[python-win32] "Property '%s.%s' can not be set" on read/write attribute

[Tim Johnson]

Thanks, I always forget about makepy (what a terrible name).  I'm still
relatively new to Python.

On Jan 29, 2008 4:39 PM, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:

>  I can't see docs for that property, but if it takes optional params, it
> might have been transformed to a SetRuleName() method.  You could try
> adding:
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> rule_obj. _print_details_()
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> and see what is dumped.  Finally, if you can use makepy, the generated
> file should make it clearer to see what is going on.
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> Cheers,
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> Mark
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> *From:* python-win32-bounces at python.org [mailto:
> python-win32-bounces at python.org] *On Behalf Of *Tim Johnson
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:18 AM
> *To:* python-win32 at python.org
> *Subject:* [python-win32] "Property '%s.%s' can not be set" on read/write
> attribute
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> So I'm trying to automate some tasks with SMS, and I've run into a
> roadblock when creating new collection membership rules.  The code below is
> a method of a Collection object.  It's a rough draft, so don't worry too
> much about the top half unless you think it might be screwing something up.
> My problem is that I go to create a new SMS_CollectionRuleDirect object (at
> the bottom of the code provided) and I get the following error:
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> >>> coll.AddMembershipRule(rule)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "H:\p4rootw\lib\ops\sms.py", line 495, in AddMembershipRule
>     rule_obj.RuleName = name
>   File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line
> 550, in __setattr__
>     raise AttributeError, "Property '%s.%s' can not be set." %
> (self._username_, attr)
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> If you look in the SMS 2003 SDK v3.1 or here (
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/opsguide/ops_854m.mspx?mfr=true)
> you can see that the property is indeed Read/Write.  Is there any way to
> override this or some workaround that I can use to fix this?  I'm about
> ready to start hopping up and down in my office chair like an angry
> chimpanzee.
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> # This is a method of an sms.Collection object.
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> #
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> # self.parent.wmi_connection is an object created via wmi.WMI() with the
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> #   namespace set to \\server\root\sms\site_S01,
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> #   and I can retrieve information fine, as well as add/edit Collection,
>
> #   advertisement, and other objects just fine.
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> #
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> # self.parent.db_connection is an object created via odbc.odbc(),
> connected to the SMS database
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>   def AddMembershipRule(self, rule):
>     """Adds a membership rule using an sms.MemberShipRule object.
>
>     Note: this method only supports adding System Resources through direct
>           membership, not User or Group Resources.
>
>     Args:
>       rule: an sms.CollectionMembershipRule object
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>     Raises:
>       TypeError: if rule is not an sms.CollectionMembershipRule object
>       SmsUnsupportedResourceType: if a direct membership rule for a
> non-system
>         resource type is passed
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>     Returns:
>       True on Success
>       None on Failure
>
>     TODO: Remove object type limitation for direct membership rules
>     """
>     if not isinstance(rule, CollectionMembershipRule):
>       raise TypeError
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>     self.parent.ConnectWmi()
>     self.parent.ConnectDb()
>     conn = self.parent.wmi_connection
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>     if rule.type == 'direct':
>       if rule.resource_type != 5:
>         raise SmsUnsupportedResourceType
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>       cursor = self.parent.db_connection.cursor()
>       cursor.execute('SELECT Netbios_Name0, Name0 from v_R_System '
>                      'WHERE ResourceID = %s' % rule.resource_id)
>       names = cursor.fetchall()
>       name = None
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>       if names[0]:
>         name = names[0]
>       else:
>         name = names[1]
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>       # This is the problem section
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>       rule_obj = conn.Get('SMS_CollectionRuleDirect').SpawnInstance_()
>       rule_obj.ResourceClassName = 'SMS_R_System'
>       rule_obj.RuleName = name
>       rule_obj.ResourceID = rule.resource_id
>       coll_obj = conn.Get('SMS_Collection.CollectionID="%s"'
>                           % self.collection_id)
>       coll_obj.AddMembershipRule(rule_obj)
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