.client
>                     if data:
>                         try:
>                             out.send(data)
>                         except socket.error, (errno, strerror):
>                             if errno!=10053 and errno!=10054: ## 
> 'Software caused connection abort' or reset
>                                 print "    send error", (errno, strerror)
>                                 print "      data:'%s'..., len:%d" % \
>                                         (data[:35], len(data))
>                                 pass
>                             else:
>                                 break
>                         except:
>                             print ' ERR', sys.exc_info()[0]
>                         count = 0
>             if count == time_out_max:
>                 break
>
> def start_server(host='localhost', port=8080, IPv6=False, timeout=10,
>                   handler=ConnectionHandler):
>     gc.enable()
>     if IPv6==True:
>         soc_type=socket.AF_INET6
>     else:
>         soc_type=socket.AF_INET
>     socket.setdefaulttimeout(3)
>     soc = socket.socket(soc_type)
>     soc.setblocking(1)
>     #print dir(soc)
>     soc.bind((host, port))
>     print "Serving on %s:%d."%(host, port)#debug
>     soc.listen(0)
>     while 1:
>         print 'new thread, collected', gc.collect(), gc.garbage
>         thread.start_new_thread(handler, soc.accept()+(timeout,))
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     start_server()
>
>
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From greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz  Thu Dec 16 23:01:15 2010
From: greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz (Greg Ewing)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:01:15 +1300
Subject: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2
In-Reply-To: <30C1D24741F94746BECF17B189C51616@teddy>
References: <4D09AD1C.5040106@canterbury.ac.nz>
	<30C1D24741F94746BECF17B189C51616@teddy>
Message-ID: <4D0A8C2B.6060609@canterbury.ac.nz>

Octavian Rasnita wrote:

> Does this mean that under Windows it uses the Win32 standard GUI like WxPython?
> 
> I am asking this because I want to know if the interfaces it creates will be
> accessible for screen readers.

I have no experience with screen readers, so I can't be sure.
However, PyGUI uses the widgets natively provided by the
Win32 API as much as it can, so to the extent that they
support screen readers, PyGUI should as well.

> BTW, what is the difference between PyGUI and WxPython?

PyGUI is smaller, more Pythonic, documented in Python terms
and doesn't depend on a huge third-party library. See the
Project Goals on the web site for elaboration.

-- 
Greg

From rays at blue-cove.com  Fri Dec 17 01:52:23 2010
From: rays at blue-cove.com (RayS)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:52:23 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] python sockets/proxy
In-Reply-To: <4D0A6CAB.2030307@inteli-com.com>
References: <6.2.3.4.2.20101216110911.028b8a90@pop-server.san.rr.com>
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From Marc-Andre.Belzile at autodesk.com  Fri Dec 17 01:03:29 2010
From: Marc-Andre.Belzile at autodesk.com (Marc-Andre Belzile)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:03:29 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2
In-Reply-To: <4D0A8C2B.6060609@canterbury.ac.nz>
References: <4D09AD1C.5040106@canterbury.ac.nz>
	<30C1D24741F94746BECF17B189C51616@teddy>,
	<4D0A8C2B.6060609@canterbury.ac.nz>
Message-ID: <E8D50FCB61C1BC468D6A2492EB8CD28F4B402C@005-TK5MPN1-003.MGDADSK.autodesk.com>

Hi,

I'd like to be able to attach an OpenGL context to a Canvas. Can PyOpenGL and pyGUI work together? 

thanks

-mab
________________________________________
From: python-win32-bounces+marc-andre.belzile=autodesk.com at python.org [python-win32-bounces+marc-andre.belzile=autodesk.com at python.org] on behalf of Greg Ewing [greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz]
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:01 PM
To: Octavian Rasnita
Cc: python-win32 at python.org
Subject: Re: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2

Octavian Rasnita wrote:

> Does this mean that under Windows it uses the Win32 standard GUI like WxPython?
>
> I am asking this because I want to know if the interfaces it creates will be
> accessible for screen readers.

I have no experience with screen readers, so I can't be sure.
However, PyGUI uses the widgets natively provided by the
Win32 API as much as it can, so to the extent that they
support screen readers, PyGUI should as well.

> BTW, what is the difference between PyGUI and WxPython?

PyGUI is smaller, more Pythonic, documented in Python terms
and doesn't depend on a huge third-party library. See the
Project Goals on the web site for elaboration.

--
Greg
_______________________________________________
python-win32 mailing list
python-win32 at python.org
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32

From timr at probo.com  Fri Dec 17 19:02:01 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:02:01 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2
In-Reply-To: <E8D50FCB61C1BC468D6A2492EB8CD28F4B402C@005-TK5MPN1-003.MGDADSK.autodesk.com>
References: <4D09AD1C.5040106@canterbury.ac.nz>	<30C1D24741F94746BECF17B189C51616@teddy>,
	<4D0A8C2B.6060609@canterbury.ac.nz>
	<E8D50FCB61C1BC468D6A2492EB8CD28F4B402C@005-TK5MPN1-003.MGDADSK.autodesk.com>
Message-ID: <4D0BA599.7060702@probo.com>

Marc-Andre Belzile wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to be able to attach an OpenGL context to a Canvas. Can PyOpenGL and pyGUI work together? 

PyGUI already includes OpenGL support.

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


From greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz  Fri Dec 17 22:59:09 2010
From: greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz (Greg Ewing)
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:59:09 +1300
Subject: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2
In-Reply-To: <E8D50FCB61C1BC468D6A2492EB8CD28F4B402C@005-TK5MPN1-003.MGDADSK.autodesk.com>
References: <4D09AD1C.5040106@canterbury.ac.nz>
	<30C1D24741F94746BECF17B189C51616@teddy>
	<4D0A8C2B.6060609@canterbury.ac.nz>
	<E8D50FCB61C1BC468D6A2492EB8CD28F4B402C@005-TK5MPN1-003.MGDADSK.autodesk.com>
Message-ID: <4D0BDD2D.1070805@canterbury.ac.nz>

Marc-Andre Belzile wrote:

> I'd like to be able to attach an OpenGL context to a Canvas. Can PyOpenGL and
> pyGUI work together?

Yes, there is a GLView class for on-screen drawing, and a GLPixmap
class for off-screen drawing with OpenGL.

-- 
Greg

From skippy.hammond at gmail.com  Sat Dec 18 02:48:26 2010
From: skippy.hammond at gmail.com (Mark Hammond)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:48:26 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Creating a TLB for PythonCOM server
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTiky_wA7aGqRRzTo2_qgDQY3RNv6-usAH2C+gBvi@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTiky_wA7aGqRRzTo2_qgDQY3RNv6-usAH2C+gBvi@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4D0C12EA.6070803@gmail.com>

You should probably check out the "pippo" examples in the win32com\test 
directory for an example of associating the python COM object with the 
typelib.

HTH,

Mark

On 16/12/2010 12:08 PM, Mariano Reingart wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm trying to create a type library (TLB) using MIDL.EXE for a
> PythonCom server, but I don't fully understand the brief MSDN
> ducumentation:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms690150(v=VS.85).aspx
>
> I've been able to create the TLB file, but when using it in VB, I get
> a Run-time error '13': "Type mismatch" with this code:
>
> Dim WSAA As PyAfipWs.WSAA
> Set WSAA = CreateObject("WSAA")
> Debug.Print WSAA.Version
>
> Testing it with python, makepy.py sucessfully creates the python
> classes, but it doesn't use them when I do:
>
> win32com.client.Dispatch("WSAA")
>
> Following is the code in question:
>
> Python COM server (stripped version):
> -------------------------------------
>
> class WSAA:
>      _public_methods_ = ['CreateTRA']
>      _public_attrs_ =  _readonly_attrs_ = ['Version']
>      _reg_progid_ = "WSAA"
>      _reg_clsid_ = "{6268820C-8900-4AE9-8A2D-F0A1EBD4CAC5}"
>
>      def __init__(self):
>          self.Version = "1234"
>
>      def CreateTRA(self, service="wsfe", ttl=2400):
>          return "pass"
>
>
> full code at:
> http://code.google.com/p/pyafipws/source/browse/pyafipws.py
>
>
> IDL file (stripped version):
> ----------------------------
>
> import "unknwn.idl","oaidl.idl";
> [
> uuid(6268820C-8900-4AE9-8A2D-F0A1EBD4CAC5),
> helpstring("PyAfipWs WSAA interface"),
> pointer_default(unique),
> //dual,
> //oleautomation
> object
> ]
> interface WSAAif : IDispatch //IUnknown
> {
>     HRESULT CreateTRA([in] VARIANT service, [in] VARIANT ttl,
>                     [out, retval] VARIANT * tra);
>     [propget] HRESULT Version( [out, retval] VARIANT *  sign);
> };
>
> [
> uuid(a03d1423-b1ec-11d0-8c3a-00c04fc31d2f),
> version(1.0),
> helpstring("PyAfipWs Type Library"),
> ] library PyAfipWs
> {
>    importlib("stdole32.tlb");
>    [
>    uuid(a03d1422-b1ec-11d0-8c3a-00c04fc31d2f),
>    helpstring("WSAA Component Class")
>    ] coclass WSAA
>      {
>      [default]interface WSAAif;
>      }	
> }; //end library def
>
>
>
> I think I'm missing something and surely I'm doing something wrong
> (related to IUnknown/IDispatch, dual/oleautomation/object, CLSID,
> PROGID, etc.). I've tested many combinations and none seems to work.
>
>
> Do you have any advice?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mariano Reingart
> http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar
> http://reingart.blogspot.com
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32


From reingart at gmail.com  Sat Dec 18 07:24:41 2010
From: reingart at gmail.com (Mariano Reingart)
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:24:41 -0300
Subject: [python-win32] Creating a TLB for PythonCOM server
In-Reply-To: <4D0C12EA.6070803@gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTiky_wA7aGqRRzTo2_qgDQY3RNv6-usAH2C+gBvi@mail.gmail.com>
	<4D0C12EA.6070803@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTimCSTKr9UEaWCOXMvx_bb4fFOUZdqa96kOn8UTB@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks very much Mark, pippo_server.py was exactly what I needed.

