x = my_goofy_routine() print repr Vernon Cole (sent from my 'droid phone)
On Mar 30, 2011 1:27 PM, "Tilley, Paul" <paul.til...@honeywell.com> wrote: > Thanks Markus, > > > > I'll use the info to try to figure out how things will work in my actual real world example. That involves the return of 4 or 5 arrays of strings and ints (horrible API I'm dealing with) > > > > Paul > > > > From: Markus Schaber [mailto:m.scha...@3s-software.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:42 AM > To: Discussion of IronPython > Subject: Re: [IronPython] Newbie InterOp-related question > > > > Hi, Paul, > > > > it's documented at http://ironpython.net/documentation/dotnet/dotnet.html#ref-and-out-parameters. > > > > The out parameter will be mapped as an additional return value. > > > > So if myComObj.foo returns void, a simple call like > > > > blah = myComObj.Foo() > > > > should do the trick. > > > > Grüße, > > Markus > > > > Von: users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com [mailto: users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com] Im Auftrag von Tilley, Paul > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. März 2011 01:10 > An: users@lists.ironpython.com > Betreff: [IronPython] Newbie InterOp-related question > > > > Hi, > > > > I've just started using IronPython but have hit a bit of a roadblock. This may also be caused by inadequate .Net knowledge. > > > > In C# I can call a COM object (where the COM method is going to fill in the parameter) like so: > > object blah; > > myComObj.Foo(out blah); > > > > If for example the COM method returns an array of strings ( with the parameter VARIANT* in COM method signature) then in C# I get an object[] back which with appropriate massaging I can process. > > > > How would I declare the variable in Python if I want access the returned contents correctly? Knowing I was to get an array back I naively tried: > > blah = [] > > myComObj.Foo(blah) > > > > The call is made correctly - I can see the COM object is filling out the return parameter OK but blah remains an empty list. > > Any insights on what I should be doing more than welcome, > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul > > > > >
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