[python-win32] Global ActiveScripting object not visible

[Łukasz Jakubowski]

Hi Vernon

This system in 32bit XP, so no bitness problems probable.

Regards,
Łukasz

Dnia Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:14:21 +0200, Vernon D. Cole  
<vernondcole at gmail.com> napisał:

> One other thing to check: are Python and DO11 this same 32 or 64  
> bit-ness?
> 32 bit programs cannot talk to 64 bit COM, and vice-versa.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Łukasz Jakubowski <lukaszj at onet.pl>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Vernon,
>>
>> Thanks for the answer.
>>
>> The DOpus object is not supposed to be created by a user with Dispatch  
>> (as
>> DO11 author has told me) - DO11 has no ProgID to use. The object is  
>> brought
>> into script before passing control to it in the same way as fe. WScript  
>> in
>> case of .pys, by calling AddNamedItem('DOpus',2) (where 2 =
>> SCRIPTITEM_ISVISIBLE), as debugging tells me.
>>
>> I think the problem lies in one of the two steps from the chapter you
>> pointed me to:
>>
>> """
>> 2. Passes the language engine a series of named items. Each named item  
>> is
>> a COM object (that is, an IDispatch pointer) with a name and attributes.
>> The attributes include whether the item is considered global and whether
>> the item fires events.
>> """
>>
>> Something is passed improperly? Python has problem with getting  
>> IDispatch
>> object (the object works OK with JScript or VBasic)?
>>
>> """
>> 3. Each named item is placed in the namespace by the language engine.  
>> Any
>> named items that fire events have the event-handling mechanism put in
>> place. In addition, any object considered global should have all its
>> methods and properties made available as global methods and properties.
>> """
>>
>> Object placed incorrectly in the global namespace? Some  
>> methods/properties
>> not global?
>>
>> How to check for all the above? Where/how to hook into
>> win32com/win32comext?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>  The message means that no one has defined a meaning for the name  
>> "DOpus"
>>> to
>>> Python.
>>>
>>> You, as a programmer, must define that name.  If you say:
>>>
>>>> DOpus = "Spam and Eggs"
>>>>>>
>>>>> then you have defined it as a character string which contains three
>>> English
>>> words.
>>>
>>> If you say:
>>>
>>>> from win32com.client import Dispatch
>>>>>> DOpus = Dispatch("Wscript.Network")
>>>>>>
>>>>> then you will have defined it as a Windows COM dispatch object which
>>> will
>>> do things (but not the things _you_ are interested in).  You must  
>>> discover
>>> which tool and what name to use to get Directory Opus 11.
>>>
>>> After you have defined it correctly, then you can use it.
>>>
>>> You might find the information in chapter
>>> 21<http://www.icodeguru.com/WebServer/Python-Programming-
>>> on-Win32/ch21.htm>
>>>
>>>  helpful.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Łukasz Jakubowski <lukaszj at onet.pl>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem with a file manager called Directory Opus 11. It
>>>> supports
>>>> ActiveScripting languages, but in case of python, its global objects  
>>>> are
>>>> not visible in global namespace.
>>>> Python packages (python-3.4.0, pywin32-218.win32-py3.4) seem to be
>>>> installed correctly (fe. WScript object is visible in .pys scripts),  
>>>> and
>>>> ActiveScripting engine is actually called by Directory Opus.
>>>> Where should I start debugging? Are there some possible flags not set  
>>>> or
>>>> attributes not presented by the Directory Opus objects that could be
>>>> checked? Any namespaces to be searched?
>>>>
>>>> The exact error message is as follows:
>>>> DOpus.OpenOutputWindow()
>>>> ^
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>   File "<Script Block >", line 6, in <module>
>>>>     DOpus.OpenOutputWindow()
>>>> NameError: name 'DOpus' is not defined
>>>>  (0x80020009)
>>>>
>>>> TIA & Regards,
>>>> Łukasz
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