Michael March wrote:
> When you do:
>
> object.Field("UserDefined_01")
>
> ... the output is a unicode object.. So putting:
>
> object.Field("UserDefined_01").Value
>
> .. barfs..
>
> I'm obviously missing something here..
Not seeing the exact code you're using, so I
could be wrong, but I would expect the result
of the expression: object.Field ("blah") to
be an instance of some class x.y.Field
(or whatever). Since you wouldn't be able to
use such a term on the LHS of a Python name-binding
(object.Field("UserDefined_01") = "Open") then
the first error you noted is unsurprising.
I would then not be surprised if the pywin32
proxy for that field handled things like
__unicode__, __str__, __repr__ in such a way
as to return the ms-defined default property,
typically the one called .Value which could
well be a Unicode string.
But obviously, if what you say above is strictly
true - that object.Field ("blah").Value "barfs"
(and I'm going to guess that this means: "raises
an AttributeError because the builtin Unicode
object has no .Value attribute) then what I'm
describing above isn't happening.
But am I understanding correctly? Could you provide a
small code fragment which might help clarify things?
Here's a toy example using Excel:
<code>
from win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch
xl = EnsureDispatch ("Excel.Application")
ws = xl.Workbooks.Add ().ActiveSheet
cell_11 = ws.Cells (1, 1)
print cell_11.__class__
# win32com...Range
cell_11 = "blah"
# has now bound cell_11 to the string "blah".
# It works, but isn't what we want. Rebind.
cell_11 = ws.Cells (1, 1)
cell_11.Value = "blah"
# OK
print cell_11
# "blah" because of the default property
print cell_11.Value
# "blah"
x = cell_11
print x.__class__
# win32com...Range
y = cell_11.Value
print y.__class__
# type "str"
</code>
TJG
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