Optional Parameters in python COM

[Rane Bowen]

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"Rane Bowen" <raneb at slingshot.co.nz> wrote in message
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> "Rane Bowen" <raneb at slingshot.co.nz> wrote in message
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using python with a makepy generated wrapper on a COM application.
> One
> > of this object's methods has 3 parameters, two of which are optional.
> > If I call the method with just the non-optional parameter, or all three
> > parameters, it works.  If I call it with the first two parameters, I get
> the
> > following error:
> >
> > (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Amphora.Session.1', 'A bad
> > parameter was passed to the method', None, 0, -1610547133), None)
> >
> > I have tried calling the method by using the names of the optional
> > parameters, and I have also tried using pythoncom.Missing and
> > pythoncom.Empty for the non essential parameter.  I have also edited the
> > generated .py file so that it contains the following:
> >
> > defaultNamedOptArg=pythoncom.Empty
> > defaultNamedNotOptArg=pythoncom.Empty
> > defaultUnnamedArg=pythoncom.Empty
> >
> > But this has not made any difference!  Any help would be very much
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Rane
> >
> >
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