Re: [python-win32] Setting UserInitials in Office
On 26/04/2010 23:56, Tim Roberts wrote: Mike Driscoll wrote: I am looking for a way to set the UserInitials and Username in Microsoft Office applications. The reason is that we have had some users who have managed to put their initials into some Office programs when a different user was logged in and this has made it difficult to tell who has what open. From what I've read so far, the information is encoded in the Registry here: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\UserInfo I tried to use the base64 module to decode it, but I must be doing something wrong. Does anyone know of a good way to get and set this information? I am dealing with users on Windows XP and Python 2.4 ??? The strings in there are not encoded in any way. They are plaintext Unicode strings. They happen to be identified as REG_BINARY, but that's just a silly accident. On my (WinXP SP3, Office 2003) machine, they look to be utf16-encoded strings (null-terminated): code import _winreg k = _winreg.OpenKey ( _winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, rSoftware\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\UserInfo ) username, _ = _winreg.QueryValueEx (k, UserName) print repr (username) # 'g\x00o\x00l\x00d\x00e\x00n\x00t\x00\x00\x00' print repr (username.decode (utf16)) # u'goldent\x00' /code TJG ___ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
Re: [python-win32] Using win32com.mapi to automate mail dispatch...
Understood, since I did not need very sophisticated code to do the bidding...
(Just something little to keep exchange busy), I've started using following
snippet which seems to be working great. Posting here for reference. Thank you
all for your time...
from win32com.client import Dispatch
import random
s=Dispatch(Mapi.Session)
random.seed('')
MessageBody = ''
for i in range (1, 1): MessageBody += str(random.randint(0, 9))
for i in range(1,10): ##I'm gonna make this an infinite while loop
eventually
s.Logon(Outlook)
newMsg = s.Outbox.Messages.Add(Test mail from Pythonwin32, MessageBody)
recip1 = newMsg.Recipients.Add(mapi1, SMTP:ma...@mapi.aryaka.india)
newMsg.Send()
s.DeliverNow()
s.Logoff()
P.S. I'm still interested in making the other snippet work. Is there any known
issues with my configs?
- Exchange 2k3 on win2k3 R2 server
- CDO ver1.2.1
- Pyton 2.6.4
- pywin32 latest version
- WinXPSP2 with Office2k7
-Original Message-
From: Mark Hammond [mailto:skippy.hamm...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:05 AM
To: Varun Avashia
Cc: Python-Win32 List
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Using win32com.mapi to automate mail dispatch...
That EID was almost certainly fetched as a property, but the code isn't
checking the returned property type before assuming it is a string
entryid - in your case the type will be PT_ERROR, indicating the value
holds the error reason as an integer. As Tim mentioned, that code means
the requested item wasn't found.
HTH,
Mark
On 27/04/2010 2:05 PM, Varun Avashia wrote:
Yes Tim, the user has Admin privileges, and eid has a -ve value of
-2147221233.
-Original Message-
From: python-win32-bounces+varun.avashia=aryaka@python.org
[mailto:python-win32-bounces+varun.avashia=aryaka@python.org] On Behalf
Of Tim Roberts
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 4:22 AM
To: Python-Win32 List
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Using win32com.mapi to automate mail dispatch...
Varun Avashia wrote:
I tried to follow the code on this link
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2004-August/002239.html
This worked fine for me on win7 with Outlook2k7 (CDO were installed
separately), However this failed to work on winxp with sp2 and
outlook2k7 (with CDO installed) with following trace-back….
Traceback (most recent call last):
File C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Desktop\send1kMail.py, line 73,
inmodule
SendEMAPIMail(SendSubject, SendMessage, SendTo,
MAPIProfile=MAPIProfile)
File C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\Desktop\send1kMail.py, line 28,
in SendEMAPIMail
outboxfolder = msgstore.OpenEntry(eid,None,mapi.MAPI_BEST_ACCESS)
TypeError: EntryID must be a string or None
Am I missing any additional components for WinXP?
The eid variable at line 27 has a value of -2147221233…
For what it's worth, that's 0x8004010F, which is MAPI_E_NOT_FOUND.
You might want to print out the eid that you fetched in the line
immediately preceding. Perhaps something went wrong with fetching the
outbox ID. Has Outlook 2007 actually been configured for Administrator
on this machine?
