From vye at vye.me  Sat Mar  1 07:35:42 2014
From: vye at vye.me (Vye)
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:35:42 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Need help creating a wheel of pywin32
Message-ID: <CAByYAs+du_icYJFzET0dFk0t2HzwayHc_NdwkmLpwdMOH+1xMg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I have some Python programs running on Windows that require pywin32 to
be installed. I want to leverage our CI environment to automatically
test and freeze them for me. Our CI uses tox so I need to be able to
install pywin32 using pip. I've never built a python package before
but after some reading it seems like wheel is the way to go,
especially on Windows if you want to avoid compiling each time (and I
do).

Here's where I get stuck. The PUG relies heavily on being able to
install something with pip in order to create your wheel. I've never
been able to install pywin32 via pip (no idea why it isn't up
there--even if I did need to compile it).

Is there a way I can create a wheel by using the prebuilt binaries
since they are just zip archives? I would prefer to do it this way.

if not...

I tried to compile pywin32 so I could build a wheel by running python
setup3.py bdist_wheel. However, I can't seem to get 216-218 to
compile. I'm using Python 3.3.5rc1 64-bit on W7.

Attempt #1 (pywin32-218):
1. set MSSDK="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1"
2. python setup3.py build --plat-name=win-amd64

I got this error: win32\src\perfmon\perfmondata.cpp(11) : fatal error
C1083: Cannot open include file: 'perfutil.h': No such file or
directory
error: command '"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
10.0\VC\BIN\amd64\cl.exe"' failed with exit status 2

The entire output has been saved here: http://goo.gl/GqVs6h

This seems to be exactly what this open ticket is about:
http://sourceforge.net/p/pywin32/bugs/647/ and this user also reported
it: http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-win32/12627/

Note: The only thing that looks suspect to me is v6.0A and v7.0A x86
SDK paths when it seems it should be using 7.1 per my MSSDK variable.
But as far as I can tell perfutil.h is not part of those SDKs. I was
only able to find it in previous releases (217) of pywin32.

Attempt #2 (pywin32-217):
1. set MSSDK="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1"
2. python setup3.py build --plat-name=win-amd64

I got this error: Building pywin32 3.3.217.0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup3.py", line 16, in <module>
    exec(str(got))
  File "<string>", line 2428, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 2224, in convert_data_files
RuntimeError: No files match 'pythonwin\pywin\*.cfg'

There are two .cfg files in pywin: default.cfg IDLE.cfg

Attempt #3 (pywin32-216):
same results as #2.

While I am extremely thankful someone wrote pywin32, it is a monster
to build. That, and my lack of package building experience doesn't
help. I would appreciate some help building a wheel of pywin32 very
much!

-- 
-Vye

From vye at vye.me  Sun Mar  2 09:51:57 2014
From: vye at vye.me (Vye)
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 00:51:57 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Fwd: Need help creating a wheel of pywin32
References: <CAByYAs+du_icYJFzET0dFk0t2HzwayHc_NdwkmLpwdMOH+1xMg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <62A63FC4-4E07-4B2C-BFBF-9B3BFB7DB394@vye.me>

It doesn't look like my original email went through. If it did, I apologize for the noise.

--Vye

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Vye <vye at vye.me>
> Date: February 28, 2014 at 10:35:42 PM PST
> To: python-win32 at python.org
> Subject: Need help creating a wheel of pywin32
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have some Python programs running on Windows that require pywin32 to
> be installed. I want to leverage our CI environment to automatically
> test and freeze them for me. Our CI uses tox so I need to be able to
> install pywin32 using pip. I've never built a python package before
> but after some reading it seems like wheel is the way to go,
> especially on Windows if you want to avoid compiling each time (and I
> do).
> 
> Here's where I get stuck. The PUG relies heavily on being able to
> install something with pip in order to create your wheel. I've never
> been able to install pywin32 via pip (no idea why it isn't up
> there--even if I did need to compile it).
> 
> Is there a way I can create a wheel by using the prebuilt binaries
> since they are just zip archives? I would prefer to do it this way.
> 
> if not...
> 
> I tried to compile pywin32 so I could build a wheel by running python
> setup3.py bdist_wheel. However, I can't seem to get 216-218 to
> compile. I'm using Python 3.3.5rc1 64-bit on W7.
> 
> Attempt #1 (pywin32-218):
> 1. set MSSDK="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1"
> 2. python setup3.py build --plat-name=win-amd64
> 
> I got this error: win32\src\perfmon\perfmondata.cpp(11) : fatal error
> C1083: Cannot open include file: 'perfutil.h': No such file or
> directory
> error: command '"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 10.0\VC\BIN\amd64\cl.exe"' failed with exit status 2
> 
> The entire output has been saved here: http://goo.gl/GqVs6h
> 
> This seems to be exactly what this open ticket is about:
> http://sourceforge.net/p/pywin32/bugs/647/ and this user also reported
> it: http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-win32/12627/
> 
> Note: The only thing that looks suspect to me is v6.0A and v7.0A x86
> SDK paths when it seems it should be using 7.1 per my MSSDK variable.
> But as far as I can tell perfutil.h is not part of those SDKs. I was
> only able to find it in previous releases (217) of pywin32.
> 
> Attempt #2 (pywin32-217):
> 1. set MSSDK="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1"
> 2. python setup3.py build --plat-name=win-amd64
> 
> I got this error: Building pywin32 3.3.217.0
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "setup3.py", line 16, in <module>
>    exec(str(got))
>  File "<string>", line 2428, in <module>
>  File "<string>", line 2224, in convert_data_files
> RuntimeError: No files match 'pythonwin\pywin\*.cfg'
> 
> There are two .cfg files in pywin: default.cfg IDLE.cfg
> 
> Attempt #3 (pywin32-216):
> same results as #2.
> 
> While I am extremely thankful someone wrote pywin32, it is a monster
> to build. That, and my lack of package building experience doesn't
> help. I would appreciate some help building a wheel of pywin32 very
> much!
> 
> -- 
> -Vye
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From rupole at hotmail.com  Sun Mar  2 21:17:45 2014
From: rupole at hotmail.com (Roger Upole)
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 15:17:45 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Need help creating a wheel of pywin32
References: <CAByYAs+du_icYJFzET0dFk0t2HzwayHc_NdwkmLpwdMOH+1xMg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <lf03kq$e0n$1@ger.gmane.org>

Can you try building from a Mercurial checkout ?  Looks like some
files aren't being included in the source dist download.
Appears that our Manifest.in needs to be updated, as there are also
a few other things missing.

    Roger

"Vye" <vye at vye.me> wrote in message news:CAByYAs+du_icYJFzET0dFk0t2HzwayHc_NdwkmLpwdMOH+1xMg at mail.gmail.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have some Python programs running on Windows that require pywin32 to
> be installed. I want to leverage our CI environment to automatically
> test and freeze them for me. Our CI uses tox so I need to be able to
> install pywin32 using pip. I've never built a python package before
> but after some reading it seems like wheel is the way to go,
> especially on Windows if you want to avoid compiling each time (and I
> do).
>
> Here's where I get stuck. The PUG relies heavily on being able to
> install something with pip in order to create your wheel. I've never
> been able to install pywin32 via pip (no idea why it isn't up
> there--even if I did need to compile it).
>
> Is there a way I can create a wheel by using the prebuilt binaries
> since they are just zip archives? I would prefer to do it this way.
>
> if not...
>
> I tried to compile pywin32 so I could build a wheel by running python
> setup3.py bdist_wheel. However, I can't seem to get 216-218 to
> compile. I'm using Python 3.3.5rc1 64-bit on W7.
>
> Attempt #1 (pywin32-218):
> 1. set MSSDK="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1"
> 2. python setup3.py build --plat-name=win-amd64
>
> I got this error: win32\src\perfmon\perfmondata.cpp(11) : fatal error
> C1083: Cannot open include file: 'perfutil.h': No such file or
> directory
> error: command '"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 10.0\VC\BIN\amd64\cl.exe"' failed with exit status 2
>
> The entire output has been saved here: http://goo.gl/GqVs6h
>
> This seems to be exactly what this open ticket is about:
> http://sourceforge.net/p/pywin32/bugs/647/ and this user also reported
> it: http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-win32/12627/
>
> Note: The only thing that looks suspect to me is v6.0A and v7.0A x86
> SDK paths when it seems it should be using 7.1 per my MSSDK variable.
> But as far as I can tell perfutil.h is not part of those SDKs. I was
> only able to find it in previous releases (217) of pywin32.
>
> Attempt #2 (pywin32-217):
> 1. set MSSDK="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1"
> 2. python setup3.py build --plat-name=win-amd64
>
> I got this error: Building pywin32 3.3.217.0
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "setup3.py", line 16, in <module>
>    exec(str(got))
>  File "<string>", line 2428, in <module>
>  File "<string>", line 2224, in convert_data_files
> RuntimeError: No files match 'pythonwin\pywin\*.cfg'
>
> There are two .cfg files in pywin: default.cfg IDLE.cfg
>
> Attempt #3 (pywin32-216):
> same results as #2.
>
> While I am extremely thankful someone wrote pywin32, it is a monster
> to build. That, and my lack of package building experience doesn't
> help. I would appreciate some help building a wheel of pywin32 very
> much!
>
> -- 
> -Vye 




From rupole at hotmail.com  Sun Mar  2 21:33:59 2014
From: rupole at hotmail.com (Roger Upole)
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 15:33:59 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] win32api & win32gui help
References: <CAD+1-4-_COysP3H1GFgeF4dH3rgVr3u4aVk4zqhiYeNU5ABOkQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <lf04j7$nnh$1@ger.gmane.org>

Where does the hardcoded 99999 come from in this line ?

        win32api.PostMessage(hwnd,message,1,99999)

If I'm interpreting the docs correctly, that parm should be a handle
to a top-level window you create yourself that receives messages
from the app.

Also, you'll need to be running a message loop to receive messages
(see win32gui.PumpMessages).

    Roger

"Joe Bennett" <jammer10000 at ka3nam.com> wrote in message news:CAD+1-4-_COysP3H1GFgeF4dH3rgVr3u4aVk4zqhiYeNU5ABOkQ at mail.gmail.com...
> Hi,
>
> Looking for a good simple remedial course on getting my python script
> to talk to a Windows program. The author of the windows program has
> documented the api here:
>
> http://www.logger32.net/help/Logger32/Using%20the%20Logger32%20External%20Interface.htm
>
>
> I'm struggling to understand how to implement the messages with
> win32api/ gui... I've taken a stab at it here based on my searching
> the web with my first goal being that I just want to 'register' with
> the program and receive the response
> from it. So far I'm still scratching my head over this...
>
> I get a response for 'hwnd' but have not been able to get any
> confirmation that RegisterMessage, PostMessage and GetMessage are
> working, configured properly or...what...
>
> Running this all in WIN7 with ActivePython 2.6.6...
>
>
> import win32api
> import win32gui
>
> hwnd = win32gui.FindWindowEx(0, 0, 0, "Logger32")
>
>
> print "hwnd= ", hwnd
>
> message = win32api.RegisterWindowMessage("Logger32 3")
>
>
> win32api.PostMessage(hwnd,message,1,99999)
>
> test = win32gui.GetMessage(hwnd,0,0)
>
> print "GetMessage: ", test
>
>
>
> Thanks!!!!
>
>
> -Joe
> KA3NAM 




From skippy.hammond at gmail.com  Mon Mar  3 01:18:45 2014
From: skippy.hammond at gmail.com (Mark Hammond)
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:18:45 +1100
Subject: [python-win32] Need help creating a wheel of pywin32
In-Reply-To: <CAByYAs+du_icYJFzET0dFk0t2HzwayHc_NdwkmLpwdMOH+1xMg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAByYAs+du_icYJFzET0dFk0t2HzwayHc_NdwkmLpwdMOH+1xMg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5313CA65.8010608@gmail.com>

On 1/03/2014 5:35 PM, Vye wrote:
> Is there a way I can create a wheel by using the prebuilt binaries
> since they are just zip archives? I would prefer to do it this way.

