Thank you so much :)
Been trying for ages to figure that out on my own - works like a dream now. Recent convert to python from perl. web2py automates a LOT of things I used to do very manually. I think this is going to be a big hit. On Sep 10, 9:08 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > I would put the code below in a module in web2py/ and from the module > import serv in your apps. > > On Sep 10, 7:16 am, tvw <surftas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I've been trying to usewin32comwith web2py to get data from an > > external process. I have been using the following in a controller for > > my app (default.py) > > > importwin32com.client > > serv =win32com.client.Dispatch("MyService") > > > Once I installed web2py source this worked fine, however sometimes it > > seems to try to create a second instance of the com connection to my > > service which then fails (in another thread ?) as only one can exist > > at a time. > > > I would like to create only one instance of the com connection when > > web2py starts and then share that with all applications. My question > > is where should I put the above lines in web2py so that the com > > connection is shared between apps and how should the instance be > > referenced from each app. > > > I hope I have made sense here. Please let me know if anyone can help. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---