Bump...not sure if it's bad etiquette here, I apologize if it is.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Roger, > > Thanks for the response, but DispatchEx seems to do the exact same > thing as Dispatch in my case; there is still only one processID and one > instance of my program (I forgot to mention that I also need two unique > processID's to keep track of them). > > I have also tried: > > ### > > AB1 = > pythoncom.CoCreateInstance("Broker.Application",None,pythoncom.CLSCTX_SERVER,pythoncom.IID_IDispatch) > > AB2 = > pythoncom.CoCreateInstance("Broker.Application",None,pythoncom.CLSCTX_SERVER,pythoncom.IID_IDispatch) > > win32com.client.Dispatch(AB1) > win32com.client.Dispatch(AB2) > > ### > > That also seems to do the exact same thing. > > Any other ideas of things I might try? > > Roger Upole wrote: > > win32com.client.DispatchEx should create a new instance. > > > > Roger > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hi there, I am trying to launch a program called AmiBroker using the > > > command: > > > > > > AB = win32com.client.Dispatch("Broker.Application") > > > > > > However, I have a dual-core CPU and would like to launch two instances > > > of AmiBroker. I know it is possible to run two instances simultaneously > > > since it is easy to do manually by double-clicking the AmiBroker.exe > > > file twice. However, when I write two lines of code like this: > > > > > > AB = win32com.client.Dispatch("Broker.Application") > > > AB2 = win32com.client.Dispatch("Broker.Application") > > > > > > and proceed to address these objects, they interfere with each other > > > since both AB and AB2 are "grabbing" the same instance of AmiBroker. If > > > I try to run two separate Python scripts, each one containing a > > > "win32com.client.Dispatch("Broker.Application")" comand, the same > > > problem happens (where even though the objects are named differently, > > > they do not each launch an instance of the program; the first one > > > launches it and the second one just "grabs" it). > > > > > > Does anyone know how to force two separate program launches rather than > > > having both Dispatch commands access the same object? I would be > > > incredibly thankful to anyone who could offer some help with this. > > > > > > Thank you very much, > > > > > > Tyler > > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list