We found that the following code as the first line of your python file puts you into the STA.
import pythoncom pythoncom.CoInitialize() Maksim On 1/3/08 9:44 AM, "Brian Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Sebastian - when you talk about it 'running perfectly with > the normal python.exe', I assume you mean the one that comes > with python.net. > > That exe is actually written in C# and explicitly sets the > apartment mode to STA. > > I suspect the problem is that py2exe will create its own form > of exe which won't do that, so you'll get the default threading > model (MTA). > > It might be possible for your script to set the main thread to > STA, if it is the very first thing your program does. You may > want to refer to the docs on that -- I remember it was kind of > complicated and hard to get it set from python code, but don't > recall all of the details. > > -Brian > > > On 1/3/08 5:46 AM, "Sebastian Stang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Dear pythoneers, >> > i want to deliver my program, which runs perfectly 'uncompiled', as an >> > exe file to customers. >> > >> > The problem: i have to use an activeX component in a windows-form, and >> > com-components can only be created in single-thread apartments. >> > But when i use py2exe to compile it, the application is run in a multi- >> > threaded-apartment >> > (System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.GetApartmentState() is MTA). >> > >> > I tried some workarounds, e.g. create the form in an STA-thread or >> > create the activex in an STA like this: >> > >> > thread_is_ready = False >> > axBrowser = None >> > def create_browser_thread(*args): >> > global thread_is_ready >> > global axBrowser >> > print System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.GetApartmentState() >> > axBrowser = AxSHDocVw.AxWebBrowser() >> > thread_is_ready = True >> > >> > #and the initialization function in my main form class: >> > def InitializeComponent(self): >> > global thread_is_ready >> > global axBrowser >> > job = System.Threading.ThreadStart(create_browser_thread) >> > thread = System.Threading.Thread(job) >> > thread.SetApartmentState(System.Threading.ApartmentState.STA) >> > thread.Start() >> > while not thread_is_ready: >> > pass >> > self.Controls.Add(axBrowser) >> > >> > This all worked fine when run with python.exe from command-line. >> > However, compiled with py2exe, the initialization function ends >> > without exceptions, but the form is not shown and the program hangs. >> > Telling the form to shop does not help either. >> > >> > Did anyone experience similar problems? >> > >> > best regards, >> > Pablo >> > _________________________________________________ >> > Python.NET mailing list - PythonDotNet@python.org >> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythondotnet > > -------------------------- > Brian Lloyd > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________ > Python.NET mailing list - PythonDotNet@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythondotnet >
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