[python-win32] calling a dll after python 2.3 pywin32-208

[EdShallow]

Thanks Mark,

  I will get you the details you request later today. Thanks for the help.

Ed

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au>wrote:

> [re-adding python-win32 - please keep replies on list]
>
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> On 14/05/2012 10:39 PM, EdShallow wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>>      Python 2.3 with pywin32-208 works. The error I receive reads
>> "Object through and exception at line 3".
>>
>
> How do you get that error?  You say "my dll throws an exception
> immediately upon entry" - I can't reconcile that "with the error I
> receive".  What does Python do when calling your failing DLL?  (ie, do you
> get a traceback?  If so, please include it completely.  If not, what result
> does Python get?  I'm still very unclear on the context of your problem.
>
>
>       Un-registering and re-registering the dll does not help.
>>
>
> But that's just unregistering and re-registering your DLL right?
>
>
>       The test was conducted on the same machine after uninstalling
>> Python and re-installing numerous combinations of Python 2.4, 2.5, 2.6,
>> 2.7 with associated pywin32-208 thry pywin32-214.
>>
>>     If I uninstall the newer Python and re-install Python 2.3 and
>> pywin32-208 all is OK again. It is definitely environmental as opposed
>> to the code.
>>
>
> Well - it's *someone's* code :)  To be clear, 2.3 + pywin32 209 fails?
>
> Mark
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ed
>>
>> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Mark Hammond <skippy.hammond at gmail.com
>> <mailto:skippy.hammond at gmail.**com <skippy.hammond at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>>    You haven't given us enough information to help.  What error do you
>>    see?  What is the most recent combination of Python and pywin32 that
>>    works?
>>
>>    Mark
>>
>>
>>    On 12/05/2012 10:31 PM, EdShallow wrote:
>>
>>        Hi Folks,
>>
>>              I have an ActiveX COM dll generated by VisualBasic 6 in
>>        WinXP. I
>>        can call it and use it successfully with Python 2.3 and pywin32-208
>>        without problems.
>>
>>              As soon as I upgrade either pywin32- or Python to anything
>>        itself
>>        to anything newer, my dll throws an exception immediately upon
>>        entry.
>>
>>              Can anyone point me in a general direction with respect to
>>        addressing this incompatibility?
>>
>>        Thanks,
>>        Ed
>>
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