Hi Tim, Thanks for your prompt and helpful reply. I'll have a look at comtypes and maybe wait for Thomas Heller to return if I struggle.
Thanks again. -kirk Kirk Fertitta Chief Technical Officer Pacific MindWorks, Inc. www.pacificmindworks.com ph: 858-587-8876 x237 fax: 858-587-8907 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Golden Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 9:14 AM Cc: python-win32@python.org Subject: Re: [python-win32] Python and IUnknown-based COM objects Kirk Fertitta wrote: > I am trying to use a COM component that does not support the IDispatch > interface. It has only early-bound IUnknown derived interfaces in it. > The folks at ActiveState directed me to this list for some assistance. > It seems from some of the documentation I've come across that Python can > make early-bound function calls, but it seems that all of the creation > mechanisms perform a QueryInterface for IDispatch (which, of course, > will always fail for our COM components). Does anyone have any idea on > if/how Python can be used with non-IDispatch COM components? Any advice > is very much appreciated. The short answer is: you want comtypes. I recommend getting the svn trunk http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/comtypes/ The longer answer is that there *is* support for non-IDispatch interfaces in pywin32, but it's more-or-less the raison d'etre for comtypes (whose principal architect Thomas Heller is still away on holiday, I think), while it's one thing among many in pywin32 which is notoriously underdocumented and more complex in any case. TJG _______________________________________________ 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
