[python-win32] pythoncom/win32com hangs

2007-08-10 Thread Richard Bell
I've been working on a class and module to automate IE. All seemed to be working including several hundred test, so I decided to stress test by visiting a large number of pages (400 plus) for several hours to see if the code was stable in the face of repeated use. After roughly 40 minutes of oper

Re: [python-win32] Have IHTMLWindow2 objectneed correspondingIHTMLWindow3 object and flash box

2007-08-03 Thread Richard Bell
I've cleaned up the flash code and am posting it as possibly helpful to others. Interestingly, I'm unable to find a way to SetROP2 in win32gui! So the side discussion about win32gui v. win32ui may be a bit moot. If there is a way I'd be curious to know what it is as it appears to me that there

[python-win32] python com error - 'module' object has no attribute 'CLSIDToClassMap' strangeness

2007-08-01 Thread Richard Bell
I've a COM application that automated IE that I've been working on for some months. This mourning I get the following error message when I run a test that ran successfully last night: === H2 tag in IFRAME but is NOT visible when the frame is visible, need to scroll -- flashTag H2 -- tagScreenCor

Re: [python-win32] Have IHTMLWindow2 objectneed correspondingIHTMLWindow3 object and flash box

2007-07-31 Thread Richard Bell
Tim, Did you really mean: brush = win32ui.CreateBrush(1, 0, 0) # create a brush (hollow, no color) since the win32gui brush will not select into the device context? Which brings me to the real question: What's the difference between win32ui and win32gui anyway and what's the best online re

Re: [python-win32] Have IHTMLWindow2 object need correspondingIHTMLWindow3 object and flash box

2007-07-30 Thread Richard Bell
Thanks again Tim, I'll make the change. BTW, anyone looking at this code, should be warned that it only works properly in a fairly limited set of simple cases. A bit more testing showed that there are (at least) issues with: Tags that are off the browser's client area Tags in fra

Re: [python-win32] Have IHTMLWindow2 object need correspondingIHTMLWindow3 object and flash box

2007-07-27 Thread Richard Bell
By way of thanks to Tim (who helped with the flash code) and Mark (who posted the CastTo clue last year) here's a working example that: - opens a browser - navigates to google - finds the query tag - flashes it - finds the button tag - flashes it T

[python-win32] Have IHTMLWindow2 object need corresponding IHTMLWindow3 object

2007-07-27 Thread Richard Bell
In an application that automates IE I'm trying to get an HTML nodes screen coordinates so I can 'flash' the node. Thanks to this list, I'm able to flash. I can also get the offsets for the node within the 'BODY' tag. Now all I need is the HWND or screen coordinates of the window holding the BOD

Re: [python-win32] win32ui and flashing box

2007-07-26 Thread Richard Bell
e- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:python-win32- |[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Roberts |Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 6:07 PM |To: Python-Win32 List |Subject: Re: [python-win32] win32ui and flashing box | |Richard Bell wrote: |> I'm working on an application that automated IE and wan

[python-win32] win32ui and flashing box

2007-07-26 Thread Richard Bell
I'm a complete neophyte when it comes to window's GUI and need a bit of help. I'm working on an application that automated IE and want to draw a flashing box around screen elements. I can find the coordinates OK but am a bit unclear on how to actually draw a box in such a fashion that when the f

[python-win32] Inserting method into COM object dictionary

2007-07-20 Thread Richard Bell
The following code creates an IE browser, navigates to Google, and then clicks on the 'News' link. - code - ie = win32com.client.DispatchEx('InternetExplorer.Application') ie.Visible = 1 ie.Navigate('www.google.com') time.sleep(10) # show a '.' access fairly deep into the page's DOM (to

Re: [python-win32] Strange/impossible Python COM interface behavior

2007-07-05 Thread Richard Bell
my Python education yet again. Thanks. Regards, Richard |-Original Message- |From: Mark Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 6:41 PM |To: 'Richard Bell'; python-win32@python.org |Subject: RE: [python-win32] Strange/impossible Python COM interface

Re: [python-win32] Strange/impossible Python COM interface behavior

2007-07-05 Thread Richard Bell
produces a zero length string. However print of nodes for other HTML tags such as HTML, BODY, or DIV produces strings that describe the object. Second, when the INPUT node named 'q' is returned as an item in a list (see qNode2) printing the list prints the item. I'm not su

Re: [python-win32] Strange/impossible Python COM interface behavior

2007-07-04 Thread Richard Bell
is NOT in the GenPY output code, so I assume it is also in DispatchBaseClass. I'm guessing that _ApplyTypes_ is misbehaving but am not sure. In any event, thanks for your assistance. While not resolved the problem is not critical since it only involves print and there is a work around via `

Re: [python-win32] Strange/impossible Python COM interface behavior

2007-07-04 Thread Richard Bell
bject: Re: [python-win32] Strange/impossible Python COM interface |behavior | |On 7/4/07, Richard Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> |> In my continued work on a COM automation interface for IE I've |encountered a |> strange/impossible Python behavior. Here

[python-win32] Strange/impossible Python COM interface behavior

2007-07-04 Thread Richard Bell
In my continued work on a COM automation interface for IE I've encountered a strange/impossible Python behavior. Here's what appears to be the offending code: - code - nodes = self.DomGetNListFilterValue(node, tags, properties, value, i

Re: [python-win32] IE DOM ptr as input to DLL function - Doingthisright?

