[python-win32] Creating COM objects in a new process

[Mark Hammond]

I'm not aware of anything, other than arranging for the existing process 
to terminate.

Cheers,

Mark

On 2024-02-26 4:12 a.m., Aviv Bergman wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> I'm trying to create several COM objects, each in a new process, but 
> it seems DispatchEx is reusing the existing COM server process, is 
> there any way to force creating new objects in a new process?
>
>
> I'm using a python COM server,  minimal example attached
>
> Thanks
> Aviv
>
> ---------
>
> import os
> import pythoncom
>
> class CTest:
>     _reg_progid_ = "STO.test"
>     _reg_clsid_ = "{13704826-80EC-4205-ADCE-ADBE5B741731}"
>     _reg_clsctx_ = pythoncom.CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER
>     _public_methods_ = ["test"]
>
>     def __init__(self):
>         pass
>
>     def test(self):
>         return "process = " + str(os.getpid())
>
>
> if __name__ == "__main__":
>     import win32com.server.register
>     win32com.server.register.UseCommandLine(CTest)
>
>
> >>> import win32com.client
> >>> o1 = win32com.client.DispatchEx("STO.test")
> >>> o2 = win32com.client.DispatchEx("STO.test")
> >>> o1.test()
> 'process = 26764'
> >>> o2.test()
> 'process = 26764'
> >>>
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