For your purposes, just extracting (via zip) the files in the pre-built 
binaries should get you going.  Depending on exactly what you are doing 
with pywin32, it might be necessary to run "pywin32_postinstall.py 
-install" as well.  It shouldn't be too hard to automate this.

HTH,

Mark


From timr at probo.com  Mon Mar  3 20:37:43 2014
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:37:43 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] win32api & win32gui help
In-Reply-To: <CAD+1-4-_COysP3H1GFgeF4dH3rgVr3u4aVk4zqhiYeNU5ABOkQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAD+1-4-_COysP3H1GFgeF4dH3rgVr3u4aVk4zqhiYeNU5ABOkQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5314DA07.9020409@probo.com>

Joe Bennett wrote:
> Looking for a good simple remedial course on getting my python script
> to talk to a Windows program. The author of the windows program has
> documented the api here:
>
> http://www.logger32.net/help/Logger32/Using%20the%20Logger32%20External%20Interface.htm

To use this API, you have to BE a Windows application, with at least one
window and a message loop.  You cannot call this from a console application.


> I get a response for 'hwnd' but have not been able to get any
> confirmation that RegisterMessage, PostMessage and GetMessage are
> working, configured properly or...what...
>
> Running this all in WIN7 with ActivePython 2.6.6...
>
> import win32api
> import win32gui
>
> hwnd = win32gui.FindWindowEx(0, 0, 0, "Logger32")
> print "hwnd= ", hwnd
>
> message = win32api.RegisterWindowMessage("Logger32 3")
> win32api.PostMessage(hwnd,message,1,99999)

That much is probably working just fine.  You're registering a window
message and getting a handle.  But, as Roger pointed out, you need to
tell it YOUR window handle to the logging application, so it can send
information to you.  You're passing a made-up number, which won't work.

> test = win32gui.GetMessage(hwnd,0,0)
> print "GetMessage: ", test

This is not right.  GetMessage is used to get messages that have been
send to your OWN windows.  In this case, you're giving it the handle of
a window that belongs to another process.

You can do this with a hidden window -- it doesn't have to be visible. 
Basically, you call RegisterClass and CreateWindow to create the window,
then run a message loop with PumpWaitingMessages.  In the PyWin32
distribution, go look for win32ui_devicenotify.py.  That is a sample
application that creates a hidden window in order to catch PnP
notifications.  You can yank out the most of the code and use the shell.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From A.Holtz at gmx.net  Mon Mar  3 22:14:03 2014
From: A.Holtz at gmx.net (Andreas Holtz)
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 22:14:03 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Printing PDFs without external tools
Message-ID: <5314F09B.20105@gmx.net>

Hi guys,

I need want to print PDF files without the usage of tools like Adobe, Foxit, etc.
THe printer does understand PDF files, but I have no idea how to do it.
I played around with

win32api.ShellExecute(0, "print", pdf, None, ".", 0)

but I am missing the possibilities to change layout and paper size.

I already checked out
http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/print.html

Is there really no way to print PDFs with Python setting whatever print settings I want?
I thought Python can do anything... :'-(

Thanks in advance

Andreas

From mc at mclaveau.com  Mon Mar  3 23:32:30 2014
From: mc at mclaveau.com (mc@mclaveau)
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:32:30 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Printing PDFs without external tools
In-Reply-To: <5314F09B.20105@gmx.net>
References: <5314F09B.20105@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <531502FE.8080502@mclaveau.com>

Hi!

PDF files are text files.
If you use the "print" command, you will print the source of PDF.
If you want another aspect, you need a render (Adobe-reader, 
Sumatra-PDF, etc.)
I suggest Sumatra-PDF : 
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/manual-fr.html (search 
for "*-print-to-default*" and next)

@-salutations & *sorry for my bad english*
-- 
Michel Claveau




Le 03.03.14 22:14, Andreas Holtz a ?crit :
> Hi guys,
>
> I need want to print PDF files without the usage of tools like Adobe, 
> Foxit, etc.
> THe printer does understand PDF files, but I have no idea how to do it.
> I played around with
>
> win32api.ShellExecute(0, "print", pdf, None, ".", 0)
>
> but I am missing the possibilities to change layout and paper size.
>
> I already checked out
> http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/print.html
>
> Is there really no way to print PDFs with Python setting whatever 
> print settings I want?
> I thought Python can do anything... :'-(
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andreas
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>
>

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From timr at probo.com  Tue Mar  4 05:52:21 2014
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 20:52:21 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Printing PDFs without external tools
In-Reply-To: <5314F09B.20105@gmx.net>
References: <5314F09B.20105@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <58B7443C-25B6-418D-9FFE-9E00274C5766@probo.com>

On Mar 3, 2014, at 1:14 PM, Andreas Holtz <A.Holtz at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> I need want to print PDF files without the usage of tools like Adobe, Foxit, etc.
> THe printer does understand PDF files, but I have no idea how to do it.

I doubt that.  PDFs contain PostScript, but there?s more to it than just PostScript.  What printer, exactly are you talking about?


> I played around with
>     win32api.ShellExecute(0, "print", pdf, None, ".", 0)
> but I am missing the possibilities to change layout and paper size.

That function will run whatever program is registered to render PDF files, which is usually the Acrobat Reader, and asks that it to print without presenting a dialog


> Is there really no way to print PDFs with Python setting whatever print settings I want?
> I thought Python can do anything... :?-(

Python can do anything, but Python is not always the EASIEST way to do something.  In this case, you have encountered limitations of the Win32 API, not of Python.  The Acrobat Reader can be controlled via COM to set layout and paper size, but I want to find out what your printer is before going any deeper.
-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From A.Holtz at gmx.net  Tue Mar  4 07:47:13 2014
From: A.Holtz at gmx.net (Andreas Holtz)
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:47:13 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Printing PDFs without external tools
In-Reply-To: <58B7443C-25B6-418D-9FFE-9E00274C5766@probo.com>
References: <5314F09B.20105@gmx.net>
 <58B7443C-25B6-418D-9FFE-9E00274C5766@probo.com>
Message-ID: <531576F1.10602@gmx.net>

Hi Tim,

the printer I want to use is a HP 5550DTN.
The specifications can be found here:
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF%2Easpx%2F5982%2D6714EEE%2Epdf
On page 2 under printer languages "PDF 1.3" is written.
Therefore I think I can print PDFs without the use of Adobe or any other 3rd party software (like Ghostscript).
But I don't know how...

Thanks

Andreas

schrieb Tim Roberts am 04.03.2014 05:52:
> On Mar 3, 2014, at 1:14 PM, Andreas Holtz <A.Holtz at gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>> I need want to print PDF files without the usage of tools like Adobe, Foxit, etc.
>> THe printer does understand PDF files, but I have no idea how to do it.
>
> I doubt that.  PDFs contain PostScript, but there?s more to it than just PostScript.  What printer, exactly are you talking about?
>
>
>> I played around with
>>      win32api.ShellExecute(0, "print", pdf, None, ".", 0)
>> but I am missing the possibilities to change layout and paper size.
>
> That function will run whatever program is registered to render PDF files, which is usually the Acrobat Reader, and asks that it to print without presenting a dialog
>
>
>> Is there really no way to print PDFs with Python setting whatever print settings I want?
>> I thought Python can do anything... :?-(
>
> Python can do anything, but Python is not always the EASIEST way to do something.  In this case, you have encountered limitations of the Win32 API, not of Python.  The Acrobat Reader can be controlled via COM to set layout and paper size, but I want to find out what your printer is before going any deeper.
>

From timr at probo.com  Tue Mar  4 18:35:50 2014
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 09:35:50 -0800
Subject: [python-win32] Printing PDFs without external tools
In-Reply-To: <531576F1.10602@gmx.net>
References: <5314F09B.20105@gmx.net>
 <58B7443C-25B6-418D-9FFE-9E00274C5766@probo.com> <531576F1.10602@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <53160EF6.4030903@probo.com>

Andreas Holtz wrote:
> the printer I want to use is a HP 5550DTN.
> The specifications can be found here:
> http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF%2Easpx%2F5982%2D6714EEE%2Epdf
> On page 2 under printer languages "PDF 1.3" is written.

I should not have doubted you.  ;)


> Therefore I think I can print PDFs without the use of Adobe or any other 3rd party software (like Ghostscript).
> But I don't know how...

To do this, you will not go through the normal printing services.  You
need to send the PDF files directly to the printer as if it were a file
server.  The printer serves HTTP and FTP, and that's how you'll get the
PDF files in there.  You won't get fancy options like layout and paper
size.  To get that level of control, you'll need to use a printer
driver, and that means using PDF rendering software on the PC.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From jacob at blindza.co.za  Wed Mar  5 04:33:24 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 05:33:24 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Getting an app to run from/in the windows system tray
Message-ID: <833C77479DCF454EBB8E13088016884A@JakePC>

In other words, would like to be able to hide the main part of the interface, and display an icon in the windows system tray, which then either offers a context menu, or else just re-displays the main part of the interface when you double-click on the system tray icon?

TIA

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
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From skippy.hammond at gmail.com  Wed Mar  5 08:26:27 2014
From: skippy.hammond at gmail.com (Mark Hammond)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:26:27 +1100
Subject: [python-win32] Getting an app to run from/in the windows system
 tray
In-Reply-To: <833C77479DCF454EBB8E13088016884A@JakePC>
References: <833C77479DCF454EBB8E13088016884A@JakePC>
Message-ID: <5316D1A3.4060303@gmail.com>

Check out win32\Demos\win32gui_taskbar.py - it shows how to do the 
taskbar thing.  As far as "hiding the main part of the interface", you 
just close those windows after creating the taskbar icon.

On 5/03/2014 2:33 PM, Jacob Kruger wrote:
> In other words, would like to be able to hide the main part of the
> interface, and display an icon in the windows system tray, which then
> either offers a context menu, or else just re-displays the main part of
> the interface when you double-click on the system tray icon?
> TIA
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> python-win32 at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>


From jacob at blindza.co.za  Wed Mar  5 09:59:35 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:59:35 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Getting an app to run from/in the windows system
	tray
In-Reply-To: <5316D1A3.4060303@gmail.com>
References: <833C77479DCF454EBB8E13088016884A@JakePC>
 <5316D1A3.4060303@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <D4E602BCB0E44DD8BDF0DC138DDD8AFF@JakePC>

Thanks - will check it out, and, it seems to pretty much do what I want if I 
just run it.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."

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To: "Jacob Kruger" <jacob at blindza.co.za>; <python-win32 at python.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 05 March, 2014 9:26 AM
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> Check out win32\Demos\win32gui_taskbar.py - it shows how to do the taskbar 
> thing.  As far as "hiding the main part of the interface", you just close 
> those windows after creating the taskbar icon.
>
> On 5/03/2014 2:33 PM, Jacob Kruger wrote:
>> In other words, would like to be able to hide the main part of the
>> interface, and display an icon in the windows system tray, which then
>> either offers a context menu, or else just re-displays the main part of
>> the interface when you double-click on the system tray icon?
>> TIA
>>
>> Jacob Kruger
>> Blind Biker
>> Skype: BlindZA
>> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> python-win32 mailing list
>> python-win32 at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>>
>
> 


From alan.gauld at btinternet.com  Wed Mar  5 13:27:04 2014
From: alan.gauld at btinternet.com (Alan Gauld)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:27:04 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Windows automation basics
Message-ID: <lf756a$ha3$1@ger.gmane.org>

After a long absence(~10 years!) I'm now back to programming
in Windows. I need to automate some workflows using COM to
various applications (mixture of in-house and commercial).

