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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ comtypes-users mailing list comtypes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/comtypes-users