i've been working on a port of http://pyjd.org to MSHTML for the past week, and, thanks to the number of bits of example code that various people have posted over the years, comtypes has been the main reason why i've managed to get so far, so quickly. i've posted about this on python-win32 but i also wanted to let people here know (mostly for archive / search purposes)
code is here: http://pyjamas.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pyjamas/trunk/pyjd/ relevant files: mshtml.py and mshtmlevents.py - this latter is a hacked-up much older version of comtypes.client.events which contained the last piece of the puzzle needed to solve the event handling. there are three approaches in MSHTML event handling, and you _need_ them all: * the usual one that everyone's solved: receiving Document events from eeverything, usually into one class. this is what comtypes.client.GetEvents does for you: drops all events into your lap. * single-event dispatching, using IHTMLElement.attachEvent. this one was tricky, and required the [much] older comtypes.client._events.py code, to solve * setting a property of a COM Interface e.g. IHTMLElement.onclick = <foo> - this was obvious when you think about it, from reading the MSDN, but... :) anyway - read the python-win32 posting for details but the core thing is that you _need_ all three styles, for different reasons. IHTMLWindow and IHTMLDocument use the first style; IHTMLElement the second, and XMLHttpRequest will take the third style. ... yes, you heard right: i actually got XMLHttpRequest COM objects to work with python :) l. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ comtypes-users mailing list comtypes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/comtypes-users