I'm having problems finding out which apps even support
COM access and figuring out what COM objects/methods exist.

I seem to recall back in my Delphi days that there were
explorer tools for discovering some of this (WindowsSpy
was maybe one?)

So the questions are:

1) How can I determine whether an application has a COM
    interface in the first place?

2) If it exists, how to I figure out what it supports?

3) Any recommended web sites for COM automation (not
    necessarily in Python but that would be ideal)

And for interest only, where is COM in the world
of .NET and Windows 8+ etc? Are there better options
today?

-- 
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos


From rupole at hotmail.com  Wed Mar  5 21:24:37 2014
From: rupole at hotmail.com (Roger Upole)
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:24:37 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Printing PDFs without external tools
References: <5314F09B.20105@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <lf815j$p93$1@ger.gmane.org>

You may be able to call win32print.SetPrinter to change the paper
orientation and size before calling ShellExecute.

    Roger

"Andreas Holtz" <A.Holtz at gmx.net> wrote in message news:5314F09B.20105 at gmx.net...
> Hi guys,
>
> I need want to print PDF files without the usage of tools like Adobe, Foxit, etc.
> THe printer does understand PDF files, but I have no idea how to do it.
> I played around with
>
> win32api.ShellExecute(0, "print", pdf, None, ".", 0)
>
> but I am missing the possibilities to change layout and paper size.
>
> I already checked out
> http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/print.html
>
> Is there really no way to print PDFs with Python setting whatever print settings I want?
> I thought Python can do anything... :'-(
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andreas 




From A.Holtz at gmx.net  Wed Mar  5 21:34:14 2014
From: A.Holtz at gmx.net (Andreas Holtz)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:34:14 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Windows automation basics
In-Reply-To: <lf756a$ha3$1@ger.gmane.org>
References: <lf756a$ha3$1@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <53178A46.9030500@gmx.net>

Hi Alan,

1.) Try to get the documentation of the program. ;-)
Or check the registry by searching for "YourApplication.Application" or just try it with
win32com.client.Dispatch("YourApplication.Application") in Python with win32com installed.

Checkout MakePy from PythonWin (installs with the win32com, I think) as described here:
http://oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/chapter/ch12.html

Also you can use the VB-Editor from Office to determine available libraries. In Word/Excel press ALt+F11, then Extras/Links.

And check if the program has a macro recorder. If the code looks like VB it is quite likely to have something, I asume.

2.) Read the documentation of the program *again*
or see at 3.)

3.) Programming against COM in Python is quite straightforward. Look how it is done in VB then make it identical (but nicely) in Python.
Sometimes there are some quirks (like when functions in VB work as setters foo.bar() = newValue), but win32com offers often solutions for 
this (in the example Python creates a setter, if I remember correctly)

For Office checkout the Microsoft website. I have to admit its a pain in the ass to find something there, but I eventually got the Word 
reference as an example:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff837519%28v=office.15%29.aspx
Same works with other Microsoft products and probably for most commercial products with COM support.

Your last questions I can't answer.

Hope this helps.

Andreas

schrieb Alan Gauld am 05.03.2014 13:27:
> After a long absence(~10 years!) I'm now back to programming
> in Windows. I need to automate some workflows using COM to
> various applications (mixture of in-house and commercial).
>
> I'm having problems finding out which apps even support
> COM access and figuring out what COM objects/methods exist.
>
> I seem to recall back in my Delphi days that there were
> explorer tools for discovering some of this (WindowsSpy
> was maybe one?)
>
> So the questions are:
>
> 1) How can I determine whether an application has a COM
>     interface in the first place?
>
> 2) If it exists, how to I figure out what it supports?
>
> 3) Any recommended web sites for COM automation (not
>     necessarily in Python but that would be ideal)
>
> And for interest only, where is COM in the world
> of .NET and Windows 8+ etc? Are there better options
> today?
>

From A.Holtz at gmx.net  Wed Mar  5 22:58:21 2014
From: A.Holtz at gmx.net (Andreas Holtz)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 22:58:21 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Printing PDFs without external tools
In-Reply-To: <53160EF6.4030903@probo.com>
References: <5314F09B.20105@gmx.net>
 <58B7443C-25B6-418D-9FFE-9E00274C5766@probo.com> <531576F1.10602@gmx.net>
 <53160EF6.4030903@probo.com>
Message-ID: <53179DFD.5080204@gmx.net>

schrieb Tim Roberts am 04.03.2014 18:35:
> I should not have doubted you.  ;)
He be pardoned! :-D

> To do this, you will not go through the normal printing services.  You
> need to send the PDF files directly to the printer as if it were a file
> server.  The printer serves HTTP and FTP, and that's how you'll get the
> PDF files in there.
Yay!

> You won't get fancy options like layout and paper
> size.  To get that level of control, you'll need to use a printer
> driver, and that means using PDF rendering software on the PC.
Not "yay" anymore :-(

Still I will follow this idea a little more.

Thanks a lot :-)

Andreas


From greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz  Thu Mar  6 00:23:19 2014
From: greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz (Greg Ewing)
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:23:19 +1300
Subject: [python-win32] Windows automation basics
In-Reply-To: <lf756a$ha3$1@ger.gmane.org>
References: <lf756a$ha3$1@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <5317B1E7.4010000@canterbury.ac.nz>

Alan Gauld wrote:
> And for interest only, where is COM in the world
> of .NET and Windows 8+ etc? Are there better options
> today?

As far as I understand, not always. If the functionality
you're after happens to exist in the form of a .NET
library, and you're willing to use a .NET-compatible
language, you can access it directly, but otherwise
you still need to go through COM.

As for discovering an app's COM interface, if any,
I think the only way to find out in general is to
read the app's documentation. It's possible for an
app to make its COM interface introspectable, but
not every app does that.

-- 
Greg

From habahut at gmail.com  Tue Mar 11 04:35:17 2014
From: habahut at gmail.com (Trevor Haba)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:35:17 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Control Volume on Windows
Message-ID: <CAFzC=F1_Ny6NtuL6FTxTFgs=hNqmGMZmeKPo3uoF897GJVsd2A@mail.gmail.com>

I'm looking for a way to use python to change the volume on windows. After
some googling the best I could come up with was this script I got from a
relatively ancient entry on this mailing list (I think it was from 2005 or
something). I'm using windows 7, and I would like it to work on windows 8
if possible, though its not necessary. I don't need to support any previous
versions of windows.

Here is the code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
#Boa:PyApp:main
modules = {}


import ctypes

mixerSetControlDetails = (
    ctypes.windll.winmm.mixerSetControlDetails)

mixerGetControlDetails = (
    ctypes.windll.winmm.mixerGetControlDetailsA)

# Some constants
MIXER_OBJECTF_MIXER = 0 # mmsystem.h
VOLUME_CONTROL_ID = 1     # Same on all machines?
SPEAKER_LINE_FADER_ID = 1 # "Identifier <identifier> in OID value does not
resolve to a positive integer"
MINIMUM_VOLUME = 0     # fader control (MSDN Library)
MAXIMUM_VOLUME = 65535 # fader control (MSDN Library)

class MIXERCONTROLDETAILS(ctypes.Structure):
    _pack_ = 1
    _fields_ = [('cbStruct', ctypes.c_ulong),
                ('dwControlID', ctypes.c_ulong),
                ('cChannels', ctypes.c_ulong),
                ('cMultipleItems', ctypes.c_ulong),
                ('cbDetails', ctypes.c_ulong),
                ('paDetails', ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_ulong))]

def setVolume(volume):
    """Set the speaker volume on the 'Volume Control' mixer"""
    if not (MINIMUM_VOLUME <= volume <= MAXIMUM_VOLUME):
        raise ValueError, "Volume out of range"
    cd = MIXERCONTROLDETAILS(ctypes.sizeof(MIXERCONTROLDETAILS),
                             SPEAKER_LINE_FADER_ID,
                             1, 0,
                             ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_ulong),
                             ctypes.pointer(ctypes.c_ulong(volume)))
    ret = mixerSetControlDetails(VOLUME_CONTROL_ID,
                                 ctypes.byref(cd),
                                 MIXER_OBJECTF_MIXER)
    if ret != 0:
        print WindowsError, "Error %d while setting volume" % ret

    ret = mixerGetControlDetails(VOLUME_CONTROL_ID,
                                 ctypes.byref(cd),
                                 MIXER_OBJECTF_MIXER)
    if ret != 0:
        print WindowsError, "Error %d while setting volume" % ret
    else:
        print 'cbStruct', cd.cbStruct
        print 'dwControlID', cd.dwControlID
        print 'cChannels', cd.cChannels
        print 'cMultipleItems', cd.cMultipleItems
        print 'cbDetails', cd.cbDetails
        print 'paDetails', cd.paDetails.contents
    return

#setVolume((2**16-1)/2)
setVolume(0)   ## added by me, neither value does anything

If I run this, the ret value is 0 and it prints out all the data from the
cd struct. But it doesn't change the volume at all. If I change the
SPEAKER_LINE_FADER_ID to 0 the program crashes with: windows error 1025 -
error setting the volume. I've tried googling that error, winmm,
ctypes.windll, and a bunch of other things but I seem unable to find any
resources with any information at all. The original poster of this script
said the constants might need to be changed, and that finding the right
constants could "take some work" but never elaborated on how to actually do
it.

I've looked at the relevant MSDN C++ docs that windows provides, and while
they are somewhat informative I would really like to keep this project to
python only. I have been unable to find much of any documentation on
pywin32 itself. Is it hidden somewhere?

Anyone have any ideas?
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From timr at probo.com  Tue Mar 11 18:03:44 2014
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:03:44 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Control Volume on Windows
In-Reply-To: <CAFzC=F1_Ny6NtuL6FTxTFgs=hNqmGMZmeKPo3uoF897GJVsd2A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAFzC=F1_Ny6NtuL6FTxTFgs=hNqmGMZmeKPo3uoF897GJVsd2A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <531F41F0.8060005@probo.com>

Trevor Haba wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to use python to change the volume on windows.
> After some googling the best I could come up with was this script I
> got from a relatively ancient entry on this mailing list (I think it
> was from 2005 or something). I'm using windows 7, and I would like it
> to work on windows 8 if possible, though its not necessary. I don't
> need to support any previous versions of windows.

Alas, the news is not good.

The simple and easy-to-use winmm APIs are no longer supported.  They
still work in many cases, but the mapping from the winmm device
numbering to the new audio API device numbering is mysterious, as you
have learned, and there is no good recipe to find them that works on
every system.

The "blessed" method of adjusting the volume in the Vista-and-beyond
audio world requires the use of COM.  You fetch an IMMDeviceEnumerator
interface, use that to fetch an IMMDevice for your device, then fetch an
IAudioEndpoint interface and call SetMasterVolumeLevel to adjust the
volume.  That's not really very much code in C++ terms, BUT none of
those interfaces have late-binding support, which means Python cannot
use them.

So, your only real choice is to write a Python extension in C++. 
Fortunately, using <boost/python.hpp>, that's not as hard as it used to be.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From wernerfbd at gmx.ch  Tue Mar 11 18:17:39 2014
From: wernerfbd at gmx.ch (Werner)
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:17:39 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] win32api on Windows 8
Message-ID: <531F4533.4010800@gmx.ch>

Hi,

I sent this to "pywin32-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net" a while ago but it 
doesn't show up in the archive, so I try here.