I was missing defining the _typelib_guid_, _typelib_version_,
_com_interfaces_ and then registering the type library with
pythoncom.LoadTypeLib and pythoncom.RegisterTypeLib.

VB doesn't complain now, all seems working fine, and with Ole2View I
can view TypeInfo!

Now I'll make a py2idl generator to automatically convert my classes.

Best regards,

Mariano Reingart
http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar
http://reingart.blogspot.com



On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Mark Hammond <skippy.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> You should probably check out the "pippo" examples in the win32com\test
> directory for an example of associating the python COM object with the
> typelib.
>
> HTH,
>
> Mark
>
> On 16/12/2010 12:08 PM, Mariano Reingart wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> I'm trying to create a type library (TLB) using MIDL.EXE for a
>> PythonCom server, but I don't fully understand the brief MSDN
>> ducumentation:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms690150(v=VS.85).aspx
>>
>> I've been able to create the TLB file, but when using it in VB, I get
>> a Run-time error '13': "Type mismatch" with this code:
>>
>> Dim WSAA As PyAfipWs.WSAA
>> Set WSAA = CreateObject("WSAA")
>> Debug.Print WSAA.Version
>>
>> Testing it with python, makepy.py sucessfully creates the python
>> classes, but it doesn't use them when I do:
>>
>> win32com.client.Dispatch("WSAA")
>>
>> Following is the code in question:
>>
>> Python COM server (stripped version):
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>> class WSAA:
>> ? ? _public_methods_ = ['CreateTRA']
>> ? ? _public_attrs_ = ?_readonly_attrs_ = ['Version']
>> ? ? _reg_progid_ = "WSAA"
>> ? ? _reg_clsid_ = "{6268820C-8900-4AE9-8A2D-F0A1EBD4CAC5}"
>>
>> ? ? def __init__(self):
>> ? ? ? ? self.Version = "1234"
>>
>> ? ? def CreateTRA(self, service="wsfe", ttl=2400):
>> ? ? ? ? return "pass"
>>
>>
>> full code at:
>> http://code.google.com/p/pyafipws/source/browse/pyafipws.py
>>
>>
>> IDL file (stripped version):
>> ----------------------------
>>
>> import "unknwn.idl","oaidl.idl";
>> [
>> uuid(6268820C-8900-4AE9-8A2D-F0A1EBD4CAC5),
>> helpstring("PyAfipWs WSAA interface"),
>> pointer_default(unique),
>> //dual,
>> //oleautomation
>> object
>> ]
>> interface WSAAif : IDispatch //IUnknown
>> {
>> ? ?HRESULT CreateTRA([in] VARIANT service, [in] VARIANT ttl,
>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?[out, retval] VARIANT * tra);
>> ? ?[propget] HRESULT Version( [out, retval] VARIANT * ?sign);
>> };
>>
>> [
>> uuid(a03d1423-b1ec-11d0-8c3a-00c04fc31d2f),
>> version(1.0),
>> helpstring("PyAfipWs Type Library"),
>> ] library PyAfipWs
>> {
>> ? importlib("stdole32.tlb");
>> ? [
>> ? uuid(a03d1422-b1ec-11d0-8c3a-00c04fc31d2f),
>> ? helpstring("WSAA Component Class")
>> ? ] coclass WSAA
>> ? ? {
>> ? ? [default]interface WSAAif;
>> ? ? }
>> }; //end library def
>>
>>
>>
>> I think I'm missing something and surely I'm doing something wrong
>> (related to IUnknown/IDispatch, dual/oleautomation/object, CLSID,
>> PROGID, etc.). I've tested many combinations and none seems to work.
>>
>>
>> Do you have any advice?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Mariano Reingart
>> http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar
>> http://reingart.blogspot.com
>> _______________________________________________
>> python-win32 mailing list
>> python-win32 at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>
>

From hobson42 at gmail.com  Sat Dec 18 23:16:50 2010
From: hobson42 at gmail.com (Ian)
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:16:50 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Two questions
Message-ID: <4D0D32D2.3060903@gmail.com>

Hi all,

Question 1/

I am writing a large and complex app in Python 2.7 with PyQt4 for an 
exclusively windows environment.  All users will be access the app from 
machines on the same LAN as the central database. In the early 
(pre-launch) days, I expect releases to be made frequently, as new 
features are added and the customer wishes to test them out.

What is a good way to release such code?

I was thinking of copying the .pyc files to a shared directory on the 
server, and having the start-up script check and update a local copy if 
any changes had been made since the last start-up.

Question 2. I am using  the pywin32 extensions. This installed with no 
trouble on my development machine, but now I am creating the install 
instructions, for client machines, I find the  "python setup.py install" 
step is failing with the error message

  error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

I'm clearly missing something, but what? Google tells me that I am 
missing mingw, but I have not installed mingw (knowingly), I don't 
remember adding |-c mingw32|  to the command (not that that means 
much).  I don't want to install mingw on every client machine unless I 
have to - there is plenty already.

Regards

Ian














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From paul_koning at dell.com  Sat Dec 18 23:20:11 2010
From: paul_koning at dell.com (Paul Koning)
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:20:11 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Two questions
In-Reply-To: <4D0D32D2.3060903@gmail.com>
References: <4D0D32D2.3060903@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <FAB97825-DF54-4F18-A37D-456771620576@dell.com>

I would recommend py2exe.  That does a nice job dealing with packaging everything up, and you can take that exe file and its associated other files and wrap a conventional Windows-style installer around it.

	paul

On Dec 18, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Ian wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> Question 1/ 
> 
> I am writing a large and complex app in Python 2.7 with PyQt4 for an exclusively windows environment.  All users will be access the app from machines on the same LAN as the central database. In the early (pre-launch) days, I expect releases to be made frequently, as new features are added and the customer wishes to test them out. 
> 
> What is a good way to release such code?  
> 
> I was thinking of copying the .pyc files to a shared directory on the server, and having the start-up script check and update a local copy if any changes had been made since the last start-up. 
> 
> Question 2. I am using  the pywin32 extensions. This installed with no trouble on my development machine, but now I am creating the install instructions, for client machines, I find the  "python setup.py install" step is failing with the error message
> 
>  error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat  
> 
> I'm clearly missing something, but what? Google tells me that I am missing mingw, but I have not installed mingw (knowingly), I don't remember adding  -c mingw32  to the command (not that that means much).  I don't want to install mingw on every client machine unless I have to - there is plenty already. 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From Marc-Andre.Belzile at autodesk.com  Mon Dec 20 00:49:00 2010
From: Marc-Andre.Belzile at autodesk.com (Marc-Andre Belzile)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:49:00 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2
In-Reply-To: <4D0BDD2D.1070805@canterbury.ac.nz>
References: <4D09AD1C.5040106@canterbury.ac.nz>
	<30C1D24741F94746BECF17B189C51616@teddy>
	<4D0A8C2B.6060609@canterbury.ac.nz>
	<E8D50FCB61C1BC468D6A2492EB8CD28F4B402C@005-TK5MPN1-003.MGDADSK.autodesk.com>,
	<4D0BDD2D.1070805@canterbury.ac.nz>
Message-ID: <E8D50FCB61C1BC468D6A2492EB8CD28F4B5500@005-TK5MPN1-003.MGDADSK.autodesk.com>

Are there any examples available ? I just installed pyGUI and can't find any.

thanks
-mab

________________________________________
From: Greg Ewing [greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 4:59 PM
To: Marc-Andre Belzile
Cc: Octavian Rasnita; python-win32 at python.org
Subject: Re: [python-win32] ANN: PyGUI 2.3.2

Marc-Andre Belzile wrote:

> I'd like to be able to attach an OpenGL context to a Canvas. Can PyOpenGL and
> pyGUI work together?

Yes, there is a GLView class for on-screen drawing, and a GLPixmap
class for off-screen drawing with OpenGL.

--
Greg

From vernondcole at gmail.com  Mon Dec 20 01:50:45 2010
From: vernondcole at gmail.com (Vernon Cole)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:50:45 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Two questions
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikcucYX6s3SqUkbfs20S42wDEqXy-UKDdNCoX8t@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4D0D32D2.3060903@gmail.com>
	<FAB97825-DF54-4F18-A37D-456771620576@dell.com>
	<AANLkTikcucYX6s3SqUkbfs20S42wDEqXy-UKDdNCoX8t@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTikpzoNUwyZmm_ohR_GryscyS=DAfpY2Dh3wVPKk@mail.gmail.com>

I had a similar project. I had a .bat file on a network share which
installed python & pywin32 from Windows installers on the share.
  On each workstAtion, the user would click an icon which ran a console mode
.py script which copied the .py files from the share if needed, then forked
a .pyw of the application. My worst problem was making sure that users
actually exited the application occasionally to get the updates.

On Dec 18, 2010 3:26 PM, "Paul Koning" <paul_koning at dell.com> wrote:
I would recommend py2exe.  That does a nice job dealing with packaging
everything up, and you can take that exe file and its associated other files
and wrap a conventional Windows-style installer around it.

paul

On Dec 18, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Ian wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Question 1/
>
> I am writing a large and complex app in Python 2.7 with PyQt4 for an...
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From hobson42 at gmail.com  Mon Dec 20 10:32:02 2010
From: hobson42 at gmail.com (Ian)
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:32:02 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Two questions
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikpzoNUwyZmm_ohR_GryscyS=DAfpY2Dh3wVPKk@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4D0D32D2.3060903@gmail.com>	<FAB97825-DF54-4F18-A37D-456771620576@dell.com>	<AANLkTikcucYX6s3SqUkbfs20S42wDEqXy-UKDdNCoX8t@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTikpzoNUwyZmm_ohR_GryscyS=DAfpY2Dh3wVPKk@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4D0F2292.8070109@gmail.com>

On 20/12/2010 00:50, Vernon Cole wrote:
>
> I had a similar project. I had a .bat file on a network share which 
> installed python & pywin32 from Windows installers on the share.
>   On each workstAtion, the user would click an icon which ran a 
> console mode .py script which copied the .py files from the share if 
> needed, then forked a .pyw of the application. My worst problem was 
> making sure that users actually exited the application occasionally to 
> get the updates.
>
> On Dec 18, 2010 3:26 PM, "Paul Koning" <paul_koning at dell.com 
> <mailto:paul_koning at dell.com>> wrote:
>
> I would recommend py2exe.  That does a nice job dealing with packaging 
> everything up, and you can take that exe file and its associated other 
> files and wrap a conventional Windows-style installer around it.
>
> paul
>
Thank you both for your input. It should solve both my problems.

