[Raul Cota wrote] > I hope somebody here can help me out here. > > I have a Python COM server which I call from Excel. The Python object is a > bit complex and its __del__ method is not called when the reference count > to the object from within Excel go to 0. For this reason I have a CleanUp > method that makes sure all the resources are released. My problem is that I > want to make sure that this CleanUp method is always called when there are > not more references to the COM server. > > So, my question is: is there a way to know when the reference count of the > COM object goes to 0 ? For example, when Excel does not use it anymore and > the variable is set to Nothing? > > > I looked quite a bit in the archive of the mailing list with no luck.
I am far from an expert on this so, YMMV. You may have a reference cycle that is keeping Python's garbage collection from cleaning up your server object. You can try gc.collect() -- I think that is what it is called -- to trigger immediate garbage collection to play with this. Perhaps the Python COM Server framework code is holding on to a reference of your object and you need to call some API to unregister it or shut it down, or something? You also might want to ask on python-list@python.org to see if there are any PyWin32 users there that may have run into a similar issue. Cheers, Trent -- Trent Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list ActivePython@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs Other options: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/ActivePython
