Аlkin Nasuf schrieb:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> First of all thank you for the response, I really need to get around this
> issue.
> 
> The com object, I am dispatching, is provided by Rhinoceros CAD package. The
> evaluation version of Rhinoceros can be obtained from here -
> http://download.rhino3d.com/rhino/4.0/evaluation/download/
> . The evaluation is quite liberal, since you can use it as much as you like,
> but you are restricted to 15 saves only.
> 
> I am using this object to control VB functions provided by Rhino scripting
> interface.
> 
> You can reproduce the problem by:
> 
> 1. R = CreateObject("Rhino4.Application")
> 2. RS = R.GetScriptObject
> 3. RS.AddPoint([10.0,10.0,10.0])
> 
> At this point I should obtain all functions provided by RhinoScript type
> library as methods, but all I get are attributes e.g.
> 
>>>> RS.AddPoint([10.0,10.0,10.0])
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable
> 
> , where RS.AddPoint() is the function I am calling.
> 
> I presume that all functions in R.GetScriptObject are flagged as attributes
> instead of methods, note that R.visible =True works. In PyWin32 I used to
> flag each attribute as methods with _FlagAsMethod(attribute name) function.
> 
> I hope I was able to describe the problem as much as I can.

Very clear description, and very helpful - thanks.

This simple patch should do the trick (the docstring is stolen from win32com):

<snip>
Index: comtypes/client/dynamic.py
===================================================================
--- comtypes/client/dynamic.py  (revision 572)
+++ comtypes/client/dynamic.py  (working copy)
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     def __init__(self, comobj):
         self.__dict__["_comobj"] = comobj
         self.__dict__["_ids"] = {} # Tiny optimization: trying not to use 
GetIDsOfNames more than once
+        self.__dict__["_methods"] = set()
 
     def __enum(self):
         e = self._comobj.Invoke(-4) # DISPID_NEWENUM
@@ -85,7 +86,23 @@
         "QueryInterface is forwarded to the real com object."
         return self._comobj.QueryInterface(*args)
 
+    def _FlagAsMethod(self, *names):
+        """Flag these attribute names as being methods.
+        Some objects do not correctly differentiate methods and
+        properties, leading to problems when calling these methods.
+
+        Specifically, trying to say: ob.SomeFunc()
+        may yield an exception "None object is not callable"
+        In this case, an attempt to fetch the *property*has worked
+        and returned None, rather than indicating it is really a method.
+        Calling: ob._FlagAsMethod("SomeFunc")
+        should then allow this to work.
+        """
+        self._methods.update(names)
+
     def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if name.startswith("__") and name.endswith("__"):
+            raise AttributeError(name)
 ##        tc = 
self._comobj.GetTypeInfo(0).QueryInterface(comtypes.typeinfo.ITypeComp)
 ##        dispid = tc.Bind(name)[1].memid
         dispid = self._ids.get(name)
@@ -93,6 +110,11 @@
             dispid = self._comobj.GetIDsOfNames(name)[0]
             self._ids[name] = dispid
 
+        if name in self._methods:
+            result = MethodCaller(dispid, self)
+            self.__dict__[name] = result
+            return result
+
         flags = comtypes.automation.DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET
         try:
             result = self._comobj.Invoke(dispid, _invkind=flags)
</snip>

If it works for you I can commit it to the repository.

-- 
Thanks,
Thomas

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