Re: [python-win32] NT service and login prompt

2008-10-01 Thread Tim Golden
Larry Bates wrote: le dahut wrote: Hello, Is it possible to tell windows to wait a python service has started before the login prompt is displayed ? Probably not, but why would you want to implement something that does? Share your use case with us and perhaps we can be of more assistance.

Re: [python-win32] NT service and login prompt

2008-10-01 Thread le dahut
Tim Golden wrote : Larry Bates wrote: le dahut wrote: Hello, Is it possible to tell windows to wait a python service has started before the login prompt is displayed ? Probably not, but why would you want to implement something that does? Share your use case with us and perhaps we can be

Re: [python-win32] NT service and login prompt

2008-10-01 Thread Tim Golden
le dahut wrote: Yes, I was trying to intercept user's logon. I've done it using userinit registry key, a python NT service and a python service running on the PDC. My problem is also that the service has to be available at logon time to do some administrative stuff. It seems that the policy

[python-win32] COM server and function parameters

2008-10-01 Thread ricercar
Hi all, this is my first time here. I looked into the archive but found no answer to a question that probably is simple (I hope). I need to implement a COM server and I got the interface in IDL format. Unfortunately to me some functions have a declaration like this: HRESULT func([in] BSTR param1,

[python-win32] Outlook 2007 through COM. Wrong count in Outbox. Stale Object?

2008-10-01 Thread Vinay Anantharaman
Hi, I am trying to automate sending and receiving using win32com. I execute the SendAndRecieve() function. The synchronization events indicate that messages were sent. However, the Outbox count indicates there are messages still there. I manually open Outlook and look at the UI and it indicates the

Re: [python-win32] COM server and function parameters

2008-10-01 Thread Mark Hammond
> Hi all, > this is my first time here. I looked into the archive but found no > answer to > a question that probably is simple (I hope). > I need to implement a COM server and I got the interface in IDL format. > Unfortunately to me some functions have a declaration like this: > > HRESULT func([i

Re: [python-win32] COM server and function parameters

2008-10-01 Thread ricercar
At 09.19 02/10/2008 +1000, you wrote: >Just return a string - pythoncom will do the SysAllocString() for you. >Please see the 'pippo' examples in the win32com directory - they show how to >hookup a typelib with your com object implementation. It's incredible how simple is the answer, I searched a