I'm trying to figure out how to create a COM server as part of a
Python GUI app, such that an Excel client can connect to the *already
running* instance of the server in the app. IOW, I want Excel to talk
to the existing Python process, and not start a new one.
BTW, I know very little about
I wrote:
I'm trying to figure out how to create a COM server as part of a
Python GUI app, such that an Excel client can connect to the *already
running* instance of the server in the app. IOW, I want Excel to talk
to the existing Python process, and not start a new one.
This may clarify my
Basically, you must:
* Arrange for your process to be started
* In your process, create a COM server object - ie, create an object with
the _public_methods_ etc attributes, then use win32com.server.wrap to wrap
it
* Call pythoncom.RegisterActiveObject passing it this object.
That should be enough
Ken Channing wrote:
Hi -- the COM object I'm working on has a number of methods I am able
to use fairly well by following the various win32com examples around.
However, one of the methods' arguments takes a callback that
implements an interface (I'm new to win COM terminology but I think
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I throw myself on your mercy.
Can anyone help me nut out what happened to the COM interface to
iTunes with the iTunes 7 upgrade?
iface = iTunes.Application
iTunes = win32com.client.dynamic.Dispatch(iface)
iTunes.Stop()
... used to work just fine.
Hi Garth,
I've been developing a py2exe app that dispatches a COM object since
iTunes 4 and I've seen this problem a bit.
I'm not exactly sure what causes it, I think in certain circumstances
the iTunes installer can fail to register the type library.
Reinstalling iTunes usually solves the