2007-07-01 Thread Richard Bell
Jef, I'm not sure if this is helpful but you might try taking a look at the Pamie code for how it gets deals with the DOM. Additionally the following code snip may be helpful (self is win32com.Client.Dispatch returned IE object) Regards, Richard - code - def Dom(self, er

Re: [python-win32] IE browser bar

2007-06-14 Thread Richard Bell
|Tim Roberts wrote: |The "browser bar" thing was changed pretty radically between IE6 and |IE7, so it may just be that the GUIDs are different, or that the other |bars don't exist in the same universe any more. Thanks Tim. I saw some tracks in the web documentation but was NOT clear on what or

Re: [python-win32] IE browser bar

2007-06-14 Thread Richard Bell
>When I run this, (winxp pro, python2.5.1, pywin32 build 210) I get no >errors. IE pops up and loads the URL. I do not however see any change in >the browsers state, between the 2 calls of ie.ShowBrowserBar(bar,x,0), with >x (True, False) > >Possible an issue with your configuration or installatio

[python-win32] IE browser bar

2007-06-14 Thread Richard Bell
I'm trying to debug code for a class to automate IE and am having difficulty with ShowBrowserBar. I've looked on the Web and found a couple of examples that suggest this should work: --- begin code --- def spin(t): t0 = time.clock() while time.clock()-t0 < t: pass time.clock() ie=win

Re: [python-win32] DispatchWithEvents design question

2007-06-10 Thread Richard Bell
My apologies if this has already been sent but I did not receive a post acknowledgement. |Tim, | |Thanks again. Your assistance has been extremely helpful. | |I've modified the test routine to illustrate the substance of our exchange |and am posting it by way of giving something back to the grou

[python-win32] Two more DispatchWithEvents questoins

2007-06-09 Thread Richard Bell
When DispatchWithEvents is used a new object is returned that (according to the code on sourceforge http://pywin32.cvs.sourceforge.net/pywin32/pywin32/com/win32com/client/__ini t__.py?revision=1.34&view=markup) 216 It is important to note that the returned instance is not a direct 217 ins

Re: [python-win32] DispatchWithEvents design question

2007-06-09 Thread Richard Bell
Tim, Thanks again. Your assistance has been extremely helpful. I've modified the test routine to illustrate the substance of our exchange and am posting it by way of giving something back to the group and in the off chance that it may prove useful to others. BTW, I'm still a bit concerned abo

Re: [python-win32] DispatchWithEvents design question

2007-06-07 Thread Richard Bell
Tim Roberts wrote |It's quite possible for a single callback to happen both synchronously |and asynchronously, depending on context. In this case, IE probably |considers the StatusBar to be one of its "commands", so the |OnCommandStateChange makes some sense. Is it then the case that my OnEvent r

Re: [python-win32] DispatchWithEvents design question

2007-06-07 Thread Richard Bell
Tim Roberts wrote |These are synchronous events. That is, these events are generated |directly by the requests you made. I believe you will find that the |"OnVisible" callback occurs before "ie.Visible = 1" returns. It's being |handled by that same thread, which is suspended waiting for IE to

Re: [python-win32] DispatchWithEvents design question

2007-06-06 Thread Richard Bell
Thanks Tim and Mark. I appreciate your help. BTW Mark, I'm the same Richard Bell you helped in this area about a year ago and worked on the IE examples in the current distribution. Tim Roberts wrote |Yes, that's right. I didn't see your earlier post. When did you send |that?

Re: [python-win32] DispatchWithEvents design question

2007-06-05 Thread Richard Bell
o be pumped. I do not remember where I read this or why it is so. Such, however, is NOT the case with OnDocumentComplete. So I'm still a bit uncertain. Do you know of any hard test to verify the behavior? Regards, Richard |Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Richard Bell wrote:

[python-win32] DispatchWithEvents design question

2007-06-05 Thread Richard Bell
I'm continuing to work on a class to automate IE in an apartment-threaded early binding class. The current design is relatively conventional and looks like this: class Yie(object): def __init__(self, eventClass): --- code deleted --- self._ie = win32com.client.DispatchWithEv

[python-win32] DispatchWithEvents experiment with subclass event routine and pump messages

2007-06-01 Thread Richard Bell
This group has been very helpful as I've worked on an IE automation class (yes I know about Pamie). I recently encountered a design issue concerning how to allow users to 'hook' event routines in the IE automation class. After a bit of thought and scratching around I decided to look into a user d

Re: [python-win32] How to use GetProperty and PutProperty COM interface in IE?

