Torbjorn Tyridal schrieb:
> I'm using comtypes (0.5.2) with the DSF
> (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/DSF.mspx), and it seems to me
> that the generated prototypes for methods requiring object pointers
> are wrong.
>
> It seems valid for all methods related to DSF, and example is
> ISoftUSBStrings.Add(...):
>
> ISoftUSBStrings.Add is generated to take parameter POINTER(SoftUSBString)
> however, I can not find a way to pass that object ? All I have is a
> ISoftUSBString reference.
>
> Changing the generated prototype to POINTER(ISoftUSBString) makes
> everything work.
We have to look at the IDL definition of the interface.
What is ISoftUSBString in the IDL (I assume a COM interface) and what is
SoftUSRString in the IDL (I assume a coclass)?
> Am I overlooking a cast_to_object_implementing_interface function or
> is that a bug in the code generator?
>
> trigger code:
> import comtypes.client as cc
>
> usbdev = cc.CreateObject("SOFTUSB.SoftUSBDevice")
>
> usbstr = comc.CreateObject("SOFTUSB.SoftUSBString")
> usbstr.Value = "my string"
>
> #This will cast an typeError exception before changing the generated prototype
> usbdev.Strings.Add(usbstr,1)
>
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Thanks,
Thomas
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