[python-win32] python win32com design question

[Mark Hammond]

On 29/01/2013 9:48 AM, Johannes Frank wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am currently working with win32com to access ProgeCAD (an AutoCAD
> Clone) Excel and PDFCreator.
> Using
>
> comobj = win32com.client.Dispatch('xxx')
>
>   gives me an object through which I can access the COM interface and
> thus the underlying program.
> Within my program I have to pass this object around to make the
> interface accessible whereever it is needed. Closing the program creates
> huge problems, as now the object is void.
>
> Instead of getting an object I would prefer to have:
>
> class MyCom(win32com.some_inheritance):
>       some code

It's not clear what you mean by "win32com.some_inheritance" given there 
are an unbounded number of objects that could apply here.

You can obviously encapsulate the COM object inside your class though:

class MyCom:
   def __init__(self, progid):
     self.com = win32com.client.Dispatch(progid)

HTH,

Mark
>
>
> mycom = MyCom('xxx')
>
> Is something like this possible? If not, is there a reason it was
> designed the way it is?
>
> Thank you for your audience.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johannes
>
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