[python-win32] BCD WMI modification via pywin32 without effect

[Tim Golden]

On 15/06/2012 22:55, Radek Holý wrote:
> 2012/6/15 Roger Upole<rupole at hotmail.com>:
>> Looks like the parameters to SetIntegerElement are reversed:
>>
>>>>> objWBM.Methods_('SetIntegerElement').InParameters.Properties_[0].Name
>> 'Integer'
>>>>> objWBM.Methods_('SetIntegerElement').InParameters.Properties_[1].Name
>> 'Type'
>>
>> If I switch the call to
>> success, = call(objWBM, "SetIntegerElement", 5, 0x25000004)
>> the expected value is printed.
>>
>>   Roger
>
> Wow, what a surprise. I did not expect that. I feel stupid that I did
> not come out. :-[ I’m solving it for three days in a row... In the
> Microsoft’s documentation (and in Visual Basic) it is reversed.
>
> Thank you very much for your help!


In fact, since you're already using the wmi module, you can see the 
correct order of parameters via the method's repr:

<code>
import wmi

print wmi.WMI (namespace="wmi").BCDObject.SetIntegerElement
# <function SetIntegerElement (Integer, Type) => (ReturnValue)>

</code>

TJG