Michael Curran schrieb: > Hi, > > I have been using comtypes 0.6 dynamic dispatch support with the MSHTML > interfaces in Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. > > I have noticed that for some reason, comtypes is unable to find some > properties, yet win32com can. > > Specifically, using a text range object retreaved by > IHTMLElement::createTextRange(), I can not access any properties that > exist on the IHTMLTextRangeMetrics interface. > > The text range object supports IHTMLTxtRange and IHTMLTextRangeMetrics, > I'm not sure about any other interfaces. > > I can access any property on the IHTMLTxtRange interface, but not > IHTMLTextRangeMetrics.
Michael, can you please post some example code that does not work in comtypes but does work in pywin32? > I have found a temporary solution to the problem, and that is: > * In clude a comtypes.client.dynamic._Dispatch instance on the > comtypes.client.lazybind.Dispatch instance, called something like > '_dispatch'. > *inlazybind.Dispatch.__bind: catch NameError as well as > comtypes.COMError when calling iTypeComp.bind. > *in lazybind.Dispatch.__getattr__: if a property can not be found with > __bind (descr is None), then return getattr(self._dispatch,name). This > will allow the name to be fetched using GetIDsOfNames etc. > > This solution fixes the problem for me, and I can now access some more > of the properties. > > I have no idea why ITypeComp.bind cannot find the properties. > > Interested if anyone has any idea why this might occure, or whether this > solution is appropriate. -- Thanks, Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ comtypes-users mailing list comtypes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/comtypes-users
