[python-win32] Connecting to a running COM server

[Mark Hammond]

On 19/06/2012 5:35 AM, Ανδρέας Πορευόπουλος wrote:
> Hello,
> I am new to windows programming and I am trying to connect to a local erp
> application server which has a registered com interface and provides
> methods for an external program to communicate with it.
> With Delphi one can do following and have access to the erp:
> ...
> user ComObj
> ...
>
> FSoftOne := CreateOleObject('SoXplorer.SoConnection');
> ...
> FSoftOne.Login('user',''pass');
> etc...
>
> I am trying to do the same with python but with no success.
> s1 = win32com.client.GetObject(Class='SoXplorer.SoConnection')
> I get:
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221021, 'Operation unavailable', None, None)
>
> s1 = pythoncom.Connect('SoXplorer.SoConnection')
> I get:
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221021, 'Operation unavailable', None, None)
>
> When there is no server running I do:
> s1 = win32com.client.Dispatch('SoXplorer.SoConnection')
> this starts the server but this is not an option because the server will
> be up all the time.

What happens here is the server is already running?

Apart from that, I'm afraid I have no other ideas other than to talk to 
the provider of the object (or their support forums etc)

Cheers,

Mark

>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Best regards,
> Andreas
>
>
>
>
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