I just started working with Windows 8.1 and run into problems with above.

2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
Python Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more 
information.
import win32api
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<string>", line 1, in <fragment>
ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

I tried both "pywin32-218.win32-py2.7.exe" and 
"pywin32-216.win32-py2.7.exe".

I had no problems with pywin32 on Windows 7.

Appreciate any tip on how to fix this.

Werner

From vernondcole at gmail.com  Tue Mar 11 19:43:23 2014
From: vernondcole at gmail.com (Vernon D. Cole)
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:43:23 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] win32api on Windows 8
In-Reply-To: <531F4533.4010800@gmx.ch>
References: <531F4533.4010800@gmx.ch>
Message-ID: <CAH-ZgAcMuxZtf3kLK31uvKmLx-QkG3LSye=-nLeh5YhCLuz0Uw@mail.gmail.com>

I updated the Python version on my Windows 8.1 box to match yours exactly,
and here is what I see:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
> (c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> C:\Users\vernon>py
> Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
> on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import win32api
> >>> win32api.GetVersion()
> 602931718
> >>>
>
> The difference I see is that my Python says "on win32" but yours does not,
so there is some difference in the installations.
I used the Python x86 msi installer, UAC on, installed for all users from
an administrator account, taking all defaults.
I am running on an administrator account.

How might your installation be different?
--
Vernon Cole

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Werner <wernerfbd at gmx.ch> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I sent this to "pywin32-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net" a while ago but it
> doesn't show up in the archive, so I try here.
>
> I just started working with Windows 8.1 and run into problems with above.
>
> 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
> Python Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
> information.
> import win32api
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<string>", line 1, in <fragment>
> ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
>
> I tried both "pywin32-218.win32-py2.7.exe" and
> "pywin32-216.win32-py2.7.exe".
>
> I had no problems with pywin32 on Windows 7.
>
> Appreciate any tip on how to fix this.
>
> Werner
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>
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From Andrew.MacIntyre at acma.gov.au  Wed Mar 12 00:24:32 2014
From: Andrew.MacIntyre at acma.gov.au (Andrew MacIntyre)
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:24:32 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Control Volume on Windows [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Message-ID: <A1E4E9D08D14924498E135FB4441EE8D01058F2302@act01exmbx01vp.internal.govt>

>Trevor Haba wrote:
>> I'm looking for a way to use python to change the volume on windows.
>> After some googling the best I could come up with was this script I 
>> got from a relatively ancient entry on this mailing list (I think it 
>> was from 2005 or something). I'm using windows 7, and I would like it 
>
>> to work on windows 8 if possible, though its not necessary. I don't 
>> need to support any previous versions of windows.

To which Tim Roberts replied:
> Alas, the news is not good.
> 
> The simple and easy-to-use winmm APIs are no longer supported.  They
> still work in many cases, but the mapping from the winmm device
> numbering to the new audio API device numbering is mysterious, as you
> have learned, and there is no good recipe to find them that works on
> every system.
> 
> The "blessed" method of adjusting the volume in the Vista-and-beyond
> audio world requires the use of COM.  You fetch an IMMDeviceEnumerator
> interface, use that to fetch an IMMDevice for your device, then fetch an
> IAudioEndpoint interface and call SetMasterVolumeLevel to adjust the
> volume.  That's not really very much code in C++ terms, BUT none of those
> interfaces have late-binding support, which means Python cannot use them.

I think that comtypes (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/comtypes) can deal with early binding interfaces?

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From wernerfbd at gmx.ch  Wed Mar 12 08:25:17 2014
From: wernerfbd at gmx.ch (Werner)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 08:25:17 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] win32api on Windows 8
In-Reply-To: <CAH-ZgAcMuxZtf3kLK31uvKmLx-QkG3LSye=-nLeh5YhCLuz0Uw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <531F4533.4010800@gmx.ch>
 <CAH-ZgAcMuxZtf3kLK31uvKmLx-QkG3LSye=-nLeh5YhCLuz0Uw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <lfp24c$2sm$1@ger.gmane.org>

Hi Vernon,

On 11/03/2014 19:43, Vernon D. Cole wrote:
> I updated the Python version on my Windows 8.1 box to match yours
> exactly, and here is what I see:
>
>     Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
>     (c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
>     C:\Users\vernon>py
>     Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
>     (Intel)] on win32
>     Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>      >>> import win32api
>      >>> win32api.GetVersion()
>     602931718
>      >>>
>
> The difference I see is that my Python says "on win32" but yours does
> not, so there is some difference in the installations.
> I used the Python x86 msi installer, UAC on, installed for all users
> from an administrator account, taking all defaults.
> I am running on an administrator account.
>
> How might your installation be different?
The only difference is that I installed just for my user (which is an 
admin account)  I'll de-install and install for all users again.

Werner


From wernerfbd at gmx.ch  Wed Mar 12 11:14:09 2014
From: wernerfbd at gmx.ch (Werner)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:14:09 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] win32api on Windows 8
In-Reply-To: <lfp24c$2sm$1@ger.gmane.org>
References: <531F4533.4010800@gmx.ch>
 <CAH-ZgAcMuxZtf3kLK31uvKmLx-QkG3LSye=-nLeh5YhCLuz0Uw@mail.gmail.com>
 <lfp24c$2sm$1@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <lfpc0v$l26$1@ger.gmane.org>

Hi,

On 12/03/2014 08:25, Werner wrote:
> Hi Vernon,
>
> On 11/03/2014 19:43, Vernon D. Cole wrote:
>> I updated the Python version on my Windows 8.1 box to match yours
>> exactly, and here is what I see:
>>
>>     Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
>>     (c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>
>>     C:\Users\vernon>py
>>     Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
>>     (Intel)] on win32
>>     Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
>> information.
>>      >>> import win32api
>>      >>> win32api.GetVersion()
>>     602931718
>>      >>>
>>
>> The difference I see is that my Python says "on win32" but yours does
>> not, so there is some difference in the installations.
>> I used the Python x86 msi installer, UAC on, installed for all users
>> from an administrator account, taking all defaults.
>> I am running on an administrator account.
>>
>> How might your installation be different?
> The only difference is that I installed just for my user (which is an
> admin account)  I'll de-install and install for all users again.
Still searching but got a bit further.

The problem is only happening within the WingIDE 5 Python shell, if I do 
the import using python27/python.exe then it works fine.

I have posted to WingIDE support, will see if they have an explanation 
and hopefully a solution.

I checked sys.path on both and they are identical, so it must be 
something WingIDE is doing.

Werner


From wernerfbd at gmx.ch  Wed Mar 12 11:36:21 2014
From: wernerfbd at gmx.ch (Werner)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:36:21 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] win32api on Windows 8
In-Reply-To: <lfpc0v$l26$1@ger.gmane.org>
References: <531F4533.4010800@gmx.ch>
 <CAH-ZgAcMuxZtf3kLK31uvKmLx-QkG3LSye=-nLeh5YhCLuz0Uw@mail.gmail.com>
 <lfp24c$2sm$1@ger.gmane.org> <lfpc0v$l26$1@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <lfpdaj$5pf$1@ger.gmane.org>

Hi,

Doing some more testing, i.e. removed all again and start to install again.

Noted that pywin32-216.win32-py2.7.exe shows this at the end:

close failed in file object destructor:
sys.excepthook is missing
lost sys.stderr

I see the same if I use pywin32-218, in both cases I run it by right 
clicking the installer and select "run as admin".

O.K., now after having un-installed all what was installed into Py2.7 
and installed it all again it works.

Only difference I can think of is that I initially did not 'right click' 
and run as admin.

Werner


From timr at probo.com  Wed Mar 12 19:07:38 2014
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:07:38 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Control Volume on Windows [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
In-Reply-To: <A1E4E9D08D14924498E135FB4441EE8D01058F2302@act01exmbx01vp.internal.govt>
References: <A1E4E9D08D14924498E135FB4441EE8D01058F2302@act01exmbx01vp.internal.govt>
Message-ID: <5320A26A.6060701@probo.com>

Andrew MacIntyre wrote:
>> Trevor Haba wrote:
>>> I'm looking for a way to use python to change the volume on windows.
>>> After some googling the best I could come up with was this script I 
>>> got from a relatively ancient entry on this mailing list (I think it 
>>> was from 2005 or something). I'm using windows 7, and I would like it 
>>> to work on windows 8 if possible, though its not necessary. I don't 
>>> need to support any previous versions of windows.
> To which Tim Roberts replied:
>> Alas, the news is not good.
> I think that comtypes (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/comtypes) can deal with early binding interfaces?

You are quite right, and the attached script does it.  NOTE! that I have
not correctly defined all of the IMM interfaces for the general case;
I've only created enough of them to make this particular example work. 
On my Win 7 machine, this is able to fetch the default endpoint, display
the volume range (from -65.25 to 0 in steps of 0.75) and change the setting.

I'm glad you brought this up.  I've never played with comtypes before,
and this was a revealing exercise.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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import win32com
from comtypes import *
import comtypes.client
from ctypes import POINTER
from ctypes.wintypes import DWORD, BOOL

MMDeviceApiLib = \
    GUID('{2FDAAFA3-7523-4F66-9957-9D5E7FE698F6}')
IID_IMMDevice = \
    GUID('{D666063F-1587-4E43-81F1-B948E807363F}')
IID_IMMDeviceEnumerator = \
    GUID('{A95664D2-9614-4F35-A746-DE8DB63617E6}')
CLSID_MMDeviceEnumerator = \
    GUID('{BCDE0395-E52F-467C-8E3D-C4579291692E}')
IID_IMMDeviceCollection = \
    GUID('{0BD7A1BE-7A1A-44DB-8397-CC5392387B5E}')
IID_IAudioEndpointVolume = \
    GUID('{5CDF2C82-841E-4546-9722-0CF74078229A}')

class IMMDeviceCollection(IUnknown):
    _iid_ = GUID('{0BD7A1BE-7A1A-44DB-8397-CC5392387B5E}')
    pass

class IAudioEndpointVolume(IUnknown):
    _iid_ = GUID('{5CDF2C82-841E-4546-9722-0CF74078229A}')
    _methods_ = [
        STDMETHOD(HRESULT, 'RegisterControlChangeNotify', []),
        STDMETHOD(HRESULT, 'UnregisterControlChangeNotify', []),
        STDMETHOD(HRESULT, 'GetChannelCount', []),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'SetMasterVolumeLevel',
            (['in'], c_float, 'fLevelDB'),
            (['in'], POINTER(GUID), 'pguidEventContext')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'SetMasterVolumeLevelScalar',
            (['in'], c_float, 'fLevelDB'),
            (['in'], POINTER(GUID), 'pguidEventContext')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'GetMasterVolumeLevel',
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(c_float), 'pfLevelDB')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'GetMasterVolumeLevelScalar',
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(c_float), 'pfLevelDB')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'SetChannelVolumeLevel',
            (['in'], DWORD, 'nChannel'),
            (['in'], c_float, 'fLevelDB'),
            (['in'], POINTER(GUID), 'pguidEventContext')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'SetChannelVolumeLevelScalar',
            (['in'], DWORD, 'nChannel'),
            (['in'], c_float, 'fLevelDB'),
            (['in'], POINTER(GUID), 'pguidEventContext')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'GetChannelVolumeLevel',
            (['in'], DWORD, 'nChannel'),
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(c_float), 'pfLevelDB')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'GetChannelVolumeLevelScalar',
            (['in'], DWORD, 'nChannel'),
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(c_float), 'pfLevelDB')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'SetMute',
            (['in'], BOOL, 'bMute'),
            (['in'], POINTER(GUID), 'pguidEventContext')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'GetMute',
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(BOOL), 'pbMute')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'GetVolumeStepInfo',
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(c_float), 'pnStep'),
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(c_float), 'pnStepCount'),
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'VolumeStepUp',
            (['in'], POINTER(GUID), 'pguidEventContext')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'VolumeStepDown',
            (['in'], POINTER(GUID), 'pguidEventContext')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'QueryHardwareSupport',
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(DWORD), 'pdwHardwareSupportMask')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'GetVolumeRange',
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(c_float), 'pfMin'),
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(c_float), 'pfMax'),
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(c_float), 'pfIncr')
        ),

