AW: How does one set a value via win32com

[Stefan Migowsky]

Hi,

you ran on a problem with dynamic dispatch. It can't use properties
with parameters. In a makepy generated wrapper properties with parameters
are translated in methods. So you must use a wrapper to use such parameters.
To ensure a wrapper use the gencache module, in your case

import win32com.client
import regex
wcc = win32com.client

# Ensure that a makepy generated wrapper is available
wcc.gencache.EnsureDispatch("COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalog")

adm = wcc.Dispatch( "COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalog" )
app = adm.GetCollection("Applications")
app.Populate()
 
for thingy in app:
  if regex.match("^Hello World.*",thingy.Name)!= -1:
     print "what we have here is ...",thingy.Name
     # Use generated method which is not available dynamically
     # since the COM object does not export SetValue
     thingy.SetValue("Name", thingy.Name + "t0")
     print thingy.Value("Name")
     break
  else:
     print thingy.Name
app.SaveChanges()


	Stefan


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Richard Weth [mailto:richard at loudcloud.com]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. März 2001 21:24
> An: python-list at python.org
> Betreff: How does one set a value via win32com
> 
> 
> All
> 
> I have been banging away on an assignment that requires me to 
> alter com
> plus settings
> (something one should never do normally). Here is the pertinent code
> fragment:
> import win32com.client
> import regex
> wcc = win32com.client
> 
> adm = wcc.Dispatch( "COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalog" )
> app = adm.GetCollection("Applications")
> app.Populate()
> 
> for thingy in app:
>   if regex.match("^Hello World.*",thingy.Name)!= -1:
>     print "what we have here is ...",thingy.Name
>     thingy.Value("Name") = thingy.Name + "t0"          #
> <================ THE PROBLEM
>     break
> 
>   else:
>     print thingy.Name
> app.SaveChanges()
> 
> 
> Now the code in VBS
>     thingy.Value("Name") = thingy.Name & "t0"
> works just fine but in python I get:
> >>> thingy.Value("Name") = "joemama"
> SyntaxError: can't assign to function call
> 
> Is there a way to set that (and other) properties in Python via
> win32com. I really
> would like to learn as little VB as humanly possible and not 
> write this
> in it's own VBScript.
> Any and all suggestions welcome!
> 
> --
> Sincerely
>   Richard A. Weth
>   Sr. Software Engineer
>   LoudCloud, Inc
>   richard at loudcloud.com
> 
> 
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