This is generally a problem with the COM object not reporting its type back
to Python.
You need to do some manual wrapping - do a google search for
"EnsureModule" - this should point you in the right direction.
Mark.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kent
> Tenney
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 May 2001 8:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Problem with win32com.client.Dispatch
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I have run make_py.py, yet Dispatch doesn't return the Python
> wrapped object. gencache.EnsureModule didn't seem to helpl.
>
> TIA for any suggestions.
> Thanks,
> Kent
>
> >>> import win32com.client
> >>> cumulus = win32com.client.Dispatch("Cumulus5.Application")
> >>> cumulus<COMObject Cumulus5.Application>
>
>
> Pogo > c:\python21\win32com>dir gen_py
> Volume in drive C is BIGSHOP Serial number is 335C:0EFA
> Directory of C:\Python21\win32com\gen_py\*
> 4/29/01 1:47p <DIR> .
> 4/29/01 1:47p <DIR> ..
> 4/29/01 1:47p 133,371
> 8C025610-7F9C-11D2-A604-0000C05CF0F8x0x1x0.py
> 4/29/01 1:47p 186,598
> 8C025610-7F9C-11D2-A604-0000C05CF0F8x0x1x0.pyc
> 4/29/01 1:47p 4,315 dicts.dat
> 4/29/01 1:47p 176 __init__.py
> 4/29/01 1:47p 247 __init__.pyc
> 324,707 bytes in 5 files and 2 dirs 352,256 bytes allocated
> 25,683,181,568 bytes free
> -- Kent Tenney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 05/01/2001
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