why did wxpython MakeActiveXclass stopped working?!?!!?!?

[Philippe Martin]

jojoba wrote:

> HI
> I wrote a little wxpython program with an embedded windows media
> player.
> It worked great. Recently, I reinstalled windows and then wxpython
> (most likely a newer version than i had before). Now when i run the
> exact same code, i get this error:
> 
>   File "C:\Documents and
> Settings\jojoba.DEMO-019591FB22\Desktop\Projects\SrAsse
> ts\sr.py", line 353, in __init__
>     self.CreateActiveXplayer()
>   File "C:\Documents and
> Settings\jojoba.DEMO-019591FB22\Desktop\Projects\SrAsse
> ts\sr.py", line 363, in CreateActiveXplayer
>     self.Player           = PlayerActiveXClass(self, -1)
>   File
> "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\wx-2.6-msw-ansi\wx\lib\activexwrapper.py",
>  line 108, in axw__init__
>     (0, 0, sz.width, sz.height), self._wnd, ID)
>   File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\mfc\activex.py",
> line 23,
> in CreateControl
>     self.__dict__["_obj_"] = win32ui.CreateControl(clsid, windowTitle,
> style, re
> ct, parent, id, None, False, lic_string)
> win32ui: The window can not be created as it has an invalid handle
> 
> 
> Here is a snippet from my code:
> 
> from wxPython.lib.activexwrapper import MakeActiveXClass
> import win32com
> from win32com import client
> 
> class wxWMPlayer(wxPanel):
>     def __init__(self, parent):
>         wxPanel.__init__(self, parent, -1,
> style=wxCLIP_CHILDREN|wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE)
>         self.MixMaster = parent
>         self.ID3data   = {}
>         self.InitWindowProperties()
>         self.CreateActiveXplayer()
> 
>     def InitWindowProperties(self):
>         self.WindowsMediaPlayerTopSizer = wxBoxSizer(wxVERTICAL)
>         self.SetSizer(self.WindowsMediaPlayerTopSizer)
>         self.SetAutoLayout(1)
> 
>     def CreateActiveXplayer(self):
>         PlayerModule          =
>
win32com.client.gencache.EnsureModule('{6BF52A50-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6}',
> 0,1,0)
>         PlayerActiveXClass    =
> MakeActiveXClass(PlayerModule.WindowsMediaPlayer, eventObj = self)
>         self.Player           = PlayerActiveXClass(self, -1)
>         self.Player.isPlaying = 0
>         self.Player.uiMode    = 'full'
>         self.WindowsMediaPlayerTopSizer.Add(self.Player, 1, wxEXPAND)
> 
> 
> Any ideas anyone...i have reinstalled wxpython to no avail....Please
> help anyone....
> thanks,
> jojoba


Did you reinstall pywin32 ?

Philippe