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Re: [python-win32] get installed software remote machine
Ok, thank you very much. Very good with set administrator password (it works), but I've problem with installed software. The list is not complete (I don't understand). For example key Adobe Flash Player ActiveX return this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File pyshell#49, line 1, in module key = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX', 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS) WindowsError: [Error 2] Impossibile trovare il file specificato (Impossible find file) But key Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX exists. What's the problem? The spaces? I don't think so. This is the code: import wmi from _winreg import (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, OpenKey, EnumValue, QueryValueEx) host='' reg = wmi.WMI(host,namespace=root/default).StdRegProv result, names = reg.EnumKey (hDefKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,sSubKeyName=rSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall) keyPath = rSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall count = 0 while count = len(names): try: print names[count] path = keyPath + \\ + names[count] key = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, path, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS) temp = QueryValueEx(key, 'DisplayName') display = str(temp[0]) print names[count]+ - +display count += 1 except: count += 1 continue More examples are these: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB951748Aggiornamento della protezione per Windows XP (KB951748) -- THIS IS OK Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB951978 -- NOT OK, but DisplayName = Aggiornamento per Windows XP (KB951978) Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB952004Aggiornamento della protezione per Windows XP (KB952004) -- THIS IS OK Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\7-Zip -- NOT OK, but DisplayName = 7-Zip 4.65 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX -- NOT OK, but DisplayName = Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Shockwave Player -- NOT OK, but DisplayName = Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 -- THIS IS OK Thanks again ___ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
Re: [python-win32] get installed software remote machine
On 27/04/2010 09:36, pacopyc wrote: I've problem with installed software. The list is not complete (I don't understand). For example key Adobe Flash Player ActiveX return this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File pyshell#49, line 1, inmodule key = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX', 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS) WindowsError: [Error 2] Impossibile trovare il file specificato (Impossible find file) Ignoring other complications... you're querying the keys on the remote machine . But you're then using _winreg to query the values on the local machine. Why not continue to use the WMI registry methods: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa393664%28VS.85%29.aspx to query the remote keys? By the way, the pythonic thing to do is to iterate over lists directly. You don't need to do the while i len (list) dance. Just: for name in names: try: # do stuff with OpenKey (... + name) except some Exception class: # handle and move on Also, don't put a bare except: unless you're absolutely sure you'll need it. In the code below, that except: would silently ignore even a NameError or a Ctrl-C. TJG ___ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
Re: [python-win32] Using win32com.mapi to automate mail dispatch...
Varun Avashia wrote: Yes Tim, the user has Admin privileges, And has this user already configured Outlook so that all of his mailboxes really exist? and eid has a -ve value of -2147221233. Duh, you did say that in the original message, didn't you... -- Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com Providenza Boekelheide, Inc. ___ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
Re: [python-win32] get installed software remote machine
pacopyc wrote: Ok, thank you very much. Very good with set administrator password (it works), but I've problem with installed software. The list is not complete (I don't understand). For example key Adobe Flash Player ActiveX return this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File pyshell#49, line 1, in module key = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX', 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS) WindowsError: [Error 2] Impossibile trovare il file specificato (Impossible find file) But key Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Flash Player ActiveX exists. What's the problem? The spaces? I don't think so. Well, in that SPECIFIC line, you aren't escaping the backslashes. You either need to use the r prefix on that string, or double all the backslashes. Why are you using import wmi for this, if you're just doing straight registry parsing? You're asking for KEY_ALL_ACCESS, which is read and write permission. If you only need read access, perhaps you should just ask for read permission. -- Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com Providenza Boekelheide, Inc. ___ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
Re: [python-win32] Setting UserInitials in Office
Tim Golden wrote: On 26/04/2010 23:56, Tim Roberts wrote: Mike Driscoll wrote: ... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\UserInfo I tried to use the base64 module to decode it, but I must be doing something wrong. Does anyone know of a good way to get and set this information? I am dealing with users on Windows XP and Python 2.4 ??? The strings in there are not encoded in any way. They are plaintext Unicode strings. They happen to be identified as REG_BINARY, but that's just a silly accident. On my (WinXP SP3, Office 2003) machine, they look to be utf16-encoded strings (null-terminated): Exactly. They are really just REG_SZ, although they set the type as REG_BINARY for their own inscrutable reasons. -- Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com Providenza Boekelheide, Inc. ___ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
