[python-win32] Setting a 64bit FILETIME PT_SYSTIME property using pywin32's SetProps()

[Sriram ET.]

I guess my question is - does it not make sense to push this fix into the
main tree and release a build?

2011/11/22 Sriram ET. <karra.etc at gmail.com>

>
> Hm, I do not have a Visual Studio or similar development environment set
> up on my machine. Rebuilding from scratch - is there no other option?
>
> Thanks!
> Sriram
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:26 PM, 陈智宏 <zhihong.chen.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sriram,
>>
>> Pythonwin has internal standard one to process win32time.
>>
>> I have found the solution on
>> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3438213&group_id=78018&atid=551954
>>
>> In fact, there is crapy code in Pytime.cpp which supports OLD version of
>> Python timezone processing.
>>
>> But for new version of Python, standard one is perfect.
>>
>> There is backports for 2.7 from 3.x. For me , I use 3.2.2 and test the
>> solution. It's OK.
>>
>> Just make sure that in *win32/src/PyWinTypes.h *
>> *
>> *
>> *NO_PYWINTYPES_TIME,**PYWIN_HAVE_DATETIME_CAPI BOTH are not defined.*
>> *
>> *
>> *you need to changed my code **#if (PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000) to **#if
>> (PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02000000)*
>> *
>> *
>> This issues is caused by old version compatibility. In pythonwin, there
>> is already implemented new one. But there is incorrect define in Headers.
>> *
>> *
>> I guest this solution will be ok for you as well.
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Sriram ET. <karra.etc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Zhihong, I am not familiar with the internals enough to confirm if the
>>> issue you are pointing out and the problem in my original email are the
>>> same. I am using Python 2.7 on windows 32 bit. Can you explain why you feel
>>> the two issues are the same?
>>>
>>> -Sriram
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 8:36 AM, 陈智宏 <zhihong.chen.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3438213&group_id=78018&atid=551954
>>>>
>>>> It seems that it's the same issue.
>>>>
>>>> Python3 broken filetime processing for python win32.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:00 PM, <python-win32-request at python.org>wrote:
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>>>>>      SetProps() (Sriram ET.)
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>>>>> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:33:43 +0530
>>>>> From: "Sriram ET." <karra.etc at gmail.com>
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>>>>>
>>>>> I am using pywin32 mapi routines to interact with my outlook contacts
>>>>> store. I am trying to set the PT_BIRTHDAY property and have the
>>>>> following
>>>>> code for doing that:
>>>>>
>>>>> The conversion from and to FILETIME values is from filetimes.py
>>>>> available
>>>>> at:http://reliablybroken.com/b/wp-content/filetimes.py
>>>>>
>>>>>    dt = datetime.strptime('1980-01-01','%Y-%m-%d')
>>>>>    filetime = filetimes.dt_to_filetime(dt)
>>>>>    msg.SetProps([(mapitags.PR_BIRTHDAY, filetime)])
>>>>>
>>>>> I get an OverflowError: Python int too large to convert to c long
>>>>>
>>>>> I am on a 32 bit machine, and I understand FILETME is a 64 bit value.
>>>>> I am
>>>>> at a loss. How can I set the underlying MAPI property using this
>>>>> library?
>>>>> Is there a workaround?
>>>>>
>>>>> (Setup: Outlook 2010, Window 7 running on a 32bit virtual machine via
>>>>> VMWare Fusion 4 on Mac OS X Lion)
>>>>>
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