Regards

Ian
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From tdaughters at mitre.org  Mon Dec 20 22:10:43 2010
From: tdaughters at mitre.org (Daughters, Tim)
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:10:43 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] passing an array to an active X object
Message-ID: <8DA11B342D7A5643A515ACBF8B72D98702E7ECC090@IMCMBX3.MITRE.ORG>

I am having trouble sending an argument to an active X object that is an array of integers or doubles.  I am trying to control an instrument called a "DPG".  It is a data pattern generator that drives a digital-to-analog converter, but that is not important.

This much code works:

# This module will communicate with the DPG2
import win32com.client as win32client
import math

# This code follows the MatLab example from the manual
h = win32client.Dispatch('AnalogDevices.DPG2')
devices = h.AttachedDevices
dpg = devices[0]

# This statement works OK, though, so we are talking to the DPG
dpg.StartPlayback

Now, I get hung up when I try to send it an array.  It has methods like:

bool DownloadDataVectorInt1D(int[] data, bool ShowProgress)

Downloads an array of integers. Setting ShowProgress to true will show a pop-up progress bar during the download. This method will not return until the download is complete (blocking call).


If I attempt that with something like:

waveform = [int(28000 * math.cos(2*math.pi*t/32)) for t in range(128)]
dpg.DownloadDataVectorInt1D(waveform, True)

I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#233>", line 1, in <module>
    dpg.DownloadDataVectorInt1D(wavei,True)
  File "<COMObject <unknown>>", line 2, in DownloadDataVectorInt1D
com_error: (-2147352571, 'Type mismatch.', None, 1)

If I do exactly the same thing from MatLab, it works fine.

Calling dpg methods that only take scalar arguments work fine, so it seems that the issue is getting the array passed with the right type.

What can I do to get past this 'Type mismatch' error when passing an array?

Tim Daughters
The MITRE Corporation
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From roberto.c.aguilar at gmail.com  Mon Dec 20 23:30:00 2010
From: roberto.c.aguilar at gmail.com (Roberto Aguilar)
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:30:00 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Two questions
In-Reply-To: <4D0D32D2.3060903@gmail.com>
References: <4D0D32D2.3060903@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <D1288729-BA3C-466A-A806-E4F5481C0EF6@gmail.com>

On Dec 18, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Ian wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> Question 1/ 
> 
> I am writing a large and complex app in Python 2.7 with PyQt4 for an exclusively windows environment.  All users will be access the app from machines on the same LAN as the central database. In the early (pre-launch) days, I expect releases to be made frequently, as new features are added and the customer wishes to test them out. 
> 
> What is a good way to release such code?  
> 
> I was thinking of copying the .pyc files to a shared directory on the server, and having the start-up script check and update a local copy if any changes had been made since the last start-up. 

Just a quick note on deployment.  Google Chrome performs automagical self-update every time it's relaunched.  This "feature" drives me batty because, on more than one occasion, it has broken Google Chrome; something that used to work perfectly fine, no longer does.  If you go with the auto-update approach, I would consider:

- designing it such that it's possible for a user to revert back to a previous version
- giving the user an option to turn this feature off
- making grabbing a new version a manually invoked option

There is a line between web application where it's more or less understood that it may break and you have no control vs. locally installed application which, if it worked yesterday, should continue to do so today if you didn't muck with the program.



From skippy.hammond at gmail.com  Tue Dec 21 00:20:20 2010
From: skippy.hammond at gmail.com (Mark Hammond)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:20:20 +1100
Subject: [python-win32] passing an array to an active X object
In-Reply-To: <8DA11B342D7A5643A515ACBF8B72D98702E7ECC090@IMCMBX3.MITRE.ORG>
References: <8DA11B342D7A5643A515ACBF8B72D98702E7ECC090@IMCMBX3.MITRE.ORG>
Message-ID: <4D0FE4B4.5000400@gmail.com>

On 21/12/2010 8:10 AM, Daughters, Tim wrote:
> I am having trouble sending an argument to an active X object that is an
> array of integers or doubles. I am trying to control an instrument
> called a ?DPG?. It is a data pattern generator that drives a
> digital-to-analog converter, but that is not important.

...

About the best I can offer is you try and:

 >>> from win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch
 >>> h = EnsireDispatch('AnalogDevices.DPG2')

That should run makepy if it can, which will probably help.  If it can't 
use makepy you will get the same error, which is currently difficult to 
work around...

Cheers,

Mark

From pmcguir at hotmail.com  Tue Dec 21 10:21:06 2010
From: pmcguir at hotmail.com (Pat McGuire)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:21:06 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Intenet explorer using PythonWin Help
Message-ID: <BAY134-W26AF91D0C1F37D73F5170CB81A0@phx.gbl>


I am new at programming with Python and am using Pythonwin.  I have a couple of questions'
 
1.  The code below after doc.FormName.submit() will navigate to the correct page but if I print the url it shows the url of the page I logged in at.  I thought submit would be just like if I clicked on the submit button.
 
import win32com.client
import win32api
ie = win32com.client.Dispatch( "InternetExplorer.Application" )
ie.Visible = 1
ie.Navigate("urlhere")
while ie.Busy == True:
    win32api.Sleep(1000)
doc = ie.Document
doc.FormName.email.value = "emailaddress" 
doc.FormName.password.value = "mypassword"
doc.FormName.submit()
 
2.  Can you point me to a site that which show me how to access each type of form element, i.e. option, hrefs, links, etc
 
 
Any help is greatly appreciated. 		 	   		  
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From pmcguir at hotmail.com  Tue Dec 21 19:53:32 2010
From: pmcguir at hotmail.com (Pat McGuire)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:53:32 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Intenet explorer using PythonWin Help
In-Reply-To: <BAY134-W26AF91D0C1F37D73F5170CB81A0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY134-W26AF91D0C1F37D73F5170CB81A0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY134-W701289DB5304F75415F88B81A0@phx.gbl>



 


I am new at programming with Python and am using Pythonwin.  I have a couple of questions'
 
1.  The code below after doc.FormName.submit() will navigate to the correct page but if I print the url it shows the url of the page I logged in at.  I thought submit would be just like if I clicked on the submit button.
 
import win32com.client
import win32api
ie = win32com.client.Dispatch( "InternetExplorer.Application" )
ie.Visible = 1
ie.Navigate("urlhere")
while ie.Busy == True:
    win32api.Sleep(1000)
doc = ie.Document
doc.FormName.email.value = "emailaddress" 
doc.FormName.password.value = "mypassword"
doc.FormName.submit()
 
2.  Can you point me to a site that which show me how to access each type of form element, i.e. option, hrefs, links, etc
 
 
Any help is greatly appreciated.
 		 	   		  
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From dejan.org at gmail.com  Wed Dec 22 13:11:43 2010
From: dejan.org at gmail.com (otrov)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:11:43 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
Message-ID: <1877904314.20101222131143@gmail.com>

Hi,
I failed in my first idea to solve this problem with matlab/octave, as I just started using this tools for data manipulation, and then thought to try python as more feature rich descriptive language and post this problem to python group I'm subscribed already

Let's consider this simple dictionary object (scipy array):

X = array([[1, 2],
           [1, 2],
           [2, 2],
           [3, 1],
           [2, 3],
           [1, 2],
           [1, 2],
           [2, 2],
           [3, 1],
           [2, 3],
           [1, 2],
           [1, 2],
           [2, 2],
           [3, 1],
           [2, 3],
           ...,
           [1, 2],
           [1, 2],
           [2, 2],
           [3, 1],
           [2, 3]]

I would like to extract repeated sequence data:

Y = array([[1, 2],
           [1, 2],
           [2, 2],
           [3, 1],
           [2, 3]]

as a result.

Arrays are consisted of 10^7 to 10^8 elements, and unique sequence consists of maximum 10^6 elements, usually less like 10^5

Thanks for your time


From mdriscoll at co.marshall.ia.us  Wed Dec 22 15:31:27 2010
From: mdriscoll at co.marshall.ia.us (Mike Driscoll)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:31:27 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] Intenet explorer using PythonWin Help
In-Reply-To: <BAY134-W701289DB5304F75415F88B81A0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY134-W26AF91D0C1F37D73F5170CB81A0@phx.gbl>
	<BAY134-W701289DB5304F75415F88B81A0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <4D120BBF.3040108@co.marshall.ia.us>

On 1:59 PM, Pat McGuire wrote:
>
> I am new at programming with Python and am using Pythonwin.  I have a 
> couple of questions'
>
> 1.  The code below after doc.FormName.submit() will navigate to 
> the correct page but if I print the url it shows the url of the page I 
> logged in at.  I thought submit would be just like if I clicked on the 
> submit button.
>
> import win32com.client
> import win32api
> ie = win32com.client.Dispatch( "InternetExplorer.Application" )
> ie.Visible = 1
> ie.Navigate("urlhere 
> <http://posting.www.backpage.com/classifieds/central/index>")
> while ie.Busy == True:
>     win32api.Sleep(1000)
> doc = ie.Document
> doc.FormName.email.value = "emailaddress <mailto:doublepllc at gmail.com>"
> doc.FormName.password.value = "mypassword"
> doc.FormName.submit()
>
> 2.  Can you point me to a site that which show me how to access each 
> type of form element, i.e. option, hrefs, links, etc
>
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>

I've heard good things about Mechanize: 
http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/

It's not PyWin32, but it's probably easier to use than win32com methods.



