Not sure about your COM issue, but assuming Google hits all the archive pages like I think it does, just use "site:mail.python.org" on the end of your search string.
Bobby -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dana Robinson Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:15 PM To: python-win32@python.org Subject: [python-win32] Importing an array from COM into Python Hello, I am trying to get the arrays out of this function (from the IDL): [id(175), helpstring("method CreateFooBarArray")] HRESULT CreateFooBarArray([out]DOUBLE** FooArray, [out] DOUBLE** BarArray, [out,retval] ULONG* SizeOfFooBarArrays); The two arrays (Foo and Bar) are created with malloc and filled with useful data inside the COM object. I am attempting to access them with the following Python code. size = o.CreateFooBarArray(fooArray, barArray) This does not work. I get an error in \client\__init__.py at line 447 in _ApplyTypes_. It says "float() argument must be a string or number" Other COM functions with simple types work fine. I ran makepy.py over the COM library and I'm using early-bound automation if that makes any difference. So I have two questions: 1) The COM object is brand new and created in-house so I can have it changed to my liking. What's the best way to pass a large array (thousands of elements) of doubles out of a COM object into Python? I have Mark Hammond's book, which is very helpful, but passing arrays between languages doesn't seem to be covered. 2) If the COM object handles the memory allocation, will the arrays be properly garbage collected? Actually, I have a third question. Where can I find a searchable version of the mailing list? The one at python.org doesn't appear to be searchable. Thanks for your help. I just switched from the digest to individual mails, so if you respond this afternoon please cc me so I'll be able to try your suggestions out before I go home. Thanks, Dana Robinson _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
