Oh well.. Here it is anyway.. The asumtion that [out] arguments are placed after [in] arguments proved false, here is a patch that accepts arguments in any order.
============================================================== --- comtypes-0.5.2\_comobject.py Fri Sep 19 21:49:50 2008 +++ comtypes\_comobject.py Wed Oct 29 22:04:20 2008 @@ -89,34 +89,44 @@ def hack(inst, mth, paramflags, interfac # An argument is an input arg either if flags are NOT set in the # idl file, or if the flags contain 'in'. In other words, the # direction flag is either exactly '0' or has the '1' bit set: - args_in = len([f for f in dirflags if (f == 0) or (f & 1)]) - # number of output arguments: - args_out = len([f for f in dirflags if f & 2]) + # Output arguments have flag '2' + + args_out_idx=[] + args_in_idx=[] + for i,a in enumerate(dirflags): + if a&2: + args_out_idx.append(i) + if a&1 or a==0: + args_in_idx.append(i) + args_out = len(args_out_idx) + ## XXX Remove this: ## if args_in != code.co_argcount - 1: ## return catch_errors(inst, mth, interface, mthname) - # This code assumes that input args are always first, and output - # args are always last. Have to check with the IDL docs if this - # is always correct. clsid = getattr(inst, "_reg_clsid_", None) def call_without_this(this, *args): - outargs = args[len(args)-args_out:] # Method implementations could check for and return E_POINTER # themselves. Or an error will be raised when # 'outargs[i][0] = value' is executed. ## for a in outargs: ## if not a: ## return E_POINTER + + #make argument list for handler by index array built above + inargs=[] + for a in args_in_idx: + inargs.append(args[a]) + try: - result = mth(*args[:args_in]) + result = mth(*inargs) if args_out == 1: - outargs[0][0] = result + args[args_out_idx[0]][0] = result elif args_out != 0: if len(result) != args_out: raise ValueError("Method should have returned a %s-tuple" % args_out) for i, value in enumerate(result): - outargs[i][0] = value + args[args_out_idx[i]][0] = value except ReturnHRESULT, (hresult, text): return ReportError(text, iid=interface._iid_, clsid=clsid, hresult=hresult) except COMError, (hr, text, details): -- Cheers! Torbjørn Tyridal ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ comtypes-users mailing list comtypes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/comtypes-users