[python-win32] Releasing a Com object

[Dahlstrom, Roger]

If you open it in another thread, will it die upon the thread dying?

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From: python-win32-bounces+rdahlstrom=directedge.com at python.org [mailto:python-win32-bounces+rdahlstrom=directedge.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Gary Scorby
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:37 PM
To: Greg Antal; python-win32 at python.org
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Releasing a Com object

That was my original attempt.  No luck with that either.  This sucker has nine lives.

Thanks for your response.

Gary

From: python-win32-bounces+gary.scorby=harlandfs.com at python.org [mailto:python-win32-bounces+gary.scorby=harlandfs.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Greg Antal
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [python-win32] Releasing a Com object

Try
    del xxx

Even when you invoke whatever "stop" or "close" methods that object offers, you sometimes still have to delete the object to make the application shut down.

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bob gailer wrote, On 1/20/2009 11:27 AM:
Gary Scorby wrote:
You are correct, it no longer refers to the object.  I should have added a few more details.  Windows still believes the object is in use, in this case it's a dll.  Nothing else can be done with the dll until Python is completely shut down.  None of the other dll com objects I have used in the past have had this problem.

Excel behaves that way also. One must explicitly tell Excel to quit, as in excelObj.quit(). Does your dll have an equivalent?

Or take a look at psTools for ways to kill processes.
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