[python-win32] win32com reference documentation

2009-12-16 Thread Ross Boylan
I don't see documentation on many of the core win32com modules, e.g, win32com.client. Dispatch does not appear in the index. More precisely, I see examples and tutorials, but no reference material. There is reference documentation on a few components--apparently mapi and pythoncom, but not in

Re: [python-win32] python vs vbs with parental controls (security issue?)

2009-12-16 Thread Ross Boylan
Tim Golden wrote: Ross Boylan wrote: Tim Golden wrote: import wmi c = wmi.WMI (namespace="cimv2/Applications/WindowsParentalControls") rules = c.WpcURLOverride (Sid=kelsey.SID) print len (rules) I've encountered a glitch: I can't seem to update the values in the rules I retrieve. The rel

Re: [python-win32] Apparent bug in COM browser on Vista

2009-12-16 Thread Vernon Cole
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Ross Boylan wrote: > Vernon Cole wrote: > >> Dear Ross: >> The combined Python package hosted by Active State is convenient, but >> does not always stay up to date. The current build of pywin32 is 214. Many >> bug fixes have happened in that time. I just tried t

Re: [python-win32] Apparent bug in COM browser on Vista

2009-12-16 Thread Aahz
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009, Ross Boylan wrote: > > The log also says "build 213 will not be recommended for production work > and should be treated as beta quality. " Is 214 considered reasonably > solid? I'm using 214 for production work. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http:

Re: [python-win32] Apparent bug in COM browser on Vista

2009-12-16 Thread Ross Boylan
Vernon Cole wrote: Dear Ross: The combined Python package hosted by Active State is convenient, but does not always stay up to date. The current build of pywin32 is 214. Many bug fixes have happened in that time. I just tried the build 214 COM browser "on my Vista Basic and it works correc

Re: [python-win32] Apparent bug in COM browser on Vista

2009-12-16 Thread Vernon Cole
Dear Ross: The combined Python package hosted by Active State is convenient, but does not always stay up to date. The current build of pywin32 is 214. Many bug fixes have happened in that time. I just tried the build 214 COM browser on my Vista Basic and it works correctly. You may want to try

Re: [python-win32] python vs vbs with parental controls (security issue?)

2009-12-16 Thread Tim Golden
Ross Boylan wrote: Tim Golden wrote: import wmi c = wmi.WMI (namespace="cimv2/Applications/WindowsParentalControls") rules = c.WpcURLOverride (Sid=kelsey.SID) print len (rules) I've encountered a glitch: I can't seem to update the values in the rules I retrieve. The relevant snippet is

Re: [python-win32] python vs vbs with parental controls (security issue?)

2009-12-16 Thread Ross Boylan
Tim Golden wrote: import wmi c = wmi.WMI (namespace="cimv2/Applications/WindowsParentalControls") rules = c.WpcURLOverride (Sid=kelsey.SID) print len (rules) I've encountered a glitch: I can't seem to update the values in the rules I retrieve. The relevant snippet is con = wmi.WMI(names

[python-win32] Apparent bug in COM browser on Vista

2009-12-16 Thread Ross Boylan
The Python COM browser (pywin32 build 211.1), available from the Tools menu of the PythonWin GUI (downloaded yesterday from active state) doesn't seem to be working so well on Vista. I went to the type libraries, selected one (any one , apparently) and clicked on it's "+". This expands to an