How to write a COM object into a file ? - this must be simple..when you know how

[Roger Upole]

The swfMovie object has a WriteMovie method which takes a filename.
     bukmovie.WriteMovie('somefilename')
        HTH
       Roger Upole

"Jason Cunliffe" <jasonic at nomadicsltd.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> Using 'Bukoo Flash Object' from http://www.geocities.com/yiyisun/bukoo/
>
> """
> Bukoo is a package which contains 3 Windows COM Objects to create Flash
> movie. It is based on Macromedia Flash SDK. The VC++ classes in the SDK is
> wrapped with COM objects. One can use these objects in Delphi, VB, ASP or
> any other programming environment that supports Automation Objects to
create
> Flash movie without Flash yet most importantly by your program
dynamically.
> """
>
> I have succesfully adapted the ASP[VBScript] example to python now all the
> way wihtou bugs, excpet the fainal part where I need to save my Python
> object into a .swf file so I can play it the Flash player.
>
> I have now a Bukoo 'Movie' object which is ready save to a file.
> My object is called 'bukmovie'  which  returns
> <COMObject swfobjs.swfMovie>
>
> In my case, right now I just want to write the file out to local file
system
>
> When I try 'pickle.dump' I get
> pickle.PicklingError: can't pickle 'PyIDispatch' objects
>
> How do I do this please?
>
> The ASP sample code says:
>
> # write the movie to the browser
> #    response.contentType = "application/x-shockwave-flash"
> #    response.buffer = false
> #    response.binarywrite bukmovie.Content
> #
> #    ' delete the temp file on the server
> #    movie.DeleteTempFile
>
> system = Win98se, Python 1.5.2 PythonWin
> --
> Thanks
> - Jason
> ________________________________________________________________
> Jason CUNLIFFE = NOMADICS.(Interactive Art and Technology).Design Director
>
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