[python-win32] Problem passing array by reference

[Marco Nawijn]

Dear all,

Sorry for the noise on the list. Epic fail of my freshly configured mail
client.

Marco


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Marco Nawijn <nawijn at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:26:34 -0700
> Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
>
> > Marco Nawijn wrote:
> > > An update on where I am at the moment. I managed to find the
> > > library that holds the definition for the GetComponents call. When
> > > I run makepy on this library I get:
> > >
> > > def GetComponents(self, oAxisComponentsArray=defaultNamedNotOptArg):
> > > return self._ApplyTypes_(1611005953, 1, (24, 0), ((8204, 3),),
> > > u'GetComponents', None,oAxisComponentsArray)
> >
> > For what it's worth, the (24,0) means the function returns "void", and
> > (8204,3) means the parameter is an IN/OUT parameter that is an array
> > of variants.
> >
> > Given that, I'm a little confused as to why your original test --
> > where you passed the list of 12 items -- didn't work.  As an
> > experiment, you could try changing that to say (8204,11), which means
> > "in/out and this is the return value", but I'm not hopeful.
> >
> > We may need to get Mark Hammond involved in this.  He has more
> > in-the-trenches experience here than anyone.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Afterwards I tried to interact with it as follows:
> > >
> > > >>> from comtypes.client import CreateObject
> > > >>> app = CreateObject('Catia.Application')
> > > >>> app.Visible = True
> > > >>> # I then interactively open a document in the application
> > > >>> p1 = app.Documents.Item(2)
> > > >>> p1
> > > <POINTER(Document) ptr=0x577f24 at 4049490>
> > >
> > > So again, I get the "wrong" document type. If I do the same
> > > but using late binding (by providing the "dynamic=True"
> > > parameter) I get the following:
> > > >>> p1
> > > <comtypes.client.lazybind.Dispatch object at 0x028387B0>
> >
> > Have you tried calling GetComponents with this object?  This is a
> > late-bound object, which means it fetches the names of the methods and
> > properties on the fly.
> >
>
>
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