Jack Cowden wrote: > I am working with the RTD functions in excel using pythoncom and a > some great sample code from Chris Nilsson. In Excel 2003 and 2007, I > am able to create my python object via the IRTDServer com interface. > Excel then passes a callback interface, IRTDServerEvents to my > object. I hold on to that interface and callback using UpdateNotify > to let Excel know that I have an update for it. Everything works fine > in 2003, but the interface callback in 2007 fails with an obscure COM > error.(below) Other than that it works fine 2007. IMO, if the typelib > information were wrong, the IRTDServer interface would not work > either. > ... > Exception in thread Thread-471: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\Python26\Lib\threading.py", line 527, in __bootstrap_inner > self.run() > File "C:\Python26\Lib\threading.py", line 731, in run > self.function(*self.args, **self.kwargs) > File "C:\dev\python\ExcelRTD.py", line 391, in Update > self.SignalExcel() > File "C:\dev\python\ExcelRTD.py", line 151, in SignalExcel > raise COMException(desc=str(why)) > COMException: (None, "(-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, None, > None, None, 0, 0), None)", None, -1)
For what it's worth, -2147352567 is 0x80020009 which is DISP_E_EXCEPTION. That could mean anything from a bad pointer to a math error to an unhandled C++ exception. Is your ServerStart returning a value greater than 0? -- Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
