Re: [python-win32] Calling GetText_(1)

2011-08-08 Thread Mitch Oliver
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:16 AM, M Saunders TAS saunders...@we-learn.com wrote: Does c.Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService()[0] actually return anything? Yes. This returns a wmi_object: _wmi_object:

Re: [python-win32] Calling GetText_(1)

2011-08-08 Thread M Saunders TAS
Hi Mitch, I've just gone to rerun this on my machine and it failed with the exact same error message that you reported initially. The only thing that has changed since it worked is I compiled the typelibs. I have just tested this on another box, and compiling the Microsoft WMI Scripting

Re: [python-win32] Calling GetText_(1)

2011-08-08 Thread Mitch Oliver
I have just tested this on another box, and compiling the Microsoft WMI Scripting Library typelib definitely breaks it. Where does makepy write its generated files? Is it possible to unmake this typelib? ___ python-win32 mailing list

Re: [python-win32] Calling GetText_(1)

2011-08-08 Thread Tim Golden
On 08/08/2011 16:35, Mitch Oliver wrote: I have just tested this on another box, and compiling the Microsoft WMI Scripting Library typelib definitely breaks it. Where does makepy write its generated files? Is it possible to unmake this typelib? Try: %TEMP%\gen_py\2.x\... (PS Mitch, can

Re: [python-win32] Calling GetText_(1)

2011-08-08 Thread Mitch Oliver
Try: %TEMP%\gen_py\2.x\... That seemed to contain some dummies, but I was able to locate files that had content in site-packages\win32com\gen_py. After deleting the contents of this directory and regenerating only WMI Scripting and WMICntl the code works. (PS Mitch, can you subscribe to the

Re: [python-win32] Calling GetText_(1)

2011-08-08 Thread Tim Golden
On 08/08/2011 17:09, Mitch Oliver wrote: Try: %TEMP%\gen_py\2.x\... That seemed to contain some dummies, but I was able to locate files that had content in site-packages\win32com\gen_py. After deleting the contents of this directory and regenerating only WMI Scripting and WMICntl the code

[python-win32] manipulating service action restart behavior?

2011-08-08 Thread Andrew Hammond
I am trying to control the behavior of a service with regards to failure handling as described here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jcalev/archive/2008/01/10/some-tricks-with-service-restart-logic.aspx I have done some reading and have the following snippet of code that I think is going in the right