-- 
Mike Driscoll

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From aahz at pythoncraft.com  Wed Dec 22 16:28:25 2010
From: aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:28:25 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
In-Reply-To: <1877904314.20101222131143@gmail.com>
References: <1877904314.20101222131143@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Dec 22, 2010, otrov wrote:
>
> I failed in my first idea to solve this problem with matlab/octave,
> as I just started using this tools for data manipulation, and then
> thought to try python as more feature rich descriptive language and
> post this problem to python group I'm subscribed already

You may get better answers posting to a general Python group (e.g.
comp.lang.python).
-- 
Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/

"Think of it as evolution in action."  --Tony Rand

From mike.diehn at ansys.com  Wed Dec 22 17:01:52 2010
From: mike.diehn at ansys.com (Mike Diehn)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:01:52 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
In-Reply-To: <20101222152825.GB3725@panix.com>
References: <1877904314.20101222131143@gmail.com>
	<20101222152825.GB3725@panix.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=9RVD+gcO2jR3t_YSwMwuXoVgwqRHupY4HRk=9@mail.gmail.com>

I'm a unix guy.  That's what we call a sort-uniq operation, after the
pipeline we'd use: sort datafile | uniq > uniq-lines.txt.  So I google that
with python and ....

As Jason Petrone wrote when he withdrew PEP 270  in
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0270/:


"creating a sequence without duplicates is just a matter of
choosing a different data structure: a set instead of a list."


At the time, sets.py was a nifty new thing.  Since then, the set datatype
has
been added to python's base.

set() can consume a list of tuples, but not a list of lists, like the X you
showed us.  You're job will be getting your massive list of lists into a
list of tuples.

This works, but for your very large arrays, may take large time:

X = [[1,2], [1,2], [3,4], [3,4]]

Y = set( [tuple(x) for x in X] )


There may be faster methods.  The map() function might help, but I really
don't know.  Here's something to try:

Y = set( map(tuple, X )


Or you can go old school route, from before the days of set(), that is:

http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52560-remove-duplicates-from-a-sequence/


Best,
Mike

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010, otrov wrote:
> >
> > I failed in my first idea to solve this problem with matlab/octave,
> > as I just started using this tools for data manipulation, and then
> > thought to try python as more feature rich descriptive language and
> > post this problem to python group I'm subscribed already
>
> You may get better answers posting to a general Python group (e.g.
> comp.lang.python).
> --
> Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>
> http://www.pythoncraft.com/
>
> "Think of it as evolution in action."  --Tony Rand
> _______________________________________________
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From dejan.org at gmail.com  Wed Dec 22 18:21:27 2010
From: dejan.org at gmail.com (otrov)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:21:27 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=9RVD+gcO2jR3t_YSwMwuXoVgwqRHupY4HRk=9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1877904314.20101222131143@gmail.com>
	<20101222152825.GB3725@panix.com>
	<AANLkTi=9RVD+gcO2jR3t_YSwMwuXoVgwqRHupY4HRk=9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <18010463321.20101222182127@gmail.com>

> I'm a unix guy.  That's what we call a sort-uniq operation, after the
> pipeline we'd use: sort datafile | uniq > uniq-lines.txt.  So I google that
> with python and ....

> As Jason Petrone wrote when he withdrew PEP 270  in
> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0270/:


> "creating a sequence without duplicates is just a matter of
> choosing a different data structure: a set instead of a list."


> At the time, sets.py was a nifty new thing.  Since then, the set datatype
> has
> been added to python's base.

> set() can consume a list of tuples, but not a list of lists, like the X you
> showed us.  You're job will be getting your massive list of lists into a
> list of tuples.

> This works, but for your very large arrays, may take large time:

> X = [[1,2], [1,2], [3,4], [3,4]]

> Y = set( [tuple(x) for x in X] )


> There may be faster methods.  The map() function might help, but I really
> don't know.  Here's something to try:

> Y = set( map(tuple, X )


> Or you can go old school route, from before the days of set(), that is:

> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52560-remove-duplicates-from-a-sequence/


> Best,
> Mike

Thanks for your reply, but perhaps there is misunderstanding:

I don't want unique values, but unique sequence (block) of data that is repeated in array:

A B C D D D A B C D D D A B C D D D
|_________| |_________| |_________|
     |           |           |
   unique      unique      unique
  sequence    sequence    sequence
    data        data        data

I tested your approach and won't say it's slow. It works great but that's not what I'm after. Thanks anyway

Cheers


From gerard.blais at gmail.com  Wed Dec 22 19:22:21 2010
From: gerard.blais at gmail.com (Gerard Blais)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:22:21 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] python-win32 Digest, Vol 93, Issue 26
In-Reply-To: <mailman.990.1293038493.6504.python-win32@python.org>
References: <mailman.990.1293038493.6504.python-win32@python.org>
Message-ID: <AANLkTik+wq3nhe4gLcX-AuiejzoCqhQB=5zdEk7cqy6p@mail.gmail.com>

One thought is a default dictionary

import containers

counts = containers.defaultdict(int)

for pair in my_array:
   counts[pair] += 1

duplicated_pairs = [x for x in counts if counts[x] > 1]

Gerry

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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:11:43 +0100
> From: otrov <dejan.org at gmail.com>
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
> Message-ID: <1877904314.20101222131143 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Hi,
> I failed in my first idea to solve this problem with matlab/octave, as I
> just started using this tools for data manipulation, and then thought to try
> python as more feature rich descriptive language and post this problem to
> python group I'm subscribed already
>
> Let's consider this simple dictionary object (scipy array):
>
> X = array([[1, 2],
>           [1, 2],
>           [2, 2],
>           [3, 1],
>           [2, 3],
>           [1, 2],
>           [1, 2],
>           [2, 2],
>           [3, 1],
>           [2, 3],
>           [1, 2],
>           [1, 2],
>           [2, 2],
>           [3, 1],
>           [2, 3],
>           ...,
>           [1, 2],
>           [1, 2],
>           [2, 2],
>           [3, 1],
>           [2, 3]]
>
> I would like to extract repeated sequence data:
>
> Y = array([[1, 2],
>           [1, 2],
>           [2, 2],
>           [3, 1],
>           [2, 3]]
>
> as a result.
>
> Arrays are consisted of 10^7 to 10^8 elements, and unique sequence consists
> of maximum 10^6 elements, usually less like 10^5
>
> Thanks for your time
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:31:27 -0600
> From: Mike Driscoll <mdriscoll at co.marshall.ia.us>
> Cc: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Intenet explorer using PythonWin Help
> Message-ID: <4D120BBF.3040108 at co.marshall.ia.us>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
>
> On 1:59 PM, Pat McGuire wrote:
> >
> > I am new at programming with Python and am using Pythonwin.  I have a
> > couple of questions'
> >
> > 1.  The code below after doc.FormName.submit() will navigate to
> > the correct page but if I print the url it shows the url of the page I
> > logged in at.  I thought submit would be just like if I clicked on the
> > submit button.
> >
> > import win32com.client
> > import win32api
> > ie = win32com.client.Dispatch( "InternetExplorer.Application" )
> > ie.Visible = 1
> > ie.Navigate("urlhere
> > <http://posting.www.backpage.com/classifieds/central/index>")
> > while ie.Busy == True:
> >     win32api.Sleep(1000)
> > doc = ie.Document
> > doc.FormName.email.value = "emailaddress <mailto:doublepllc at gmail.com>"
> > doc.FormName.password.value = "mypassword"
> > doc.FormName.submit()
> >
> > 2.  Can you point me to a site that which show me how to access each
> > type of form element, i.e. option, hrefs, links, etc
> >
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
>
> I've heard good things about Mechanize:
> http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/
>
> It's not PyWin32, but it's probably easier to use than win32com methods.
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Driscoll
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> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
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>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010, otrov wrote:
> >
> > I failed in my first idea to solve this problem with matlab/octave,
> > as I just started using this tools for data manipulation, and then
> > thought to try python as more feature rich descriptive language and
> > post this problem to python group I'm subscribed already
>
> You may get better answers posting to a general Python group (e.g.
> comp.lang.python).
> --
> Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>
> http://www.pythoncraft.com/
>
> "Think of it as evolution in action."  --Tony Rand
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:01:52 -0500
> From: Mike Diehn <mike.diehn at ansys.com>
> To: Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com>
> Cc: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
> Message-ID:
>        <AANLkTi=9RVD+gcO2jR3t_YSwMwuXoVgwqRHupY4HRk=9 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> I'm a unix guy.  That's what we call a sort-uniq operation, after the
> pipeline we'd use: sort datafile | uniq > uniq-lines.txt.  So I google that
> with python and ....
>
> As Jason Petrone wrote when he withdrew PEP 270  in
> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0270/:
>
>
> "creating a sequence without duplicates is just a matter of
> choosing a different data structure: a set instead of a list."
>
>
> At the time, sets.py was a nifty new thing.  Since then, the set datatype
> has
> been added to python's base.
>
> set() can consume a list of tuples, but not a list of lists, like the X you
> showed us.  You're job will be getting your massive list of lists into a
> list of tuples.
>
> This works, but for your very large arrays, may take large time:
>
> X = [[1,2], [1,2], [3,4], [3,4]]
>
> Y = set( [tuple(x) for x in X] )
>
>
> There may be faster methods.  The map() function might help, but I really
> don't know.  Here's something to try:
>
> Y = set( map(tuple, X )
>
>
> Or you can go old school route, from before the days of set(), that is:
>
>
> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52560-remove-duplicates-from-a-sequence/
>
>
> Best,
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010, otrov wrote:
> > >
> > > I failed in my first idea to solve this problem with matlab/octave,
> > > as I just started using this tools for data manipulation, and then
> > > thought to try python as more feature rich descriptive language and
> > > post this problem to python group I'm subscribed already
> >
> > You may get better answers posting to a general Python group (e.g.
> > comp.lang.python).
> > --
> > Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>
> > http://www.pythoncraft.com/
> >
> > "Think of it as evolution in action."  --Tony Rand
> > _______________________________________________
> > python-win32 mailing list
> > python-win32 at python.org
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Diehn
> Senior Systems Administrator
> ANSYS, Inc - Lebanon, NH Office
> mike.diehn at ansys.com, (603) 727-5492
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> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:21:27 +0100
> From: otrov <dejan.org at gmail.com>
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
> Message-ID: <18010463321.20101222182127 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> > I'm a unix guy.  That's what we call a sort-uniq operation, after the
> > pipeline we'd use: sort datafile | uniq > uniq-lines.txt.  So I google
> that
> > with python and ....
>
> > As Jason Petrone wrote when he withdrew PEP 270  in
> > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0270/:
>
>
> > "creating a sequence without duplicates is just a matter of
> > choosing a different data structure: a set instead of a list."
>
>
> > At the time, sets.py was a nifty new thing.  Since then, the set datatype
> > has
> > been added to python's base.
>
> > set() can consume a list of tuples, but not a list of lists, like the X
> you
> > showed us.  You're job will be getting your massive list of lists into a
> > list of tuples.
>
> > This works, but for your very large arrays, may take large time:
>
> > X = [[1,2], [1,2], [3,4], [3,4]]
>
> > Y = set( [tuple(x) for x in X] )
>
>
> > There may be faster methods.  The map() function might help, but I really
> > don't know.  Here's something to try:
>
> > Y = set( map(tuple, X )
>
>
> > Or you can go old school route, from before the days of set(), that is:
>
> >
> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52560-remove-duplicates-from-a-sequence/
>
>
> > Best,
> > Mike
>
> Thanks for your reply, but perhaps there is misunderstanding:
>
> I don't want unique values, but unique sequence (block) of data that is
> repeated in array:
>
> A B C D D D A B C D D D A B C D D D
> |_________| |_________| |_________|
>     |           |           |
>   unique      unique      unique
>  sequence    sequence    sequence
>    data        data        data
>
> I tested your approach and won't say it's slow. It works great but that's
> not what I'm after. Thanks anyway
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
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From timr at probo.com  Wed Dec 22 20:37:53 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:37:53 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
In-Reply-To: <18010463321.20101222182127@gmail.com>
References: <1877904314.20101222131143@gmail.com>	<20101222152825.GB3725@panix.com>	<AANLkTi=9RVD+gcO2jR3t_YSwMwuXoVgwqRHupY4HRk=9@mail.gmail.com>
	<18010463321.20101222182127@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4D125391.7030300@probo.com>

