RE: win32com

[Etienne Labuschagne]

Hi there

 

What work needs to be done to implement this?  Is it only a case of creating the Python code that will create the Python wrappers (around the pythoncom module, I presume), or does the pythoncom module need to be extended also?  If it is only a case of creating some Python wrapper code, I may have a go at it.  If I must write some contorted C++ code (with a good shot of black magic included) I don't think I'm up to the task.

 

Regards

Etienne

 -----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 1:00 PM
To: Etienne Labuschagne; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: win32com

This doesn't work quite yet.  The code you see relating to the vtables allows you to _implement_ these COM objects, but not call them.  This work will probably happen over the next few months (or quicker if someone beats me to it [Please!])

 

Mark.

 

 -----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Etienne Labuschagne
Sent: Tuesday, 31 July 2001 7:41 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: win32com

Hi all,

 

I hope this is the correct mailing list (can't find a win32com list - although it seems there is one - to subscribe to on the Activestate website at http://listserv.activestate.com/mailman/mysubs)

 

How do I use the IUnknown interfaces of COM objects?  The generated wrapper file created by makepy creates a nice wrapper for the default IDispatch interface, but none for the IUnknown (that I can find).  There are however variables for the IUnknown interfaces in the form:

 

IMyObject_vtables_dispatch_ = 0

IMyObject_vtables_ = [(long list of methods and properties with some other cryptic values)]

 

The CLASS_ID can be found in a dictionary named VTablesNamesToCLSIDMap

 

How do I use the above to generate a wrapper to the above interface that I can use.  It seems as if similar values are plugged into the DispatchBaseClass object to create a wrapper for IDispatch interfaces, but I don't know how (or where) to plug these variables into to create a wrapper for the IUnkown interfaces.  I don't know much about COM so the answer may be obvious and easy, but I can't figure it out! 

 

I have been able to use the DispatchBaseClass derived wrappers and would like something similar for the IUnknown interfaces.

 

Thanks

Etienne

 

P.S. If this is not the correct list , please point me to a place where I can subscribe to the correct one!