--- Thomas Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed Blake schrieb: > > --- Thomas Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Ed Blake schrieb: > >> > Yay, more problems! Today i need to set a property of a specific > object, > >> > unfortunately I can't get the object because instead I am given a > pointer > >> to > >> > a bound method. I've poked around as much as I could, but I can't > figure > >> > this one out either. > >> > > >> > The object is accessed thus: > >> > Application.ActiveSettings.TextStyle > >> > Application.ActiveSettings returns a pointer to an _Settings object > >> > Here is the _Settings._methods_ entry for the property I want to > access: > >> > COMMETHOD([dispid(1610743823), 'propget'], HRESULT, 'TextStyle', > >> > ( ['retval', 'out'], POINTER(POINTER(_TextStyle)), 'pVal' > )), > >> > > >> > Here is the output and the error thrown: > >> > <bound method POINTER(_Settings).TextStyle of <POINTER(_Settings) > object > >> > 2e2ec60>> > >> > Traceback (most recent call last): > >> > File "G:\files\scripts\table.py", line 109, in <module> > >> > build_table(app, excel) > >> > File "G:\files\scripts\table.py", line 58, in build_table > >> > old_just = style.Justification > >> > AttributeError: 'WinFunctionType' object has no attribute > 'Justification' > >> > > >> > I'm trying to retrieve the object, but the property can also be set to > a new > >> > object if that matters. > >> > > If you get a 'WinFunctionType' instead of the property you expect, have you > tried to call that function and inspect what it returns? Maybe > your 'property' is a method, instead? > > I know that some COM objects properties expect to be called, this is > probably > because there is no real difference in visual basic between attributes and > functions. > > 'WinFunctionType' is the type of automatically created COM methods. > > And if you want to dive into the comtypes code: The code that parses > the interface _methods_ lists and creates Python methods and properties > from > them is in comtypes\__init__.py, in the functions > '_cominterface_meta._make_methods' > (for custom interfaces), and '_cominterface_meta._make_dispmethods' (for > dispinterfaces). > > Thomas >
Yeah, tried that. I get errors because pval is required and I don't know what to pass as pval. As for the VB attribute/method indifference - I thought about that being the problem too. It seems about half of the complications in COM come from workarounds to support VBA :( Ed Blake ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ comtypes-users mailing list comtypes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/comtypes-users
