Hi, I just got the pywin32 "hello world" COM server to install and I did manage to use it from VB 6.0.
However, there are some glitches I do not comprehend: 1) at one point I got a python runtime error telling me the "testcomserver" was not found - I got rid of that problem by deleteting the appropriate (I hope) registry and reregistering the server 2) If I change the source of the server from: return "Hello" + .... to: return "Hello my friend " + .... I still get "Hello BINGO" only in my VB message box. this even if I try to re-register (which does not seem necessary) the server. Q.1) What could that error have meant ? Q.2) is there a way to "flush" whatever so my new code "Hello my friend" shows up ? The VB looks like this: Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim shdemo = CreateObject("Python.TestServer") MsgBox (shdemo.Hello("BINGO")) End Sub The Python server : class HelloWorld: _reg_clsid_ = "{7CC9F362-486D-11D1-BB48-0000E838A65F}" _reg_desc_ = "Python Test COM Server" _reg_progid_ = "Python.TestServer" _public_methods_ = ['Hello'] _public_attrs_ = ['softspace', 'noCalls'] _readonly_attrs_ = ['noCalls'] #_reg_class_spec_ = "testcomserver.HelloWorld" def __init__(self): self.softspace = 1 self.noCalls = 0 def Hello(self, who): self.noCalls = self.noCalls + 1 # insert "softspace" number of spaces return "Hello My Friend " + " " * self.softspace + str(who) if __name__=='__main__': # ni only for 1.4! import win32com.server.register win32com.server.register.UseCommandLine(HelloWorld) import pythoncom print pythoncom.CreateGuid() Regards, Philippe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list