Basically, you must: * Arrange for your process to be started * In your process, create a COM server object - ie, create an object with the _public_methods_ etc attributes, then use win32com.server.wrap to wrap it * Call pythoncom.RegisterActiveObject passing it this object.
That should be enough to have GetObject attach to your instance. Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Goodger > Sent: Friday, 15 September 2006 6:22 AM > To: python-win32@python.org > Subject: Re: [python-win32] creating a long-running Python COM server > > > I wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out how to create a COM server as part of a > > Python GUI app, such that an Excel client can connect to > the *already > > running* instance of the server in the app. IOW, I want > Excel to talk > > to the existing Python process, and not start a new one. > > This may clarify my issue. I found this in the VB help: > > ' Test to see if there is a copy of Microsoft Excel > already running. > On Error Resume Next > ' Getobject function called without the first argument returns a > ' reference to an instance of the application. If the > application isn't > ' running, an error occurs. > Set MyXL = Getobject(, "Excel.Application") > If Err.Number <> 0 Then ExcelWasNotRunning = True > > I'd like to do the same thing with my app. How can I register the COM > server and/or tell Windows that my application is now running so that > I get the same behavior as the above? I don't want an instance of my > server class created in a new Python process; I want the existing, > running Python process. > > -- > David Goodger <http://python.net/~goodger> > _______________________________________________ > Python-win32 mailing list > Python-win32@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 > _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