    ]

class IMMDevice(IUnknown):
    _iid_ = GUID('{D666063F-1587-4E43-81F1-B948E807363F}')
    _methods_ = [
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'Activate',
            (['in'], POINTER(GUID), 'iid'),
            (['in'], DWORD, 'dwClsCtx'),
            (['in'], POINTER(DWORD), 'pActivationParans'),
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(POINTER(IAudioEndpointVolume)), 'ppInterface')
        ),
        STDMETHOD(HRESULT, 'OpenPropertyStore', []),
        STDMETHOD(HRESULT, 'GetId', []),
        STDMETHOD(HRESULT, 'GetState', [])
    ]
    pass

class IMMDeviceEnumerator(comtypes.IUnknown):
    _iid_ = GUID('{A95664D2-9614-4F35-A746-DE8DB63617E6}')

    _methods_ = [
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'EnumAudioEndpoints',
            (['in'], DWORD, 'dataFlow'),
            (['in'], DWORD, 'dwStateMask'),
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(POINTER(IMMDeviceCollection)), 'ppDevices')
        ),
        COMMETHOD([], HRESULT, 'GetDefaultAudioEndpoint',
            (['in'], DWORD, 'dataFlow'),
            (['in'], DWORD, 'role'),
            (['out','retval'], POINTER(POINTER(IMMDevice)), 'ppDevices')
        )
    ]





enumerator = comtypes.CoCreateInstance( 
    CLSID_MMDeviceEnumerator,
    IMMDeviceEnumerator,
    comtypes.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER
)

print enumerator
endpoint = enumerator.GetDefaultAudioEndpoint( 0, 1 )
print endpoint
volume = endpoint.Activate( IID_IAudioEndpointVolume, comtypes.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, None )
print volume
print volume.GetMasterVolumeLevel()
print volume.GetVolumeRange()
volume.SetMasterVolumeLevel(-20.0, None)

From habahut at gmail.com  Fri Mar 14 06:39:00 2014
From: habahut at gmail.com (Trevor Haba)
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 22:39:00 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] (no subject)
Message-ID: <CAFzC=F0cZcVuSuTQZh01UgnCk1vzHMvRg72+z234NLxCkuQp1w@mail.gmail.com>

Woah, awesome. Thanks Tim!. Since this is for a personal side project I
would never have spent enough time to get that working. Thanks!
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From jacob at blindza.co.za  Tue Mar 18 06:14:54 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:14:54 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Simple audio recording
Message-ID: <887F4F9C6A374B0D9004C5CFA7BD3779@JakePC>

Am playing around with a bit of a personal assistant app, that includes letting people record smallish audio notes/sound clips, etc., and am currently using pyAudio to handle recording - relatively simple/easy, etc., but, one small issue seems to be that if I use something like winsound to beep just before start recording, to sort of notify user that recording is about to start, this seems to possibly cause input/output stream issues.

In other words, possible to avoid/work around, but, just wondering what guys would recommend looking into for simple little bits of audio recording of sound clips, etc.?

TIA

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
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From mc at mclaveau.com  Tue Mar 18 06:55:27 2014
From: mc at mclaveau.com (mc@mclaveau)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:55:27 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Simple audio recording
In-Reply-To: <887F4F9C6A374B0D9004C5CFA7BD3779@JakePC>
References: <887F4F9C6A374B0D9004C5CFA7BD3779@JakePC>
Message-ID: <5327DFCF.5060800@mclaveau.com>

Hi!

The exampl below run OK on my Win.7 with Python 2.7 + pywin32.

@+
-- 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import time,os
from ctypes import windll, c_buffer

class mci:

     def __init__(self):
         self.w32mci      = windll.winmm.mciSendStringA
         self.w32mcierror = windll.winmm.mciGetErrorStringA

     def send(self,commande):
         buffer  = c_buffer(255)
         errorcode = self.w32mci(str(commande),buffer,254,0)

         if errorcode:   # There was an error
             return errorcode, self.get_error(errorcode)
         else:           # commande returned 0
             return errorcode,buffer.value

     def get_error(self,error):
         """Given an error code, will return a description of the error."""
         error = int(error)
         buffer = c_buffer(255)
         self.w32mcierror(error,buffer,254)
         return buffer.value

     def directsend(self, txt):
         (err,buf)=self.send(txt)
         if err != 0:
             print'Erreur',str(err),'sur',txt,':',buf
         return (err,buf)

     def record(self):
         print"Record"
         self.directsend('open new type waveaudio alias toto')
         self.directsend('Set toto time format milliseconds')
         self.directsend('set toto bitspersample 8')   # 8 bits  ou 16 bits
         self.directsend('set toto samplespersec 11025') # 11025 low 
quality    22050 medium quality   44100 high quality (CD)
         self.directsend('set toto channels 1')  # 1 mono   2 stereo

         self.directsend('record toto')
         time.sleep(0.1)

     def finrecord(self, nomfichier):
         self.directsend('stop toto')
         self.directsend('save toto '+nomfichier)
         self.directsend('close toto')
         #self.directsend('delete toto')

     def play(self, nomfichier):
         self.directsend('open "'+nomfichier+'" alias toto')
         self.directsend('set toto time format milliseconds')
         err,duree=self.directsend('status toto length ')
         self.directsend('play toto from 0 to '+str(duree))
         time.sleep(float(duree)/1000.0)
         self.directsend('stop toto')
         self.directsend('close toto')

if __name__=='__main__':
     message=mci()
     message.record()
     for i in xrange(4):
         time.sleep(1)
         print 4-i
     print "Fin"
     message.finrecord(os.getcwd()+"\\test.wav")
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Le 18.03.14 06:14, Jacob Kruger a ?crit :
> Am playing around with a bit of a personal assistant app, that 
> includes letting people record smallish audio notes/sound clips, etc., 
> and am currently using pyAudio to handle recording - relatively 
> simple/easy, etc., but, one small issue seems to be that if I use 
> something like winsound to beep just before start recording, to sort 
> of notify user that recording is about to start, this seems to 
> possibly cause input/output stream issues.
> In other words, possible to avoid/work around, but, just wondering 
> what guys would recommend looking into for simple little bits of audio 
> recording of sound clips, etc.?
> TIA
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
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From jacob at blindza.co.za  Tue Mar 18 10:15:41 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:15:41 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Simple audio recording
In-Reply-To: <5327DFCF.5060800@mclaveau.com>
References: <887F4F9C6A374B0D9004C5CFA7BD3779@JakePC>
 <5327DFCF.5060800@mclaveau.com>
Message-ID: <B9C1008AA89947CFBCC44E91ADF5BD46@JakePC>

Thanks - will try it out just now.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mc at mclaveau 
  To: python-win32 at python.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, 18 March, 2014 7:55 AM
  Subject: Re: [python-win32] Simple audio recording


  Hi!

  The exampl below run OK on my Win.7 with Python 2.7 + pywin32.

  @+

  -- 



------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

  import time,os
  from ctypes import windll, c_buffer

  class mci:

      def __init__(self):
          self.w32mci      = windll.winmm.mciSendStringA
          self.w32mcierror = windll.winmm.mciGetErrorStringA

      def send(self,commande):
          buffer  = c_buffer(255)
          errorcode = self.w32mci(str(commande),buffer,254,0)

          if errorcode:   # There was an error
              return errorcode, self.get_error(errorcode)
          else:           # commande returned 0
              return errorcode,buffer.value

      def get_error(self,error):
          """Given an error code, will return a description of the error."""
          error = int(error)
          buffer = c_buffer(255)
          self.w32mcierror(error,buffer,254)
          return buffer.value

      def directsend(self, txt):
          (err,buf)=self.send(txt)
          if err != 0:
              print'Erreur',str(err),'sur',txt,':',buf
          return (err,buf)

      def record(self):
          print"Record"
          self.directsend('open new type waveaudio alias toto')
          self.directsend('Set toto time format milliseconds')
          self.directsend('set toto bitspersample 8')   # 8 bits  ou 16 bits
          self.directsend('set toto samplespersec 11025') #     11025 low quality    22050 medium quality   44100 high quality (CD)
          self.directsend('set toto channels 1')  # 1 mono   2 stereo

          self.directsend('record toto')
          time.sleep(0.1)

      def finrecord(self, nomfichier):
          self.directsend('stop toto')
          self.directsend('save toto '+nomfichier)
          self.directsend('close toto')
          #self.directsend('delete toto')

      def play(self, nomfichier):
          self.directsend('open "'+nomfichier+'" alias toto')
          self.directsend('set toto time format milliseconds')
          err,duree=self.directsend('status toto length ')
          self.directsend('play toto from 0 to '+str(duree))
          time.sleep(float(duree)/1000.0)
          self.directsend('stop toto')
          self.directsend('close toto')

  if __name__=='__main__':
      message=mci()
      message.record()
      for i in xrange(4):
          time.sleep(1)
          print 4-i
      print "Fin"
      message.finrecord(os.getcwd()+"\\test.wav")

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  Le 18.03.14 06:14, Jacob Kruger a ?crit :

    Am playing around with a bit of a personal assistant app, that includes letting people record smallish audio notes/sound clips, etc., and am currently using pyAudio to handle recording - relatively simple/easy, etc., but, one small issue seems to be that if I use something like winsound to beep just before start recording, to sort of notify user that recording is about to start, this seems to possibly cause input/output stream issues.

    In other words, possible to avoid/work around, but, just wondering what guys would recommend looking into for simple little bits of audio recording of sound clips, etc.?

    TIA

    Jacob Kruger
    Blind Biker
    Skype: BlindZA
    "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."


     

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From jacob at blindza.co.za  Tue Mar 18 13:32:45 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:32:45 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Simple audio recording
In-Reply-To: <5327DFCF.5060800@mclaveau.com>
References: <887F4F9C6A374B0D9004C5CFA7BD3779@JakePC>
 <5327DFCF.5060800@mclaveau.com>
Message-ID: <A3FDFC524C174DD183B3F4E531CDEE3A@JakePC>

OK, quick test, and, thanks!

Just got it to start recording, while, using sound_lib loaded a prior recording into a FileStream, and let it play back while the new recording was taking place, then called finrecord(), loaded new recording clip into another stream, and you could hear the whole thing operating/cooperating, etc. etc.

In other words, perfect!

<smile>

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mc at mclaveau 
  To: python-win32 at python.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, 18 March, 2014 7:55 AM
  Subject: Re: [python-win32] Simple audio recording


  Hi!

  The exampl below run OK on my Win.7 with Python 2.7 + pywin32.

