[python-win32] [ANN] pywin32 build 219 released

[Mark Hammond]

Hi all,
   I'm happy to announce the release of pywin32 build 219.  This release 
has addressed a number of bugs with previous builds, has added a number 
of new features (thanks mainly to Roger Upole), has a new version of 
adodbapi (thanks to Vernon Cole) and has improved support for installing 
with Python 3.4 - I've appended the change log at the end of this mail.

Downloads are available at:

   https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20219/

For initial support (eg, to ask questions about the release etc), please 
contact this mailing-list (python-win32 at python.org).  If you want to 
report a bug, please do so at https://sf.net/projects/pywin32.

As always, thanks to everyone who contributed to this release, both in 
terms of code and reporting bugs to the tracker.  As usual, Roger Upole 
contributed a huge number of fixes and enhancements for this release - 
thanks!

Cheers,

Mark

Changes:

Since build 218:
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  * win32com.mapi
    Addded outlook interface IConverterSession with methods MIMEToMAPI,
    MAPIToMIMEStm, and SetAdrBook.
    Added method OpenStreamOnFile (Nick Czeczulin)
    Ignore PT_MV_TSTRING along with PT_TSTRING (Nick Czeczulin)

  * Conversions from a Python object to a variant now does a better job
    at deciding what variant type to use, taking into account the
    size and sign of the value (Stefan Schukat via patch #127)

  * Add support for VT_I8 and VT_UI8 when converting a variant into a
    Python object (Stefan Schukat via patch #128)

  * win32com.mapi.exchange
    Added 64-bit support by excluding the 32-bit Ex2kSdk.lib functions
    from 64-bit builds.  Unfortunately, this means that only
    IExchangeManageStore::CreateStoreEntryID is currently available in a
    64-bit build. (Nick Czeczulin)

* adodbapi updated to version 2.6 -- new examples folder includes short
   programs for reading and writing .xls spreadsheets and reading ACCESS
   .mdb files using SQL. New functions .is64bit.Python() and
   is64bit.os() to help pick the correct drivers.
   New function .schema_table.names() returns a list of all tables in a
   database.
   Ability for a Windows computer to be a database proxy for a remote
   (Linux or Windows) unit.
   see adodbapi/README.txt for more information.

* Fix issue implementing COM objects from within a virtualenv (Kevin
   Smyth via issue #3597965)

* Fix some issues using decimal objects with Python 3.3 and later
  (rupole)

* Add a counterpart to VB's Nothing, from patch 3609027 by Stefan
   Schukat

* win32api
     Handle REG_QWORD (64-bit ints) (rupole)
     Add GetEnvironmentVariableW and SetEnvironmentVariableW (rupole)
     Fix function pointer check for win32api.GetNativeSystemInfo
     (bug#665)

* win32com.shell
     Add interfaces IFileOperation and IFileOperationProgressSink
     Add SHParseDisplayName (feature req #3585998) (rupole)

* win32com.propsys
     Add interfaces IPropertyChange, IPropertyChangeArray, and
     IObjectWithPropertyKey
     Add functions PSCreateSimplePropertyChange,
     PSCreatePropertyChangeArray, and SHSetDefaultProperties

* win32crypt
     Add functions and objects for handling certificates and certificate
     stores

* win32gui
     Add RegisterHotKey (rupole)

* win32evtlog
     Add several more Evt* functions (Vista+ event log API)

* win32prociess
     Add EnumProcessModulesEx (feature request 3608155) (rupole)

* pythonwin
     Fix a hang using the tools menu