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

[Philippe Martin]

Philippe Martin wrote:

> 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

Well I'm silly: it would not import.