[Bill] I've created an addin derived from the example in the ..\win32com\demos directory (outlookAddin.py). I've also taken a look at the source code for the SpamBayes addin.
The addin works, but I get an error from Outlook when I close Outlook and then *immediately* try and restart it. The error from Outlook is "The operation failed." [Mark] Outlook is fairly complicated ;) Depending on how it is configured, a mapisp32.exe, responsible for mail delivery, does hang around a few seconds after outlook terminates, and I recall problems restarting Outlook in this period even without a plugin loaded. Thus, I'm afraid I don't believe this is specific to Python (ie, I've no idea! :) If some evidence does convince me otherwise, I'd then start looking at what pythoncom._GetGatewayCount() and/or _GetInterfaceCount() returns as the plugin terminates and ensure they are both zero before looking deeper (spambayes has never managed zero here - IIRC it is the gateway count that is always 2). Mark, Thank you for the information! I've changed "OnDisconnection()" to look like this, def OnDisconnection(self, mode, custom): self.application = None self.activeExplorer = None print "Gateway Count: ", pythoncom._GetGatewayCount() print "Interface Count: ", pythoncom._GetInterfaceCount() and the Trace Collector output is, Object with win32trace dispatcher created (object=None) Gateway Count: 2 Interface Count: 4 Is there something I should try to get the Interface Count down to zero? Thanks again for your help!! Bill _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32