2007-05-31 Thread Richard Bell
Tim, You are, of course, completely right as this example which may be useful to others shows. >>> import win32com.client >>> ie=win32com.client.Dispatch('InternetExplorer.Application') >>> ie.Visible=True >>> ie.Navigate('www.cnn.com') >>> ie.PutProperty('aProperty', 'this is the value') >>> ie.

[python-win32] How to use GetProperty and PutProperty COM interface in IE?

2007-05-30 Thread Richard Bell
I'm having trouble using the GetProperty and PutProperty COM interfaces with IE. Example: >>> import win32com.client >>> ie = win32com.client.Dispatch('InternetExplorer.Application') >>> ie.visible >>> ie.Navigate('www.google.com') So there's an IE with a loaded page. >>> dir(ie) ['CLSID', 'Cli

Re: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation

2007-05-30 Thread Richard Bell
The GenPY output for IE contains two _dispid_to_func list: _dispid_to_func_ = { 101 : "OnNavigateComplete", 103 : "OnQuit", 201 : "OnFrameNavigateComplete", 108 : "OnProgressChange",

[python-win32] Can pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() generate a COM error?

2007-05-29 Thread Richard Bell
Can pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() generate a COM error? In particular if there is a running instance of IE that is terminated by some external event, say the user or a script, will pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() generate a COM error since the automation object is gone? Thanks for any clues.

Re: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation

2007-05-29 Thread Richard Bell
My misunderstanding. As far as I know now absent some error all I really expect is S_OK. I'm adding in the python.com_error checking now and starting careful testing. If something other than S_OK turns up in the IE interface I'll let you know. Thanks. Regards, Richard |> As to what codes I'm ex

Re: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation

2007-05-29 Thread Richard Bell
age- |From: Mark Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 3:17 AM |To: 'Richard Bell'; python-win32@python.org |Subject: RE: [python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation | |> I'm trying to get back the result of ie.Navigate(). |> According to t

[python-win32] Getting HRESULT back from a com automation

2007-05-25 Thread Richard Bell
I'm working on an application that automated IE in an apartment threaded model. I'm trying to get back the result of ie.Navigate(). According to the MSDN documentation it should return a HRESULT. It appears to return None. Is there a way to get the return code from the com interaction? Thanks.

Re: [python-win32] Referencing IE's DOM when using free threadwin32com.client.DispatchWithEvents

2007-05-14 Thread Richard Bell
refactoring you would need to do, but out of curiousity, have you |thought about using PAMIE? I have used it with quite a lot of success. It |may not be the answer you are looking for, but you might want to have a |look |at it. | |http://pamie.sourceforge.net/ | |-Rex | | |From: "Richard Bell&

[python-win32] Referencing IE's DOM when using free thread win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents

2007-05-11 Thread Richard Bell
My adventures in IE automation continue. I'm now able to start IE, navigate to a page, and process events as they occur. Unfortunately, when I try to reference the document after it is loaded and displayed I encounter a number of problems. The relevant code is as follows: self.ie = win32com.

Re: [python-win32] win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents free threading reentrancy

2007-05-11 Thread Richard Bell
d the problem is corrected. Richard Bell schrieb: > I'm working on an application that does some IE automation via the COM > interface. I'm running in a free thread model, sys.coint_flags = 0, > and starting IE with > win32.com.client.DispatchWIthEvents(&q

[python-win32] win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents free threading re-entrancy

2007-05-10 Thread Richard Bell
I'm working on an application that does some IE automation via the COM interface. I'm running in a free thread model, sys.coint_flags = 0, and starting IE with win32.com.client.DispatchWIthEvents("InternetExplorer.Application", event_handler_class). Events are arriving as revealed by print state

Re: [python-win32] Is it possible to pump messages in thread?

2006-02-08 Thread Richard Bell
ctical matter the design of my application is such that this may be relatively easy to accomplish. Any thoughts? I'll get the first of the STA test out to you a bit later today. Richard |-Original Message- |From: Richard Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6

Re: [python-win32] Is it possible to pump messages in thread?

2006-02-07 Thread Richard Bell
ed with minimal effort on your part. After you've had a chance to look at them feel free to let me know of any changes that would make them more suitable for your purposes. Regards, Richard |-Original Message- |From: Mark Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Tuesday, February 07

Re: [python-win32] Is it possible to pump messages in thread?

2006-02-07 Thread Richard Bell
to work but I clearly do not really understand why). Regards |-Original Message- |From: Mark Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:30 PM |To: Richard Bell; python-win32@python.org |Subject: RE: [python-win32] Is it possible to pump messages in thread? | |> |

[python-win32] Is it possible to pump messages in thread?

2006-02-07 Thread Richard Bell
When interfacing to a COM object, is it possible to pump messages in a thread? I'm working on an application that automates IE and needs to monitor IE events (yes I know about Pamie). I'm starting IE as follows: ie = win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents( object, YamieEvents ) ie.event = w