otrov wrote:
>
> Thanks for your reply, but perhaps there is misunderstanding:
>
> I don't want unique values, but unique sequence (block) of data that is repeated in array:
>
> A B C D D D A B C D D D A B C D D D
> |_________| |_________| |_________|
>      |           |           |
>    unique      unique      unique
>   sequence    sequence    sequence
>     data        data        data
>
> I tested your approach and won't say it's slow. It works great but that's not what I'm after. Thanks anyway

That is a computationally intensive task, unless you are guaranteed that
the entire sequence consists of the repeating sequence.  If you KNOW
that the larger sequence starts with a shorter sequence that will
repeat, then it's not so bad.

1. Start with the first element (call it L)
2. Scan downwind for an matching element (call it R)
3. Compare L+1 and R+1 until you find a mismatch -- that's the current
"largest" match.
4. Repeat from 2 to see if you can find a longer match.

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


From dejan.org at gmail.com  Wed Dec 22 21:25:30 2010
From: dejan.org at gmail.com (otrov)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:25:30 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
In-Reply-To: <4D125391.7030300@probo.com>
References: <1877904314.20101222131143@gmail.com>
	<20101222152825.GB3725@panix.com>
	<AANLkTi=9RVD+gcO2jR3t_YSwMwuXoVgwqRHupY4HRk=9@mail.gmail.com>
	<18010463321.20101222182127@gmail.com> <4D125391.7030300@probo.com>
Message-ID: <1310384728.20101222212530@gmail.com>

> 1. Start with the first element (call it L)
> 2. Scan downwind for an matching element (call it R)
> 3. Compare L+1 and R+1 until you find a mismatch -- that's the current
> "largest" match.
> 4. Repeat from 2 to see if you can find a longer match.

Actually, step "4. Repeat from 2...", can be further optimized with searching for match between preceding element of R and element shifted by R positions relative to R, then couple of routine random checks for matches in between L and R and shifted values by R positions ;)


From timr at probo.com  Wed Dec 22 22:12:28 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:12:28 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
In-Reply-To: <1310384728.20101222212530@gmail.com>
References: <1877904314.20101222131143@gmail.com>	<20101222152825.GB3725@panix.com>	<AANLkTi=9RVD+gcO2jR3t_YSwMwuXoVgwqRHupY4HRk=9@mail.gmail.com>	<18010463321.20101222182127@gmail.com>
	<4D125391.7030300@probo.com> <1310384728.20101222212530@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4D1269BC.6000402@probo.com>

otrov wrote:
>> 1. Start with the first element (call it L)
>> 2. Scan downwind for an matching element (call it R)
>> 3. Compare L+1 and R+1 until you find a mismatch -- that's the current
>> "largest" match.
>> 4. Repeat from 2 to see if you can find a longer match.
> Actually, step "4. Repeat from 2...", can be further optimized with searching for match between preceding element of R and element shifted by R positions relative to R, then couple of routine random checks for matches in between L and R and shifted values by R positions ;)

I actually did consider including a Bayesian search in my original post,
but decided it muddied the waters too much.  I was more or less trying
to give the original poster something to start thinking about.

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


From aahz at pythoncraft.com  Thu Dec 23 01:18:23 2010
From: aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:18:23 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Identify unique data from sequence array
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=9RVD+gcO2jR3t_YSwMwuXoVgwqRHupY4HRk=9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1877904314.20101222131143@gmail.com>
	<20101222152825.GB3725@panix.com>
	<AANLkTi=9RVD+gcO2jR3t_YSwMwuXoVgwqRHupY4HRk=9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20101223001823.GB21437@panix.com>

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010, Mike Diehn wrote:
>
> I'm a unix guy.  That's what we call a sort-uniq operation, after the
> pipeline we'd use: sort datafile | uniq > uniq-lines.txt.  So I google that
> with python and ....

Side note: these days if you're using GNU utilities (i.e. you're on
Linux or CygWin), you can do sort -u.
-- 
Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/

"Think of it as evolution in action."  --Tony Rand

From timr at probo.com  Thu Dec 23 02:06:30 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:06:30 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Intenet explorer using PythonWin Help
In-Reply-To: <BAY134-W172630F8406C31A1AD75FAB81C0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY134-W26AF91D0C1F37D73F5170CB81A0@phx.gbl>
	<BAY134-W701289DB5304F75415F88B81A0@phx.gbl>,
	<4D12684B.1000207@probo.com>
	<BAY134-W172630F8406C31A1AD75FAB81C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <4D12A096.3020202@probo.com>

Pat McGuire wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>  
> Code is below with psuedo information

As I suggested in my first response, your first problem is that you are
not waiting for the submit to complete.  The IE control is asynchronous;
it returns immediately, before the request has actually finished.  You
need another wait loop after the submit:

    while ie.Busy:
        win32api.sleep(1000)

> if ie:
>      print ie.LocationURL
>      print ie.LocationName
>      print ie
>      print ie.Document.title
>      print ie.Document.location
>      print ie.Document.forms

Not sure what you expect the "if ie:" to do there.   I believe a COM
object will always return True in Python.

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


From pmcguir at hotmail.com  Thu Dec 23 04:40:52 2010
From: pmcguir at hotmail.com (Pat McGuire)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:40:52 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Help with accessing form elements and setting focus.
Message-ID: <BAY134-W7E4C6C7214C644EF132B0B81C0@phx.gbl>


I am new at programming with Python and am using Pythonwin.
 
 
Is there a site that will show me how to access each type of form element, i.e. option, hrefs, links or examples of this.  Also how to set focus on a form element.
 
 
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From timr at probo.com  Thu Dec 23 18:51:29 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:51:29 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Help with accessing form elements and setting
 focus.
In-Reply-To: <BAY134-W7E4C6C7214C644EF132B0B81C0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY134-W7E4C6C7214C644EF132B0B81C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <4D138C21.2060607@probo.com>

Pat McGuire wrote:
> I am new at programming with Python and am using Pythonwin.
>  
> Is there a site that will show me how to access each type of form
> element, i.e. option, hrefs, links or examples of this.  Also how to
> set focus on a form element.

Actually, this is not really a Python question, nor a Pythonwin
question.  It's a question of how to use the InternetExplorer COM
object.  There is pretty good documentation for this (such as
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms970456.aspx), although most of
the documentation is for C++ and VB.  The challenge, really, is figuring
out how to map the C++ calls into Python.  After you read up on those
objects, that's where we on this list can be of use.  Show us what
you've tried, tell us what doesn't work, and we can offer suggestions.

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


From mico_siahaan at yahoo.com  Mon Dec 27 01:32:48 2010
From: mico_siahaan at yahoo.com (Mico Siahaan)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:32:48 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Using ctypes
Message-ID: <1396240876-1293409970-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-244377508-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>

Hi,

I am learning to use ctypes and I want to use ctypes in Win 7 to do a simple task: delete a file.

I wrote:

import ctypes
ctypes.windll.kernel32.DeleteFileA("E:\deleteme.txt")

But it failed (returned bool value 0)

Please suggest what was wrong?

