Passing object as param to Python COM server
Graham Fawcett
gmfawcett at operamail.com
Wed Nov 7 13:31:07 EST 2001
Hi folks,
I've got a COM server written in Python, and it's running great (thank you to
EVERYONE who made this marvellous tech possible). But I've got a question
about passing parameters in method calls on my server.
I have a VB script in PowerPoint that creates an instance of my server. I'd
like to pass a reference to the PowerPoint application to my server, for
example:
'in the PowerPoint macro,
sub PassExample(pptapp as Application)
Set myserver = CreateObject("UWindsor.MyServer")
myserver.QueryApp pttapp
end sub
# in the server,
def QueryApp(self, app):
#Name should be a valid attribute of a PowerPoint.Application
print app.Name
...
Running the VB macro incurs an AttributeError: Name when the QueryApp method
is called.
The object (app) passed to my server is a PyIDispatch object. What do I have
to do to make my server recognize this as a PowerPoint.Application object so
that I can access its attributes (and hopefully invoke its methods)?
Apologies for my lack of what is probably basic COM knowledge. Thanks,
everyone.
-- Graham
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