  @+

  -- 



------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

  import time,os
  from ctypes import windll, c_buffer

  class mci:

      def __init__(self):
          self.w32mci      = windll.winmm.mciSendStringA
          self.w32mcierror = windll.winmm.mciGetErrorStringA

      def send(self,commande):
          buffer  = c_buffer(255)
          errorcode = self.w32mci(str(commande),buffer,254,0)

          if errorcode:   # There was an error
              return errorcode, self.get_error(errorcode)
          else:           # commande returned 0
              return errorcode,buffer.value

      def get_error(self,error):
          """Given an error code, will return a description of the error."""
          error = int(error)
          buffer = c_buffer(255)
          self.w32mcierror(error,buffer,254)
          return buffer.value

      def directsend(self, txt):
          (err,buf)=self.send(txt)
          if err != 0:
              print'Erreur',str(err),'sur',txt,':',buf
          return (err,buf)

      def record(self):
          print"Record"
          self.directsend('open new type waveaudio alias toto')
          self.directsend('Set toto time format milliseconds')
          self.directsend('set toto bitspersample 8')   # 8 bits  ou 16 bits
          self.directsend('set toto samplespersec 11025') #     11025 low quality    22050 medium quality   44100 high quality (CD)
          self.directsend('set toto channels 1')  # 1 mono   2 stereo

          self.directsend('record toto')
          time.sleep(0.1)

      def finrecord(self, nomfichier):
          self.directsend('stop toto')
          self.directsend('save toto '+nomfichier)
          self.directsend('close toto')
          #self.directsend('delete toto')

      def play(self, nomfichier):
          self.directsend('open "'+nomfichier+'" alias toto')
          self.directsend('set toto time format milliseconds')
          err,duree=self.directsend('status toto length ')
          self.directsend('play toto from 0 to '+str(duree))
          time.sleep(float(duree)/1000.0)
          self.directsend('stop toto')
          self.directsend('close toto')

  if __name__=='__main__':
      message=mci()
      message.record()
      for i in xrange(4):
          time.sleep(1)
          print 4-i
      print "Fin"
      message.finrecord(os.getcwd()+"\\test.wav")

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  Le 18.03.14 06:14, Jacob Kruger a ?crit :

    Am playing around with a bit of a personal assistant app, that includes letting people record smallish audio notes/sound clips, etc., and am currently using pyAudio to handle recording - relatively simple/easy, etc., but, one small issue seems to be that if I use something like winsound to beep just before start recording, to sort of notify user that recording is about to start, this seems to possibly cause input/output stream issues.

    In other words, possible to avoid/work around, but, just wondering what guys would recommend looking into for simple little bits of audio recording of sound clips, etc.?

    TIA

    Jacob Kruger
    Blind Biker
    Skype: BlindZA
    "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."


     

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From mc at mclaveau.com  Tue Mar 18 20:36:27 2014
From: mc at mclaveau.com (mc@mclaveau)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:36:27 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Simple audio recording
In-Reply-To: <A3FDFC524C174DD183B3F4E531CDEE3A@JakePC>
References: <887F4F9C6A374B0D9004C5CFA7BD3779@JakePC>
 <5327DFCF.5060800@mclaveau.com> <A3FDFC524C174DD183B3F4E531CDEE3A@JakePC>
Message-ID: <5328A03B.3020006@mclaveau.com>

Re!

Thanks for your return.

France ; Ard?che


Le 18.03.14 13:32, Jacob Kruger a ?crit :
> OK, quick test, and, thanks!
> Just got it to start recording, while, using sound_lib loaded a prior 
> recording into a FileStream, and let it play back while the new 
> recording was taking place, then called finrecord(), loaded new 
> recording clip into another stream, and you could hear the whole thing 
> operating/cooperating, etc. etc.
> In other words, perfect!
> <smile>
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* mc at mclaveau <mailto:mc at mclaveau>
>     *To:* python-win32 at python.org <mailto:python-win32 at python.org>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, 18 March, 2014 7:55 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [python-win32] Simple audio recording
>
>     Hi!
>
>     The exampl below run OK on my Win.7 with Python 2.7 + pywin32.
>
>     @+
>     -- 
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
>
>     import time,os
>     from ctypes import windll, c_buffer
>
>     class mci:
>
>         def __init__(self):
>             self.w32mci      = windll.winmm.mciSendStringA
>             self.w32mcierror = windll.winmm.mciGetErrorStringA
>
>         def send(self,commande):
>             buffer  = c_buffer(255)
>             errorcode = self.w32mci(str(commande),buffer,254,0)
>
>             if errorcode:   # There was an error
>                 return errorcode, self.get_error(errorcode)
>             else:           # commande returned 0
>                 return errorcode,buffer.value
>
>         def get_error(self,error):
>             """Given an error code, will return a description of the
>     error."""
>             error = int(error)
>             buffer = c_buffer(255)
>             self.w32mcierror(error,buffer,254)
>             return buffer.value
>
>         def directsend(self, txt):
>             (err,buf)=self.send(txt)
>             if err != 0:
>                 print'Erreur',str(err),'sur',txt,':',buf
>             return (err,buf)
>
>         def record(self):
>             print"Record"
>             self.directsend('open new type waveaudio alias toto')
>             self.directsend('Set toto time format milliseconds')
>             self.directsend('set toto bitspersample 8')   # 8 bits  ou
>     16 bits
>             self.directsend('set toto samplespersec 11025') # 11025
>     low quality    22050 medium quality   44100 high quality (CD)
>             self.directsend('set toto channels 1')  # 1 mono   2 stereo
>
>             self.directsend('record toto')
>             time.sleep(0.1)
>
>         def finrecord(self, nomfichier):
>             self.directsend('stop toto')
>             self.directsend('save toto '+nomfichier)
>             self.directsend('close toto')
>             #self.directsend('delete toto')
>
>         def play(self, nomfichier):
>             self.directsend('open "'+nomfichier+'" alias toto')
>             self.directsend('set toto time format milliseconds')
>             err,duree=self.directsend('status toto length ')
>             self.directsend('play toto from 0 to '+str(duree))
>             time.sleep(float(duree)/1000.0)
>             self.directsend('stop toto')
>             self.directsend('close toto')
>
>     if __name__=='__main__':
>         message=mci()
>         message.record()
>         for i in xrange(4):
>             time.sleep(1)
>             print 4-i
>         print "Fin"
>         message.finrecord(os.getcwd()+"\\test.wav")
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>     Le 18.03.14 06:14, Jacob Kruger a ?crit :
>>     Am playing around with a bit of a personal assistant app, that
>>     includes letting people record smallish audio notes/sound clips,
>>     etc., and am currently using pyAudio to handle recording -
>>     relatively simple/easy, etc., but, one small issue seems to be
>>     that if I use something like winsound to beep just before start
>>     recording, to sort of notify user that recording is about to
>>     start, this seems to possibly cause input/output stream issues.
>>     In other words, possible to avoid/work around, but, just
>>     wondering what guys would recommend looking into for simple
>>     little bits of audio recording of sound clips, etc.?
>>     TIA
>>
>>     Jacob Kruger
>>     Blind Biker
>>     Skype: BlindZA
>>     "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
>>
>>
>>     _______________________________________________
>>     python-win32 mailing list
>>     python-win32 at python.org
>>     https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>
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>     python-win32 at python.org
>     https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>
>
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From vernondcole at gmail.com  Tue Mar 18 22:53:13 2014
From: vernondcole at gmail.com (Vernon D. Cole)
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:53:13 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] Simple audio recording
In-Reply-To: <5327DFCF.5060800@mclaveau.com>
References: <887F4F9C6A374B0D9004C5CFA7BD3779@JakePC>
 <5327DFCF.5060800@mclaveau.com>
Message-ID: <CAH-ZgAdAsGRCjhiZQqzN0O=w=D350R4+3Dm5PhwN0OqK5udQDw@mail.gmail.com>

Just for fun (I know it works in console mode)...
What happens if you try a "beep" the old fashioned way?
print chr(7)



On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:55 PM, mc at mclaveau <mc at mclaveau.com> wrote:

>  Hi!
>
> The exampl below run OK on my Win.7 with Python 2.7 + pywin32.
>
> @+
> --
>
> ------------------------------
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
>
> import time,os
> from ctypes import windll, c_buffer
>
> class mci:
>
>     def __init__(self):
>         self.w32mci      = windll.winmm.mciSendStringA
>         self.w32mcierror = windll.winmm.mciGetErrorStringA
>
>     def send(self,commande):
>         buffer  = c_buffer(255)
>         errorcode = self.w32mci(str(commande),buffer,254,0)
>
>         if errorcode:   # There was an error
>             return errorcode, self.get_error(errorcode)
>         else:           # commande returned 0
>             return errorcode,buffer.value
>
>     def get_error(self,error):
>         """Given an error code, will return a description of the error."""
>         error = int(error)
>         buffer = c_buffer(255)
>         self.w32mcierror(error,buffer,254)
>         return buffer.value
>
>     def directsend(self, txt):
>         (err,buf)=self.send(txt)
>         if err != 0:
>             print'Erreur',str(err),'sur',txt,':',buf
>         return (err,buf)
>
>     def record(self):
>         print"Record"
>         self.directsend('open new type waveaudio alias toto')
>         self.directsend('Set toto time format milliseconds')
>         self.directsend('set toto bitspersample 8')   # 8 bits  ou 16 bits
>         self.directsend('set toto samplespersec 11025') #     11025 low
> quality    22050 medium quality   44100 high quality (CD)
>         self.directsend('set toto channels 1')  # 1 mono   2 stereo
>
>         self.directsend('record toto')
>         time.sleep(0.1)
>
>     def finrecord(self, nomfichier):
>         self.directsend('stop toto')
>         self.directsend('save toto '+nomfichier)
>         self.directsend('close toto')
>         #self.directsend('delete toto')
>
>     def play(self, nomfichier):
>         self.directsend('open "'+nomfichier+'" alias toto')
>         self.directsend('set toto time format milliseconds')
>         err,duree=self.directsend('status toto length ')
>         self.directsend('play toto from 0 to '+str(duree))
>         time.sleep(float(duree)/1000.0)
>         self.directsend('stop toto')
>         self.directsend('close toto')
>
> if __name__=='__main__':
>     message=mci()
>     message.record()
>     for i in xrange(4):
>         time.sleep(1)
>         print 4-i
>     print "Fin"
>     message.finrecord(os.getcwd()+"\\test.wav")
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Le 18.03.14 06:14, Jacob Kruger a ?crit :
>
> Am playing around with a bit of a personal assistant app, that includes
> letting people record smallish audio notes/sound clips, etc., and am
> currently using pyAudio to handle recording - relatively simple/easy, etc.,
> but, one small issue seems to be that if I use something like winsound to
> beep just before start recording, to sort of notify user that recording is
> about to start, this seems to possibly cause input/output stream issues.
>
> In other words, possible to avoid/work around, but, just wondering what
> guys would recommend looking into for simple little bits of audio recording
> of sound clips, etc.?
>
> TIA
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing listpython-win32 at python.orghttps://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
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From jacob at blindza.co.za  Wed Mar 19 00:41:52 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:41:52 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Simple audio recording
In-Reply-To: <CAH-ZgAdAsGRCjhiZQqzN0O=w=D350R4+3Dm5PhwN0OqK5udQDw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <887F4F9C6A374B0D9004C5CFA7BD3779@JakePC>
 <5327DFCF.5060800@mclaveau.com>
 <CAH-ZgAdAsGRCjhiZQqzN0O=w=D350R4+3Dm5PhwN0OqK5udQDw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9D9D011E7FEE427AAED910F558D557FA@JakePC>

Works if am running code from/via interpreter, but, once I compile it to executable using cx, no longer beeps...<smile>

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Vernon D. Cole 
  To: mc at mclaveau 
  Cc: python-win32 
  Sent: Tuesday, 18 March, 2014 11:53 PM
  Subject: Re: [python-win32] Simple audio recording


  Just for fun (I know it works in console mode)...

  What happens if you try a "beep" the old fashioned way?

  print chr(7)





  On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:55 PM, mc at mclaveau <mc at mclaveau.com> wrote:

    Hi!

    The exampl below run OK on my Win.7 with Python 2.7 + pywin32.