Regards,

---
Mico | mico_siahaan at yahoo.com | @bangmico


From shunichi.goto at gmail.com  Mon Dec 27 02:51:13 2010
From: shunichi.goto at gmail.com (Shun-ichi Goto)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:51:13 +0900
Subject: [python-win32] Using ctypes
In-Reply-To: <1396240876-1293409970-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-244377508-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>
References: <1396240876-1293409970-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-244377508-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=qeYTmsq44jaLCMK9qP9qEt=_sEZWw8AHK+nej@mail.gmail.com>

2010/12/27 Mico Siahaan <mico_siahaan at yahoo.com>:
> import ctypes
> ctypes.windll.kernel32.DeleteFileA("E:\deleteme.txt")

It should be r"E:\deleteme.txt" or "E:\\deleteme.txt"

-- 
Shun-ichi GOTO

From mico_siahaan at yahoo.com  Mon Dec 27 03:26:57 2010
From: mico_siahaan at yahoo.com (Mico Siahaan)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:26:57 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Using ctypes
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=qeYTmsq44jaLCMK9qP9qEt=_sEZWw8AHK+nej@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1396240876-1293409970-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-244377508-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry><AANLkTi=qeYTmsq44jaLCMK9qP9qEt=_sEZWw8AHK+nej@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <379037510-1293416819-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-316243801-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>

Dear Shun-ichi,

I did replace "E:\deleteme.txt" to r"E:\deleteme.txt" or to "E:\\deleteme.txt" but still failed.

Thanks,
 
---
Mico | mico_siahaan at yahoo.com | @bangmico

-----Original Message-----
From: Shun-ichi Goto <shunichi.goto at gmail.com>
Sender: python-win32-bounces+mico_siahaan=yahoo.com at python.org
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:51:13 
To: <python-win32 at python.org>
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Using ctypes

2010/12/27 Mico Siahaan <mico_siahaan at yahoo.com>:
> import ctypes
> ctypes.windll.kernel32.DeleteFileA("E:\deleteme.txt")

It should be r"E:\deleteme.txt" or "E:\\deleteme.txt"

-- 
Shun-ichi GOTO
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From mico_siahaan at yahoo.com  Mon Dec 27 03:45:04 2010
From: mico_siahaan at yahoo.com (Mico Siahaan)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:45:04 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Using ctypes - solved
In-Reply-To: <379037510-1293416819-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-316243801-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>
References: <1396240876-1293409970-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-244377508-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry><AANLkTi=qeYTmsq44jaLCMK9qP9qEt=_sEZWw8AHK+nej@mail.gmail.com><379037510-1293416819-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-316243801-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>
Message-ID: <1299089529-1293417906-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-11341420-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>

Dear all,

It was solved. It was because when I created the file using windows explorer "New Text Document" typed "deleteme.txt" as name, so actually the filename was "deleteme.txt.txt". 

Regards,

---
Mico | mico_siahaan at yahoo.com | @bangmico

-----Original Message-----
From: "Mico Siahaan" <mico_siahaan at yahoo.com>
Sender: python-win32-bounces+mico_siahaan=yahoo.com at python.org
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:26:57 
To: <python-win32 at python.org>
Reply-To: mico_siahaan at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Using ctypes

Dear Shun-ichi,

I did replace "E:\deleteme.txt" to r"E:\deleteme.txt" or to "E:\\deleteme.txt" but still failed.

Thanks,
 
---
Mico | mico_siahaan at yahoo.com | @bangmico

-----Original Message-----
From: Shun-ichi Goto <shunichi.goto at gmail.com>
Sender: python-win32-bounces+mico_siahaan=yahoo.com at python.org
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:51:13 
To: <python-win32 at python.org>
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Using ctypes

2010/12/27 Mico Siahaan <mico_siahaan at yahoo.com>:
> import ctypes
> ctypes.windll.kernel32.DeleteFileA("E:\deleteme.txt")

It should be r"E:\deleteme.txt" or "E:\\deleteme.txt"

-- 
Shun-ichi GOTO
_______________________________________________
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From davea at ieee.org  Mon Dec 27 12:45:15 2010
From: davea at ieee.org (Dave Angel)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:45:15 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Using ctypes - solved
In-Reply-To: <1299089529-1293417906-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-11341420-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>
References: <1396240876-1293409970-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-244377508-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry><AANLkTi=qeYTmsq44jaLCMK9qP9qEt=_sEZWw8AHK+nej@mail.gmail.com><379037510-1293416819-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-316243801-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>
	<1299089529-1293417906-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-11341420-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>
Message-ID: <4D187C4B.9010008@ieee.org>

On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, Mico Siahaan wrote:
>
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One of the first things I do on a Windows installation is to reverse 
many of the preferences in Windows Explorer.  The one that's wrong on 
your system is called something like "hide extensions of known type". 
The Explorer defaults are set up for somebody who doesn't have a clue.

DaveA

From wyley.r at gmail.com  Mon Dec 27 19:30:28 2010
From: wyley.r at gmail.com (Richard Lawrence)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:30:28 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Passing parameters to FoxPro COM methods
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinw=dSavKXWx+UtLg=CeQ=czwSrMwFDpxhnysfW@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTinw=dSavKXWx+UtLg=CeQ=czwSrMwFDpxhnysfW@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=86V2bZ+RJPsvE3nx73KAZOoc9k-h9WBhdBE=6@mail.gmail.com>

[Posting again, as my original message does not seem to have arrived
at the list, perhaps because I was not subscribed...apologies for
double-posting if the original comes through after a delay.]

Hi all,

I have a few questions about passing parameters to methods on a
component built in Visual FoxPro 7. ?I'm new to the list, and no COM
(or win32) expert -- I've tried to do my homework, but if I've missed
something, pointers to previous threads or documentation would be
greatly appreciated.

Some background: ?I am basically using PythonCOM as the first step in
porting the functions provided by this component to a Unix
environment. ?I am running Python 2.6 for Windows with the win32com
and related packages in Wine under Ubuntu. ?The component basically
takes the form of a single FoxPro class in a DLL. ?Instances of this
class have members that are instances of various other classes, but I
don't think those classes can be directly instantiated (i.e., they are
not themselves COM components exposed by the DLL). ?I need to be able
to pass parameters to methods on these member objects.

For example, suppose the component is of class C and one of its
members, d, is an instance of class D; I need to be able to do
something like:

c = win32com.client.Dispatch("C")
c.d.some_method(param1, param2)

I have had some trouble getting PythonCOM to do this. ?My problems and
questions are:

1) Regarding early binding: makepy.py doesn't seem to be able to get
the right interfaces from the DLL. ?It doesn't seem to be able to
tell, for example, that d.some_method accepts two parameters (and it
assumes it accepts zero). ?Therefore my attempts to use early binding
have been met with either COM errors (didn't pass enough arguments to
c.d.some_method) or TypeErrors (the generated module expected
some_method to take zero non-self arguments, but was passed two).
So...

1a) Is there perhaps something I'm missing about makepy? ?I don't know
too much about what kind of type information is in the DLL/TLB; is it
possible that there is type information in there that I have to clue
makepy into other than simply having it introspect the DLL in the
standard way?

1b) If not, I might be able to get the DLL rebuilt with more type
information. ?This article [1] seems to indicate that FoxPro supports
both early and late binding. ?Does anyone have any tips for how to
recompile a Foxpro component such that its interfaces will be
correctly understood by makepy?

2) Regarding late binding: the way that attributes are looked up in
win32com.client.dynamic.CDispatch.__getattr__ seems not to play nicely
with Foxpro's way of responding to queries about the interface. ?I
think what's happening is that __getattr__('some_method') attempts
first to call Invoke with pythoncom.INVOKE_PROPERTYGET as the
invocation type. ?As the win32com documentation indicates sometimes
happens, Foxpro seems to respond to this by *calling* the method.
This means that if, say, some_method returns a string, then a call
like:

c.d.some_method(param1, param2)

blows up because __getattr__('some_method') returns a string value
that results from calling some_method, rather than a reference to the
method, so I get a TypeError to the effect that a string value is not
callable; whereas

c.d.some_method

actually calls the method and returns a value, but of course I can't
pass the call any parameters.

I have successfully managed to pass parameters to such methods by
calling Invoke() directly, with the parameters as extra positional
arguments, like so:

d_disp_interface = d._oleobj_.QueryInterface(pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
some_method_id = d_disp_interface.GetIDsForNames('some_method')
the_value_I_seek = d_disp_interface.Invoke(some_method_id, 0,
pythoncom.DISPATCH_METHOD, 1, param1, param2)

This seems to work but is cumbersome; I am clearly not getting the
advantages that the high-level win32com.client interface is supposed
to provide. ?So my question here is:

2a) If I am forced to use late binding, what's the best way to deal
with this issue, so that I can say things like c.d.some_method(param1,
param2) without errors? ?Should I subclass CDispatch and override
__getattr__? ?Or is there some way of providing CDispatch itself with
some hints about which attributes of (sometimes deeply nested) members
on the component are methods, and how many parameters they take?

I know this is a long post, but I've had a hard time finding
information about these issues, and wanted to provide as many details
as I could (for my own sake as well as posterity's). ?Thanks for any
help you all can provide!

Best,
Richard

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2c0y4cce(v=vs.71).aspx

From wyley.r at gmail.com  Mon Dec 27 17:00:27 2010
From: wyley.r at gmail.com (Richard Lawrence)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:00:27 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Passing parameters to FoxPro COM methods
Message-ID: <AANLkTinw=dSavKXWx+UtLg=CeQ=czwSrMwFDpxhnysfW@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

I have a few questions about passing parameters to methods on a
component built in Visual FoxPro 7.  I'm new to the list, and no COM
(or win32) expert -- I've tried to do my homework, but if I've missed
something, pointers to previous threads or documentation would be
greatly appreciated.

