Radu Ciora wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> when I try to call GetObject('winmgmts:') when an input event happens, I get
> the following exception:
>
> File "D:\DAProject\Workspace\context\inputhook\RDFIO.py", line 67, in
> wordInfo
> self.GetActiveProcess()
> File "D:\DAProject\Workspace\context\inputhook\RDFIO.py", line 71, in
> GetActiveProcess
> l_WMI = GetObject('winmgmts:')
> File "c:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 73,
> in GetObject
> return Moniker(Pathname, clsctx)
> File "c:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 88,
> in Moniker
> moniker, i, bindCtx = pythoncom.MkParseDisplayName(Pathname)
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147417843, 'An outgoing call cannot be made since
> the application is dispatching an input-synchronous
> call.', None, None)
>
> Any help really appreciated.
>
> Thanks a million,
> Radu
Events are processed synchronously, so basically you can't make that call while
the event code
is running. You might be able to use a win32 event or a timer to signal the
main program to
perform the WMI operation.
Roger
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