This IDL snippet from the GIST contains the GUID you're looking for:
[uuid(f53321fa-34f8-4b7f-b9a3-361877cb94cf)]
coclass QuietHoursSettings
{
[default] interface IQuietHoursSettings;
}
coclass's are the COM object. The interface guid you mentioned is that you
need to supply to QueryInterface once you've created the COM object.
NOTE: Those COM interfaces don't inherit from IDispatch (and aren't dual)
so even the universal vtable code that was written once upon a time might
have some issues with the data types in some of the methods in the
IQuietHoursSettings. (Assuming that the IDL definitions in the GIST match
reality since this COM object isn't actually documented publicly.)
I haven't done this for literally decades, so take this for what it is
worth (almost nothing).
So, you might have a simpler time of it exposing a C API from a small
custom DLL that uses the C++ sample code you mentioned and consume that via
ctypes, or come up with some wrapper objects you expose via a new Python
extension DLL. If you're really determined, you could add pywin32 style
support for the interfaces in a new DLL without too much grief. (But it is
a fairly tedious process and would probably involve learning more about how
the pywin32 COM goo works on the inside of the source code)
Bill
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 2:53 PM Steven Manross <ste...@manross.net> wrote:
> Interfaces are definitely different and cannot be used with IDispatch, etc.
>
>
>
> Someone with more experience might be able to direct you to something, but
> as far as I know, that’s reserved for C++ (or likely ctypes in python… but
> that’s on the fringe of what I’m capable of helping with – and completely
> outside the scope of the pywin32 module).
>
>
>
> But to make it more clear.. ctypes is how python can call things like
> that C++ code, but my one endeavor into that space was a VERY long and
> frustrating road as making sure that all the prerequisite data structures
> were created (and defined correctly) was a daunting task, and someone ended
> up figuring it out for me – as I was totally missing different structures
> that needed to be defined (it was for some data from Terminal Server that
> is not publicly supported – but totally capable of being read from Windows).
>
>
>
> HTH
>
>
>
> Steven
>
> *From:* python-win32 <python-win32-bounces+steven=manross....@python.org> *On
> Behalf Of *name zero via python-win32
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 30, 2023 10:32 PM
> *To:* python-win32@python.org
> *Subject:* Re: [python-win32] Setting Focus Assist Mode via COM
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> thanks for explaining the issue with clsids.
>
>
>
> The "application" is basically part of MS Windows. Talking to it via COM
> is 100% possible, as the C++ code (that is part of the GitHub-Gist)
> demonstrates
> <https://gist.github.com/riverar/085d98ffb1343e92225a10817109b2e3#file-quiethours_example-cpp-L23>.
> It just doesn't work with pywin32.
>
>
>
> When I look for "6bff4732-81ec-4ffb-ae67-b6c1bc29631f" in the Windows
> registry, I only find an entry in "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface" (there is
> no entry in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid) with a default value of
> "IQuietHoursSettings". But win32com.client.Dispatch('IQuietHoursSettings')
> fails with the error message "Invalid class string".
>
>
>
> Best regards!
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 11:41:25 PM GMT+2, Steven Manross <
> ste...@manross.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> While I haven’t worked on exactly what you are working on:
>
>
>
> I’d first verify suggest that the application that installs this class
> needs to be installed on the PC you are trying to create the automation
> from, because “Class not Registered” isn’t a python error, and it talks
> more directly to the fact that the appropriate class from the software you
> are trying to automate isn’t on the computer you are running python from:
> so either you have the wrong CLSID or are doing something else wrong
> (missing software???).
>
>
>
> Classes are listed in the registry here:
>
>
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{6bff4732-81ec-4ffb-ae67-b6c1bc29631f}
>
> … and your CLSID would need to exist (as installed from whatever software
> you are trying to automate) prior to python being able to automate it.
>
>
>
> Here is an example that should work on your system…
>
>
>
> ms_dict = win32com.client.Dispatch('Scripting.Dictionary')
>
>
>
> … because the scripting dictionary object class is installed in just about
> every Windows OS since pre-WindowsXP
>
>
>
> I hope this helps. Enjoy your day.
>
>
>
> Steven
>
> *From:* python-win32 <python-win32-bounces+steven=manross....@python.org> *On
> Behalf Of *name zero via python-win32
> *Sent:* Monday, May 29, 2023 6:02 AM
> *To:* python-win32@python.org
> *Subject:* [python-win32] Setting Focus Assist Mode via COM
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> could someone help me out with first steps for how to set Focus Assist via
> COM, which
> https://gist.github.com/riverar/085d98ffb1343e92225a10817109b2e3
> demonstrates for a C++ code base? Something like
>
>
>
> win32com.client.Dispatch('{6bff4732-81ec-4ffb-ae67-b6c1bc29631f}',
> clsctx=pythoncom.CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER)
>
>
>
> fails with "pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221164, 'Class not registered',
> None, None)"
>
>
>
> Thank you and best regards!
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