VB client, Python server: NULL result ...

[douglas savitsky]

have you tried registering with the --debug argument?  i had similar
troubles, and i found that sometimes i have to restart both pythonwin and vb
to clear the memory.

doug


"Steve Holden" <sholden at holdenweb.com> wrote in message
news:q5J37.19922$uJ3.727435 at e420r-atl2.usenetserver.com...
> On three separate systems I am experiencing the same problem trying to
> create an Python COM object from VB. The VB satetement
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>     Set obj = CreateObject("Python.Dictionary")
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> (or any other Python COM object) gives the dreaded error 80004005, with
the
> message:
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>     Unexpected Python Error: exceptions.SystemError: NULL result without
> error in call_object
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> No problem creating "Python.Interpreter", (not, of course, written in
> Python) for example. So it doesn't appear to be a VB client problem.
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> A Python client can do what I'm trying to do in VB, using Dispatch, so the
> COM object registration is at least half right (I'm using UseCommandLIne()
> to register and de-register).
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> Seems I must have overlooked something dead obvious, so I'm hoping the
> collective wisdom of c.l.py will quickly tell me what. Couldn't find
> anything on ActiveState's site.
>
> regards
>  Steve
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> http://www.holdenweb.com/
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