Some background:  I am basically using PythonCOM as the first step in
porting the functions provided by this component to a Unix
environment.  I am running Python 2.6 for Windows with the win32com
and related packages in Wine under Ubuntu.  The component basically
takes the form of a single FoxPro class in a DLL.  Instances of this
class have members that are instances of various other classes, but I
don't think those classes can be directly instantiated (i.e., they are
not themselves COM components exposed by the DLL).  I need to be able
to pass parameters to methods on these member objects.

For example, suppose the component is of class C and one of its
members, d, is an instance of class D; I need to be able to do
something like:

c = win32com.client.Dispatch("C")
c.d.some_method(param1, param2)

I have had some trouble getting PythonCOM to do this.  My problems and
questions are:

1) Regarding early binding: makepy.py doesn't seem to be able to get
the right interfaces from the DLL.  It doesn't seem to be able to
tell, for example, that d.some_method accepts two parameters (and it
assumes it accepts zero).  Therefore my attempts to use early binding
have been met with either COM errors (didn't pass enough arguments to
c.d.some_method) or TypeErrors (the generated module expected
some_method to take zero non-self arguments, but was passed two).
So...

1a) Is there perhaps something I'm missing about makepy?  I don't know
too much about what kind of type information is in the DLL/TLB; is it
possible that there is type information in there that I have to clue
makepy into other than simply having it introspect the DLL in the
standard way?

1b) If not, I might be able to get the DLL rebuilt with more type
information.  This article [1] seems to indicate that FoxPro supports
both early and late binding.  Does anyone have any tips for how to
recompile a Foxpro component such that its interfaces will be
correctly understood by makepy?

2) Regarding late binding: the way that attributes are looked up in
win32com.client.dynamic.CDispatch.__getattr__ seems not to play nicely
with Foxpro's way of responding to queries about the interface.  I
think what's happening is that __getattr__('some_method') attempts
first to call Invoke with pythoncom.INVOKE_PROPERTYGET as the
invocation type.  As the win32com documentation indicates sometimes
happens, Foxpro seems to respond to this by *calling* the method.
This means that if, say, some_method returns a string, then a call
like:

c.d.some_method(param1, param2)

blows up because __getattr__('some_method') returns a string value
that results from calling some_method, rather than a reference to the
method, so I get a TypeError to the effect that a string value is not
callable; whereas

c.d.some_method

actually calls the method and returns a value, but of course I can't
pass the call any parameters.

I have successfully managed to pass parameters to such methods by
calling Invoke() directly, with the parameters as extra positional
arguments, like so:

d_disp_interface = d._oleobj_.QueryInterface(pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
some_method_id = d_disp_interface.GetIDsForNames('some_method')
the_value_I_seek = d_disp_interface.Invoke(some_method_id, 0,
pythoncom.DISPATCH_METHOD, 1, param1, param2)

This seems to work but is cumbersome; I am clearly not getting the
advantages that the high-level win32com.client interface is supposed
to provide.  So my question here is:

2a) If I am forced to use late binding, what's the best way to deal
with this issue, so that I can say things like c.d.some_method(param1,
param2) without errors?  Should I subclass CDispatch and override
__getattr__?  Or is there some way of providing CDispatch itself with
some hints about which attributes of (sometimes deeply nested) members
on the component are methods, and how many parameters they take?

I know this is a long post, but I've had a hard time finding
information about these issues, and wanted to provide as many details
as I could (for my own sake as well as posterity's).  Thanks for any
help you all can provide!

Best,
Richard

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2c0y4cce(v=vs.71).aspx

From reckoner at gmail.com  Tue Dec 28 21:22:44 2010
From: reckoner at gmail.com (Reckoner)
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:22:44 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] make a window transparent using win32?
Message-ID: <AANLkTimbCLBexen=WmZJayCk4QfUhFMpB3T5nASVv=LD@mail.gmail.com>

Using Python win32 extensions, how do you make an arbitrary window on
winXP transparent?

Thanks!

From timr at probo.com  Tue Dec 28 22:44:10 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:44:10 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] make a window transparent using win32?
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimbCLBexen=WmZJayCk4QfUhFMpB3T5nASVv=LD@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTimbCLBexen=WmZJayCk4QfUhFMpB3T5nASVv=LD@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4D1A5A2A.5090303@probo.com>

Reckoner wrote:
> Using Python win32 extensions, how do you make an arbitrary window on
> winXP transparent?

I'll assume you already know how to find the window handle of your
victim window.

The key concept is that you need to set the WS_EX_LAYERED bit in the
extended styles, then set the transparency level using
SetLayeredWindowAttributes.  You can look up both APIs in MSDN for more
detailed information.

    import win32gui
    import win32con
    win32gui.SetWindowLong(handle, win32con.GWL_EXSTYLE,
win32con.WS_EX_LAYERED)
    win32gui.SetLayeredWindowAttributes(handle, 0, 128, win32con.LWA_ALPHA)

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


From kohanyi.robert at gmail.com  Tue Dec 28 23:34:37 2010
From: kohanyi.robert at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?UsOzYmVydCBLb2jDoW55aQ==?=)
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:34:37 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] "pywin32-214.win32-py3.1" installer error
Message-ID: <AANLkTim8=m4gXRO-TDosXDfXd0GhaO5Gkd5_oujxcuMt@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

I've tried to install PyWin32
(pywin32-214.win32-py3.1<http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20214/pywin32-214.win32-py3.1.exe/download>)
but it failed (see below the "error report" -- probably not much of a help
:). I have the latest 3.1.3 Python (x86) distribution installed on my
computer. I'm using Windows 7 Professional Edition (x64).

The PyWin32 installer for Python 2.7 worked like a charm btw.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Koh?nyi R?bert


Problem signature:
> Problem Event Name:    BEX
> Application Name:    pywin32-214.win32-py3.1.exe
> Application Version:    0.0.0.0
> Application Timestamp:    4981a8ff
> Fault Module Name:    pywin32-214.win32-py3.1.exe
> Fault Module Version:    0.0.0.0
> Fault Module Timestamp:    4981a8ff
> Exception Offset:    000087ac
> Exception Code:    c0000417
> Exception Data:    00000000
> OS Version:    6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
> Locale ID:    1033
> Additional Information 1:    6cfa
> Additional Information 2:    6cfa8b89af74fff2548eacc7ef2bd5ac
> Additional Information 3:    e5b9
> Additional Information 4:    e5b9e8ca6c26ec406808a012d4b3f652
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From vijayendra.bapte at gmail.com  Wed Dec 29 11:40:36 2010
From: vijayendra.bapte at gmail.com (vijayendra bapte)
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:10:36 +0530
Subject: [python-win32] Com server on 64 bit Windows 7
Message-ID: <AANLkTiknU3Bjthk=jWpvA+f-WXi6LbqfhcQ8uEPVgxah@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I am trying to build icon overlay for Windows. It has worked fine on 32 bit
Windows but not working on 64 bit Windows 7.

Attached
1. test_icon_overlay.py: com server created in Python for icon overlay which
adds check mark overlay icon(C:\icons\test.ico) on "C:\icons" folder
2. setup_VI.py:  setup file which creates test_icon_overlay.dll for
distribution.
3. icons.zip:  for testing you should extract icons.zip inside C:\

Icon overlay appears on "C:\icons" folder when I execute `python
test_icon_overlay.py` on Windows command prompt and restarts `explorer.exe`.
But its not working with the dll file created using setup_VI.py

I have created dll file using `python setup_VI.py py2exe` and then tried to
register it using `regsvr32 test_icon_overlay.dll`. Registration fails with
windows error message "Error 0x80040201 while registering shell extension".

I am using:
 - OS:                                    64 bit Windows 7 Professional
 - Python:                              python-2.7.1.amd64
 - Python win32 extensions: pywin32-214.win-amd64-py2.7
 - Py2exe:                             py2exe-0.6.9.win64-py2.7.amd64

Is there anything which I am doing wrong? Any help on this is highly
appreciated.

Thanks,
Vijayendra.
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From aahz at pythoncraft.com  Thu Dec 30 17:42:40 2010
From: aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:42:40 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Using ctypes - solved
In-Reply-To: <4D187C4B.9010008@ieee.org>
References: <1396240876-1293409970-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-244377508-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>
	<AANLkTi=qeYTmsq44jaLCMK9qP9qEt=_sEZWw8AHK+nej@mail.gmail.com>
	<379037510-1293416819-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-316243801-@b14.c2.bise3.blackberry>
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	<4D187C4B.9010008@ieee.org>
Message-ID: <20101230164240.GA11092@panix.com>

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010, Dave Angel wrote:
>
> One of the first things I do on a Windows installation is to reverse
> many of the preferences in Windows Explorer.  The one that's wrong
> on your system is called something like "hide extensions of known
> type". The Explorer defaults are set up for somebody who doesn't
> have a clue.

That's actually wrong even for people who don't have a clue because it
guarantees an annoying failure later...
-- 
Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/

"Think of it as evolution in action."  --Tony Rand

From reckoner at gmail.com  Thu Dec 30 19:11:11 2010
From: reckoner at gmail.com (reckoner)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:11:11 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] make a window transparent using win32?
In-Reply-To: <4D1A5A2A.5090303@probo.com>
References: <AANLkTimbCLBexen=WmZJayCk4QfUhFMpB3T5nASVv=LD@mail.gmail.com>
	<4D1A5A2A.5090303@probo.com>
Message-ID: <4D1CCB3F.8010706@gmail.com>

Dear Tim:

by the way, quick question, do you know of a way to "get" the extended 
style bits? I haven't been able to find anything on MSDN. In other 
words, if I do as you suggest below for a few windows, how can I query 
those windows again to see if those bits that I previously set using 
SetWindowLong() are indeed set?

Thanks!