    @+

    -- 



----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

    import time,os
    from ctypes import windll, c_buffer

    class mci:

        def __init__(self):
            self.w32mci      = windll.winmm.mciSendStringA
            self.w32mcierror = windll.winmm.mciGetErrorStringA

        def send(self,commande):
            buffer  = c_buffer(255)
            errorcode = self.w32mci(str(commande),buffer,254,0)

            if errorcode:   # There was an error
                return errorcode, self.get_error(errorcode)
            else:           # commande returned 0
                return errorcode,buffer.value

        def get_error(self,error):
            """Given an error code, will return a description of the error."""
            error = int(error)
            buffer = c_buffer(255)
            self.w32mcierror(error,buffer,254)
            return buffer.value

        def directsend(self, txt):
            (err,buf)=self.send(txt)
            if err != 0:
                print'Erreur',str(err),'sur',txt,':',buf
            return (err,buf)

        def record(self):
            print"Record"
            self.directsend('open new type waveaudio alias toto')
            self.directsend('Set toto time format milliseconds')
            self.directsend('set toto bitspersample 8')   # 8 bits  ou 16 bits
            self.directsend('set toto samplespersec 11025') #     11025 low quality    22050 medium quality   44100 high quality (CD)
            self.directsend('set toto channels 1')  # 1 mono   2 stereo

            self.directsend('record toto')
            time.sleep(0.1)

        def finrecord(self, nomfichier):
            self.directsend('stop toto')
            self.directsend('save toto '+nomfichier)
            self.directsend('close toto')
            #self.directsend('delete toto')

        def play(self, nomfichier):
            self.directsend('open "'+nomfichier+'" alias toto')
            self.directsend('set toto time format milliseconds')
            err,duree=self.directsend('status toto length ')
            self.directsend('play toto from 0 to '+str(duree))
            time.sleep(float(duree)/1000.0)
            self.directsend('stop toto')
            self.directsend('close toto')

    if __name__=='__main__':
        message=mci()
        message.record()
        for i in xrange(4):
            time.sleep(1)
            print 4-i
        print "Fin"
        message.finrecord(os.getcwd()+"\\test.wav")

----------------------------------------------------------------------------



    Le 18.03.14 06:14, Jacob Kruger a ?crit :

      Am playing around with a bit of a personal assistant app, that includes letting people record smallish audio notes/sound clips, etc., and am currently using pyAudio to handle recording - relatively simple/easy, etc., but, one small issue seems to be that if I use something like winsound to beep just before start recording, to sort of notify user that recording is about to start, this seems to possibly cause input/output stream issues.

      In other words, possible to avoid/work around, but, just wondering what guys would recommend looking into for simple little bits of audio recording of sound clips, etc.?

      TIA

      Jacob Kruger
      Blind Biker
      Skype: BlindZA
      "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."


       

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From jacob at blindza.co.za  Wed Mar 19 11:32:52 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:32:52 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Bringing an external initiated/called window to
	foreground/focus?
Message-ID: <413EA599A57E4B718B60367DF6A3C301@JakePC>

If, for example, I use something like following command line call/command to launch an instance of windows explorer, in a specific location, with a specific file highlighted/selected, the issue is that it seems to, possibly be hovering in background/not actually taking focus on my windows7 64 bit machine:

explorer /select,c:\temp\testFile.txt

Wondering if there's a relatively simple way to bring a specific, external window/application into foreground focus?

TIA

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
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From Jim at JC-Bell.com  Wed Mar 19 12:50:14 2014
From: Jim at JC-Bell.com (Jim Bell)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:50:14 -0500
Subject: [python-win32] Bringing an external initiated/called window to
 foreground/focus?
In-Reply-To: <413EA599A57E4B718B60367DF6A3C301@JakePC>
References: <413EA599A57E4B718B60367DF6A3C301@JakePC>
Message-ID: <53298476.8090701@JC-Bell.com>

Find and activate it by matching its window title.

import win32com.client
shell = win32com.client.Dispatch('WScript.Shell')
if shell.AppActivate('Explorer'): # put a better match here.
    print 'Did it.'


On 2014-03-19 5:32 AM, Jacob Kruger wrote:
> If, for example, I use something like following command line 
> call/command to launch an instance of windows explorer, in a specific 
> location, with a specific file highlighted/selected, the issue is that 
> it seems to, possibly be hovering in background/not actually taking 
> focus on my windows7 64 bit machine:
> explorer /select,c:\temp\testFile.txt
> Wondering if there's a relatively simple way to bring a specific, 
> external window/application into foreground focus?
> TIA
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."

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From jacob at blindza.co.za  Wed Mar 19 16:31:19 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:31:19 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Bringing an external initiated/called window to
	foreground/focus?
In-Reply-To: <53298476.8090701@JC-Bell.com>
References: <413EA599A57E4B718B60367DF6A3C301@JakePC>
 <53298476.8090701@JC-Bell.com>
Message-ID: <F92257A22E2D49B5BED0969B96C03D20@JakePC>

Perfect!

Only issue will be varying possibilities of titles for windows explorer window, but, can work around that.

Thanks

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Bell 
  To: Jacob Kruger ; python-win32 
  Sent: Wednesday, 19 March, 2014 1:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [python-win32] Bringing an external initiated/called window to foreground/focus?


  Find and activate it by matching its window title.

  import win32com.client
  shell = win32com.client.Dispatch('WScript.Shell')
  if shell.AppActivate('Explorer'): # put a better match here.
     print 'Did it.'



  On 2014-03-19 5:32 AM, Jacob Kruger wrote:

    If, for example, I use something like following command line call/command to launch an instance of windows explorer, in a specific location, with a specific file highlighted/selected, the issue is that it seems to, possibly be hovering in background/not actually taking focus on my windows7 64 bit machine:

    explorer /select,c:\temp\testFile.txt

    Wondering if there's a relatively simple way to bring a specific, external window/application into foreground focus?

    TIA

    Jacob Kruger
    Blind Biker
    Skype: BlindZA
    "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."


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From mc at mclaveau.com  Wed Mar 19 20:47:45 2014
From: mc at mclaveau.com (mc@mclaveau)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:47:45 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Bringing an external initiated/called window to
 foreground/focus?
In-Reply-To: <413EA599A57E4B718B60367DF6A3C301@JakePC>
References: <413EA599A57E4B718B60367DF6A3C301@JakePC>
Message-ID: <5329F461.9000808@mclaveau.com>

Hi!

Below, a little code for set to foreground windows who have two 
sub-string in their title.

@-salutations & sorry for my bad english.
-- 
Michel Claveau

------------------------------------------------------------------------
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import win32gui

def win_premierplan_h(hwin, r):
     st=win32gui.GetWindowText(hwin)
     if st.find(r[0])>-1 and st.find(r[1])>-1:
         if hwin!=0:
             try:
                 win32gui.SetForegroundWindow(hwin)
             except:
                 pass

def win_premierplan(r1,r2):
     """
     Met au premier plan les fen?tres dont le titre contient les deux 
cha?nes-rep?res r1 et r2
     utiliser des chaines-rep?res en Unicode
     """
     win32gui.EnumWindows(win_premierplan_h,(r1,r2))


win_premierplan("C:\\","")
win_premierplan("My","Pic")

------------------------------------------------------------------------


Le 19.03.14 11:32, Jacob Kruger a ?crit :
> If, for example, I use something like following command line 
> call/command to launch an instance of windows explorer, in a specific 
> location, with a specific file highlighted/selected, the issue is that 
> it seems to, possibly be hovering in background/not actually taking 
> focus on my windows7 64 bit machine:
> explorer /select,c:\temp\testFile.txt
> Wondering if there's a relatively simple way to bring a specific, 
> external window/application into foreground focus?
> TIA
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
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From nulla.epistola at web.de  Thu Mar 20 18:05:45 2014
From: nulla.epistola at web.de (Sibylle Koczian)
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:05:45 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Python 3.4: adodbapi.connect(..) crashes
Message-ID: <532B1FE9.3020401@web.de>

Hello,

I just changed from Python 3.3 to 3.4, installed 
pywin32-218.win-amd64-py3.4.exe and tried to execute a script that 
definitely worked two weeks ago. No other changes, but now I get this 
exception:


Python 3.4.0 (v3.4.0:04f714765c13, Mar 16 2014, 19:25:23) [MSC v.1600 64 
bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
 >>> import adodbapi
 >>> cConnform = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source={0};"
 >>> cAccName = r"D:\home\Sibylle\Dokumente\OOo_db\MedienEDV.mdb"
 >>> accessconnstr = cConnform.format(cAccName)
 >>> accessconnstr
'Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data 
Source=D:\\home\\Sibylle\\Dokumente\\OOo_db\\MedienEDV.mdb;'
 >>> accessconn = adodbapi.connect(accessconnstr)
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\adodbapi\adodbapi.py", line 295, 
in connect
     pythoncom.CoInitialize()             #v2.1 Paj
NameError: name 'pythoncom' is not defined

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in <module>
     accessconn = adodbapi.connect(accessconnstr)
   File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\adodbapi\adodbapi.py", line 298, 
in connect
     raise InterfaceError #Probably COM Error
adodbapi.adodbapi.InterfaceError
 >>>

Windows 7, 64bit, no MS Office on this machine, the provider is 
installed (and usable from a .NET application).

To me this exception looks as if the import of pythoncom didn't happen, 
but I can't understand why not. Googling didn't get me anything - 
probably the problem is too new. What can I do?

Thank you for help,
Sibylle

From vernondcole at gmail.com  Fri Mar 21 09:35:55 2014
From: vernondcole at gmail.com (Vernon D. Cole)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:35:55 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Python 3.4: adodbapi.connect(..) crashes
In-Reply-To: <532B1FE9.3020401@web.de>
References: <532B1FE9.3020401@web.de>
Message-ID: <CAH-ZgAfadUEVzrMdrWjva9_Gc6BM3mVE63ZSbWeAXphwmfzj0Q@mail.gmail.com>

Argh!  I personally had not gotten around to trying Python 3.4 yet.  The
pythoncom package is widely used and I can't imagine that the lack of it
got past our normal QA tests. I will check on this as soon as I get off
work.

 In the meantime, you should be able to have many versions of python loaded
in parallel on your machine (I have around 7, usually) so you can reload
3.3 and use the *Python Launcher for Windows* to switch between versions.
Use...

> py -3 myprogram.py  # runs the highest numbered Python 3
>
or...

> py -3.3 myprogram.py  # runs version 3.3
>



On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Sibylle Koczian <nulla.epistola at web.de>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just changed from Python 3.3 to 3.4, installed
> pywin32-218.win-amd64-py3.4.exe and tried to execute a script that
> definitely worked two weeks ago. No other changes, but now I get this
> exception:
>
>
> Python 3.4.0 (v3.4.0:04f714765c13, Mar 16 2014, 19:25:23) [MSC v.1600 64
> bit (AMD64)] on win32
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
> >>> import adodbapi
> >>> cConnform = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source={0};"
> >>> cAccName = r"D:\home\Sibylle\Dokumente\OOo_db\MedienEDV.mdb"
> >>> accessconnstr = cConnform.format(cAccName)
> >>> accessconnstr
> 'Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=D:\\home\\Sibylle\\
> Dokumente\\OOo_db\\MedienEDV.mdb;'
> >>> accessconn = adodbapi.connect(accessconnstr)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\adodbapi\adodbapi.py", line 295, in
> connect
>     pythoncom.CoInitialize()             #v2.1 Paj
> NameError: name 'pythoncom' is not defined
>
> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in <module>
>     accessconn = adodbapi.connect(accessconnstr)
>   File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\adodbapi\adodbapi.py", line 298, in
> connect
>     raise InterfaceError #Probably COM Error
> adodbapi.adodbapi.InterfaceError
> >>>
>
> Windows 7, 64bit, no MS Office on this machine, the provider is installed
> (and usable from a .NET application).
>
> To me this exception looks as if the import of pythoncom didn't happen,
> but I can't understand why not. Googling didn't get me anything - probably
> the problem is too new. What can I do?
>
> Thank you for help,
> Sibylle
> _______________________________________________
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> python-win32 at python.org
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From theller at ctypes.org  Fri Mar 21 21:22:39 2014
From: theller at ctypes.org (Thomas Heller)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 21:22:39 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] python 3.4 and pywin32
Message-ID: <lgi713$rk4$2@ger.gmane.org>

[this has also been sent to the python-dev mailing list]

With python 3.4 and pywin32 version 218 it is only possible
to import win32com or win32api when pywintypes has been imported before.

