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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> 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
>
>