On 12/28/2010 1:44 PM, Tim Roberts wrote:
> Reckoner wrote:
>> Using Python win32 extensions, how do you make an arbitrary window on
>> winXP transparent?
>
> I'll assume you already know how to find the window handle of your
> victim window.
>
> The key concept is that you need to set the WS_EX_LAYERED bit in the
> extended styles, then set the transparency level using
> SetLayeredWindowAttributes.  You can look up both APIs in MSDN for more
> detailed information.
>
>      import win32gui
>      import win32con
>      win32gui.SetWindowLong(handle, win32con.GWL_EXSTYLE,
> win32con.WS_EX_LAYERED)
>      win32gui.SetLayeredWindowAttributes(handle, 0, 128, win32con.LWA_ALPHA)
>

From timr at probo.com  Thu Dec 30 19:19:59 2010
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:19:59 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] make a window transparent using win32?
In-Reply-To: <4D1CCB3F.8010706@gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTimbCLBexen=WmZJayCk4QfUhFMpB3T5nASVv=LD@mail.gmail.com>
	<4D1A5A2A.5090303@probo.com> <4D1CCB3F.8010706@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4D1CCD4F.7080901@probo.com>

reckoner wrote:
> by the way, quick question, do you know of a way to "get" the extended 
> style bits? I haven't been able to find anything on MSDN. In other 
> words, if I do as you suggest below for a few windows, how can I query 
> those windows again to see if those bits that I previously set using 
> SetWindowLong() are indeed set?

I think you're going to feel foolish when you hear the answer.  The fact
that SetWindowLong exists should suggest rather strongly that there must
be a GetWindowLong.  And, in fact, there is.

  win32gui.GetWindowLong(handle, win32con.GWL_EXSTYLE)

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


From halgrim.s at ghc.org  Fri Dec 31 00:07:34 2010
From: halgrim.s at ghc.org (Halgrim, Scott)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:07:34 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] adodbapi returns None for text field in first row
Message-ID: <B99874B312BE5C459BDB81526661EC548078BAA1@EXCH13.GHCMASTER.GHC.ORG>

Has anybody ever had an issue like this?

I submit a query to a table and everything works out fine, except for one column in one row.  The column of type text in the first row returned is always None.  I've modified the query by adding a WHERE clause so that a different row was the first one returned, and the same thing happens where the first row returned has a None in that column.

I'm running adodbapi 2.4 and querying SQL Server 2008.  Here's my code.

>>> from adodbapi import connect
>>> cnctn = connect('Data Source=InstanceName;Initial Catalog=DbName;' + 'Trusted_Connection=true;')
>>> crsr = cnctn.cursor()
>>> query = 'SELECT fword, text, cui FROM TABLE'
>>> c.execute(query)
>>> rows = c.fetchall()
>>> print rows[0], rows[1]
(u'breast', None, u'C0006142') (u'breast', u'breast carcinoma', u'C0006142')

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott



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From skippy.hammond at gmail.com  Fri Dec 31 03:26:34 2010
From: skippy.hammond at gmail.com (Mark Hammond)
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:26:34 +1100
Subject: [python-win32] Com server on 64 bit Windows 7
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTiknU3Bjthk=jWpvA+f-WXi6LbqfhcQ8uEPVgxah@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <4D1D3F5A.4020107@gmail.com>

On 29/12/2010 9:40 PM, vijayendra bapte wrote:
> I have created dll file using `python setup_VI.py py2exe` and then tried
> to register it using `regsvr32 test_icon_overlay.dll`. Registration
> fails with windows error message "Error 0x80040201 while registering
> shell extension".

I guess trying to track the above down is what needs to be done.  Maybe 
try making an exe purely for the purposes of registering (ie, just 
invoking HandleCommandLine) and see how it does - at least you might get 
a traceback out of it.

Mark

From reckoner at gmail.com  Fri Dec 31 04:26:59 2010
From: reckoner at gmail.com (reckoner)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:26:59 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Push back window (i.e. change its z-order)
Message-ID: <4D1D4D83.4010302@gmail.com>


Given a window handle with (x,y,dx,dy) rectangle, I'm trying to push the 
window back (in other words, change its z-order) using the following:

win32gui.SetWindowPos(handle, win32con.HWND_BOTTOM, x, y, dx, dy, 
win32con.SWP_NOMOVE+win32con.SWP_NOSIZE+win32con.SWP_NOREPOSITION)

but it's not working. Nothing happens.

Anybody have any ideas why?

Thanks!


From vijayendra.bapte at gmail.com  Fri Dec 31 05:50:44 2010
From: vijayendra.bapte at gmail.com (vijayendra bapte)
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:20:44 +0530
Subject: [python-win32] Com server on 64 bit Windows 7
In-Reply-To: <4D1D3F5A.4020107@gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTiknU3Bjthk=jWpvA+f-WXi6LbqfhcQ8uEPVgxah@mail.gmail.com>
	<4D1D3F5A.4020107@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Mark Hammond <skippy.hammond at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 29/12/2010 9:40 PM, vijayendra bapte wrote:
>
>> I have created dll file using `python setup_VI.py py2exe` and then tried
>> to register it using `regsvr32 test_icon_overlay.dll`. Registration
>> fails with windows error message "Error 0x80040201 while registering
>> shell extension".
>>
>
> I guess trying to track the above down is what needs to be done.  Maybe try
> making an exe purely for the purposes of registering (ie, just invoking
> HandleCommandLine) and see how it does - at least you might get a traceback
> out of it.
>
>
I have turned on logger in
`Python27/Lib/site-packages/py2exe/boot_com_servers.py` and here is the
traceback which I am getting in `comerror.txt` on `regsvr32
test_icon_overlay.dll`

PATH is ['C:\\root\\avalon\\module\\sync\\python\\src\\dist\\library.zip']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "boot_com_servers.py", line 37, in <module>
pywintypes.error: (126, 'GetModuleFileName', 'The specified module could not
be found.')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'DllRegisterServer' is not defined


Looks like there might be a problem with
`win32api.GetModuleFileName(sys.frozendllhandle)` or with the dll build on
64-bit Windows 7 .

Also, I saw that installation of 'pywin32-214.win-amd64-py2.7' on 64-bit
Windows 7 finish with the error message:

close failed in file object destructor:
sys.excepthook is missing
lost sys.stderr

<<Attached snapshot of error message>>

Thanks,
Vijayendra.
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From vernondcole at gmail.com  Fri Dec 31 06:58:13 2010
From: vernondcole at gmail.com (Vernon Cole)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:58:13 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] adodbapi returns None for text field in first row
In-Reply-To: <B99874B312BE5C459BDB81526661EC548078BAA1@EXCH13.GHCMASTER.GHC.ORG>
References: <B99874B312BE5C459BDB81526661EC548078BAA1@EXCH13.GHCMASTER.GHC.ORG>
Message-ID: <AANLkTik3KYaZp0yMGXxm=49c0-9OyL__BFc=6tFV5d9Y@mail.gmail.com>

Scott:
  Something is indeed fishy.  What os, version of python, and version of
pywin32 are you using?
As an attempt to duplicate your result, I built a table "tblTemp" on my
Windows Vista laptop's SQL express 2008 with three VarChar fields
and loaded two rows of data. I defined an ODBC DSN to point to my local
server, since you are running in ODBC mode.

I added some debug details to your sample, corrected a typo, altered the
database info,  and ran the following...

<python program x.py>
#Note: odbcTest is a DSN defined using "Control Panel"->"Administrative
Tools"->"Data Sources (ODBC)"
connStrSQLServer = 'Data Source=odbcTest;Initial Catalog=Northwind;' +
'Trusted_Connection=true;'
import sys
print sys.version
import adodbapi
print 'adodbapi version=',adodbapi.version
adodbapi.adodbapi.verbose = 4

cnctn = adodbapi.connect(connStrSQLServer)
c = cnctn.cursor() # Note: corrected from crsr = cnctn.cursor()
query = 'SELECT fword, text, cui FROM TblTemp'
c.execute(query)
print 'description=',repr(c.description)
rows = c.fetchall()
print repr(rows[0])
print repr(rows[1])
c.close()
cnctn.close()
</python>

I got this result...

<console dump>
C:\hg\adodbapi\test>c:\python26\python.exe x.py
2.6.4 (r264:75708, Oct 26 2009, 08:23:19) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
adodbapi version= adodbapi v2.4.0.2
adodbapi v2.4.0.2 attempting: "Data Source=odbcTest;Initial
Catalog=Northwind;Tusted_Connection=true;"
adodbapi New connection at 2C70450
adodbapi New cursor at 2C70BF0 on conn 2C70450
Executing command="SELECT fword, text, cui FROM TblTemp"
with parameters= []
description= [(u'fword', 200, 6, 10, 255, 255, True), (u'text', 200, 15, 30,
255, 255, True), (u'cui', 200, 8, 12, 255, 255, True)]
<SQLrow={fword:u'breast', text:u'what goes here?', cui:u'C0006142'}>
<SQLrow={fword:u'breast', text:u'breast carcinoma', cui:u'C0006142'}>
adodbapi Closed connection at 2C70450

</console dump>

Try again with verbose=4 all of the "print repr(..." lines added, and see if
the additional information helps.
--
Vernon

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Halgrim, Scott <halgrim.s at ghc.org> wrote:

>  Has anybody ever had an issue like this?
>
> I submit a query to a table and everything works out fine, except for one
> column in one row.  The column of type text in the first row returned is
> always None.  I?ve modified the query by adding a WHERE clause so that a
> different row was the first one returned, and the same thing happens where
> the first row returned has a None in that column.
>
> I?m running adodbapi 2.4 and querying SQL Server 2008.  Here?s my code.
>
> >>> from adodbapi import connect
> >>> cnctn = connect('Data Source=InstanceName;Initial Catalog=DbName;' +
> 'Trusted_Connection=true;')
> >>> crsr = cnctn.cursor()
> >>> query = 'SELECT fword, text, cui FROM TABLE'
> >>> c.execute(query)
> >>> rows = c.fetchall()
> >>> print rows[0], rows[1]
> (u'breast', None, u'C0006142') (u'breast', u'breast carcinoma',
> u'C0006142')
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
>
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