Does anyone have a working example (excel, outlook, etc...) to try the
win32com.client.Record function on ?
I tried the pythoncom test harness also, but no luck:
import win32com.client
myarray = win32com.client.DispatchEx
("{F1A51873-24E9-47ED-AE71-925462C5FE3B}")
myrecord = win32com.client.Record("tagTestStruct1",myarray)
the Record Creation fails with the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line
405, in
Record
return pythoncom.GetRecordFromGuids(module.CLSID, module.MajorVersion,
modul
e.MinorVersion, module.LCID, struct_guid)
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147024809, 'The parameter is incorrect.', None,
None)
For refrence, help looks like the below. Only major difference is using
Dispatch vs. DispatchEx
Record(name, object)
Creates a new record object, given the name of the record,
and an object from the same type library.
Example usage from documentation is:
app = win32com.client.Dispatch("Some.Application")
point = win32com.client.Record("SomeAppPoint", app)
point.x = 0
point.y = 0
app.MoveTo(point)
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Kevin Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Ok, more digging, it looks like the OLE Automation TypeLib should have a
> GUID Record defined. I see this when using the Python Object Browser
>
> However, when I generate the py file for the OLE Automation type library,
> I don't see GUID in the RecordMap (or any reference to the GUID Record)...Is
> there suppose to be something in the generated file, but maybe its not
> working ? How do I actually create one of these Records ?
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Kevin Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > I found the comtypes equivalent if that helps any. The generated
> > comtypes file looks like this:
> >
> > COMMETHOD([dispid(1610743812), helpstring(u'GetInterface() method')],
> > HRESULT, 'GetInterface',
> > ( ['in'], POINTER(GUID), 'riid' ),
> > ( ['retval', 'out'], POINTER(POINTER(IUnknown)),
> > 'ppUnknown' )),
> >
> > With the above, I'm able to use the comtypes.GUID.GUID structure to pass
> > the information over through the COM. Unfortunately I still can't find the
> > win32com equivalent of passing my structure through the COM.
> >
> > The win32com generated py file is saying that it expects a VT_RECORD,
> > but from above, maybe it should really be expecting a POINTER ? or
> > VT_POINTER ? I tried to modify the win32com generated file to take a VT_PTR
> > but that didn't seem to help. I really don't want to redo my infastructure
> > in comtypes, so if anyone knows the win32com equivalent, that would be
> > awesome.
> >
> > In the meantime, I'll keep digging, and will post if I find more.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Kevin Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Old thread, but I got a little more data on the function. The function
> > > actually has a REFIID as the first parameter. This apparently is a
> > > standard
> > > structure for C COM code. I'm not entirely sure why the win32com changes
> > > the REFIID to be a VT_RECORD. Does the following definition of the
> > > functions
> > > help at all (they are from the IDL file)
> > >
> > > HRESULT GetInterface( [in] REFIID riid, [out, retval, iid_is(riid)]
> > > IUnknown** ppUnknown);
> > > should be same as:
> > > HRESULT GetInterface( [in] GUID* pGuid, [out, retval, iid_is(pGuid)]
> > > IUnknown** ppUnknown);
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Mark Hammond <
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > guid = win32com.client.Record("GUID", some_ob)
> > > >
> > > > > I don't have the some_obj that allows me to build "GUID".
> > > >
> > > > It should be any object from the same typelib - almost certainly
> > > > whatever
> > > > object you intend passing this record to.
> > > >
> > > > > VB.NET (GetType) and C++ (__uuid) both already know that a GUID is
> > > > a
> > > > record.
> > > >
> > > > C++ doesn't know it is a COM record. A COM record is something
> > > > quite
> > > > different to a C/C++ struct or from .NET types. A COM record is
> > > > specifically designed to be cross-language.
> > > >
> > > > > It seems the python CLSID is the same thing, but i don't know what
> > > > to call
> > > >
> > > > > to get a CLSID that is a com_record type.
> > > >
> > > > As I've explained, we are looking for the COM record definition you
> > > > are
> > > > trying to use. A C++ struct definition for a GUID is *not* what you
> > > > are
> > > > looking for - you are looking for the COM record definition of a
> > > > GUID. I
> > > > see now that you simply copied me a C++ struct you found, which is
> > > > not at
> > > > all useful in this context.
> > > >
> > > > To clarify: in a *typelib* you will find a struct definition that
> > > > you are
> > > > trying to use. Finding a struct definition of the same name
> > > > somewhere else
> > > > is not suitable.
> > > >
> > > > > Am I understanding the win32com.client.Record call correctly? It
> > > > needs
> > > > GUID to be defined by the
> > > > > COM right?
> > > >
> > > > Not "defined by COM", but "defined using COM" - the author of a
> > > > typelib must
> > > > have defined it somewhere.
> > > >
> > > > > Its odd b/c the GIUD (python's CLSID) is all over the COM
> > > > definitions its
> > > > just type
> > > > > VT_RECORD type that I'm not understanding how to convert to.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I'm afraid you are confused. All existing GUID or CLSID
> > > > definitions
> > > > you can find are useless - there is only 1 that is relevant, and
> > > > that will
> > > > be defined in a typelib.
> > > >
> > > > I think the confusion is such that you need to find basic docs for
> > > > the
> > > > object, so we can get back to square 1.
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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