I was able to resolve this. The file application was interacting with resided on a network share. Once I copied it to a local volume I was able to manipulate the string without a problem.
Thanks, Aleksandr Tim Roberts wrote: > > Aleksandr VLADIMIRSKIY wrote: >> I'm attempting to set a string value using a COM interface to an >> application. I get the following traceback. Could anyone help me >> understand the nature of the error or how I might begin to discover it? >> ... >> >> In [11]: item.Path = "" >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> pywintypes.com_error Traceback (most >> recent call last) >> >> C:\<ipython console> >> >> c:\python24\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py in >> __setattr__(self, attr, value) >> 461 except KeyError: >> 462 raise AttributeError, "'%s' object has no >> attribute '%s'" % (repr(self), attr) >> --> 463 self._oleobj_.Invoke(*(args + (value,) + >> defArgs)) >> 464 def _get_good_single_object_(self, obj, obUserName=None, >> resultCLSID=None): >> 465 return _get_good_single_object_(obj, obUserName, >> resultCLSID) >> >> com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, None, None, None, 0, >> -2147467259), None) >> > > -2147467259 is 80004005, which is the rather unhelpful E_FAIL. > > Sometimes, when it is mapping a settable/gettable property, the Python > COM mapper creates a separate method for setting. You might try: > item.setPath( "" ) > > -- > Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > python-win32 mailing list > python-win32@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Exception-setting-a-string-using-COM-tp17570153p17606929.html Sent from the Python - python-win32 mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