I have no idea if this is a bug in pywin32 or in Python 3.4.
Does anyone know more?

Thanks,
Thomas


From jacob at blindza.co.za  Sat Mar 22 00:03:07 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 01:03:07 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] My bzPersonalAssistant code/project
Message-ID: <3931CCB2414F4E1C8519E7DE54A49674@JakePC>

If of interest, here are two separate download links - the one for the current source code, and the other, larger one for currently compiled windows executable etc. - bzPersonalAssistant.exe.

And, since this is sort of first time am really focusing on _trying_ to use wxPython frames, dialog's etc. a bit better/properly, I would also appreciate it if you can let me know if have messed up anything specific in terms of layout, general usage, etc. - BTW, blind biker in my email signature is a fact, and I can't look at GUI interface in the 'normal' way...<smile> - and, yes, there are still other pieces of using LBC module at times, etc., but, will eventually try clear those out as well, but, that's partly why want to find out if am doing much correctly in terms of how am trying to implement wxPython GUI building/rendition.

Anyway, here's the source code - total of652Kb, and starting point is bzPersonalAssistant.py :
http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/bzPersonalAssistantSource.zip

Otherwise, here's the windows executable version - total of 8.35Mb, and was built using cx_Freeze - executable there is bzPersonalAssistant.exe:
http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/bzPersonalAssistantExecutable.zip

Now, this is meant to be sort of what the name says - a smallish piece of personal assistant type of software, and currently offers you typing in, categorising and searching for text notes, lets you define categories for, and then record .wav audio clips/audio notes, using windows standard audio input source - and have already figured out how to do something like invoke lame encoder via command line to switch over to sort of ending up offering .MP3 output, but haven't bothered with that yet, since at least part of that might relate to path/location compatibility if I actually let people do much more than test this applet, but, let's see.

The other categories are a form of calendar, and categorised collections of web links, and contacts, and haven't finished off documentation of much as of yet, but, for example, since this is sort of targeting VI/blind users to a certain extent - wx is AFAIC the best GUI framework in terms of python generated acdcessibility - it can also tell you certain things using forms of TTS, and should notify you on the change of hour using small synthesized sound clips from the ./sounds directory as well, but anyway.

I'm making use of python 2.7, wxPython 3.0, and other non-standard python modules are things like accessible_output, a small audio recording class in there - thanks for that one - etc. etc., along with a couple of win32 specific modules at moment, but anyway.

Please let me know if you look at this at all, and what you think of end-result/output/code - know/am sure there are likely to still be some unresolved bugs/glitches in there - but am still busy playing around with this - and, yes, I generally use tab character for indentation - and have left it like that in source code for now.

TIA

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
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From mc at mclaveau.com  Sat Mar 22 00:38:54 2014
From: mc at mclaveau.com (mc@mclaveau)
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:38:54 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] My bzPersonalAssistant code/project
In-Reply-To: <3931CCB2414F4E1C8519E7DE54A49674@JakePC>
References: <3931CCB2414F4E1C8519E7DE54A49674@JakePC>
Message-ID: <532CCD8E.8090202@mclaveau.com>

Slt!

Hmmm... I have downloaded  the source-file. I try it, and... I found 
that wxPython is necessary.
But, perso, I use my own GUI (based on PyWin32).

I will try the exe version in a virtual computer, when I will found times.

@+
-- 
MCi



Le 22.03.14 00:03, Jacob Kruger a ?crit :
> If of interest, here are two separate download links - the one for the 
> current source code, and the other, larger one for currently compiled 
> windows executable etc. - bzPersonalAssistant.exe.
> And, since this is sort of first time am really focusing on _trying_ 
> to use wxPython frames, dialog's etc. a bit better/properly, I would 
> also appreciate it if you can let me know if have messed up anything 
> specific in terms of layout, general usage, etc. - BTW, blind biker in 
> my email signature is a fact, and I can't look at GUI interface in the 
> 'normal' way...<smile> - and, yes, there are still other pieces of 
> using LBC module at times, etc., but, will eventually try clear those 
> out as well, but, that's partly why want to find out if am doing much 
> correctly in terms of how am trying to implement wxPython GUI 
> building/rendition.
> Anyway, here's the source code - total of652Kb, and starting point is 
> bzPersonalAssistant.py :
> http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/_bzPersonalAssistantSource.zip_ 
> <mhtml:%7B45EE5523-7604-4B64-B3B1-076A923B8C4D%7Dmid://00000058/%21x-usc:http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/bzPersonalAssistantSource.zip>
> Otherwise, here's the windows executable version - total of 8.35Mb, 
> and was built using cx_Freeze - executable there is 
> bzPersonalAssistant.exe:
> http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/bzPersonalAssistantExecutable.zip 
> <mhtml:%7B45EE5523-7604-4B64-B3B1-076A923B8C4D%7Dmid://00000058/%21x-usc:http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/bzPersonalAssistantExecutable.zip>
> Now, this is meant to be sort of what the name says - a smallish piece 
> of personal assistant type of software, and currently offers you 
> typing in, categorising and searching for text notes, lets you define 
> categories for, and then record .wav audio clips/audio notes, using 
> windows standard audio input source - and have already figured out how 
> to do something like invoke lame encoder via command line to switch 
> over to sort of ending up offering .MP3 output, but haven't bothered 
> with that yet, since at least part of that might relate to 
> path/location compatibility if I actually let people do much more than 
> test this applet, but, let's see.
> The other categories are a form of calendar, and categorised 
> collections of web links, and contacts, and haven't finished off 
> documentation of much as of yet, but, for example, since this is sort 
> of targeting VI/blind users to a certain extent - wx is AFAIC the best 
> GUI framework in terms of python generated acdcessibility - it can 
> also tell you certain things using forms of TTS, and should notify you 
> on the change of hour using small synthesized sound clips from the 
> ./sounds directory as well, but anyway.
> I'm making use of python 2.7, wxPython 3.0, and other non-standard 
> python modules are things like accessible_output, a small audio 
> recording class in there - thanks for that one - etc. etc., along with 
> a couple of win32 specific modules at moment, but anyway.
> Please let me know if you look at this at all, and what you think of 
> end-result/output/code - know/am sure there are likely to still be 
> some unresolved bugs/glitches in there - but am still busy playing 
> around with this - and, yes, I generally use tab character for 
> indentation - and have left it like that in source code for now.
> TIA
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32

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From jacob at blindza.co.za  Sat Mar 22 08:21:35 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:21:35 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] My bzPersonalAssistant code/project
In-Reply-To: <532CCD8E.8090202@mclaveau.com>
References: <3931CCB2414F4E1C8519E7DE54A49674@JakePC>
 <532CCD8E.8090202@mclaveau.com>
Message-ID: <5F65456B5F4F40EDA875DE4C5CB676FC@JakePC>

Thanks.

BTW, the other non-standard modules am making use of, aside from wxPython 3.0 - went over to that one for help with wx.lib.scrolledpanel - include accessible_output, and sound_lib - from:
http://hg.q-continuum.net

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mc at mclaveau 
  To: python-win32 at python.org 
  Sent: Saturday, 22 March, 2014 1:38 AM
  Subject: Re: [python-win32] My bzPersonalAssistant code/project


  Slt!

  Hmmm... I have downloaded  the source-file. I try it, and... I found that wxPython is necessary.
  But, perso, I use my own GUI (based on PyWin32).

  I will try the exe version in a virtual computer, when I will found times.

  @+
  -- 
  MCi



  Le 22.03.14 00:03, Jacob Kruger a ?crit :

    If of interest, here are two separate download links - the one for the current source code, and the other, larger one for currently compiled windows executable etc. - bzPersonalAssistant.exe.

    And, since this is sort of first time am really focusing on _trying_ to use wxPython frames, dialog's etc. a bit better/properly, I would also appreciate it if you can let me know if have messed up anything specific in terms of layout, general usage, etc. - BTW, blind biker in my email signature is a fact, and I can't look at GUI interface in the 'normal' way...<smile> - and, yes, there are still other pieces of using LBC module at times, etc., but, will eventually try clear those out as well, but, that's partly why want to find out if am doing much correctly in terms of how am trying to implement wxPython GUI building/rendition.

    Anyway, here's the source code - total of652Kb, and starting point is bzPersonalAssistant.py :
    http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/bzPersonalAssistantSource.zip

    Otherwise, here's the windows executable version - total of 8.35Mb, and was built using cx_Freeze - executable there is bzPersonalAssistant.exe:
    http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/bzPersonalAssistantExecutable.zip

    Now, this is meant to be sort of what the name says - a smallish piece of personal assistant type of software, and currently offers you typing in, categorising and searching for text notes, lets you define categories for, and then record .wav audio clips/audio notes, using windows standard audio input source - and have already figured out how to do something like invoke lame encoder via command line to switch over to sort of ending up offering .MP3 output, but haven't bothered with that yet, since at least part of that might relate to path/location compatibility if I actually let people do much more than test this applet, but, let's see.

    The other categories are a form of calendar, and categorised collections of web links, and contacts, and haven't finished off documentation of much as of yet, but, for example, since this is sort of targeting VI/blind users to a certain extent - wx is AFAIC the best GUI framework in terms of python generated acdcessibility - it can also tell you certain things using forms of TTS, and should notify you on the change of hour using small synthesized sound clips from the ./sounds directory as well, but anyway.

    I'm making use of python 2.7, wxPython 3.0, and other non-standard python modules are things like accessible_output, a small audio recording class in there - thanks for that one - etc. etc., along with a couple of win32 specific modules at moment, but anyway.

    Please let me know if you look at this at all, and what you think of end-result/output/code - know/am sure there are likely to still be some unresolved bugs/glitches in there - but am still busy playing around with this - and, yes, I generally use tab character for indentation - and have left it like that in source code for now.

    TIA

    Jacob Kruger
    Blind Biker
    Skype: BlindZA
    "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."


     

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From nulla.epistola at web.de  Sat Mar 22 10:35:10 2014
From: nulla.epistola at web.de (Sibylle Koczian)
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:35:10 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] Fwd: Re:  Python 3.4: adodbapi.connect(..) crashes
In-Reply-To: <532C957F.5080100@web.de>
References: <532C957F.5080100@web.de>
Message-ID: <532D594E.4050906@web.de>

Sorry, this should have gone to the list!

Sibylle

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
Betreff: Re: [python-win32] Python 3.4: adodbapi.connect(..) crashes
Datum: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:39:43 +0100
Von: Sibylle Koczian <nulla.epistola at web.de>
An: Vernon D. Cole <vernondcole at gmail.com>

Am 21.03.2014 09:35, schrieb Vernon D. Cole:
> Argh!  I personally had not gotten around to trying Python 3.4 yet.  The
> pythoncom package is widely used and I can't imagine that the lack of it
> got past our normal QA tests. I will check on this as soon as I get off
> work.
>
>   In the meantime, you should be able to have many versions of python
> loaded in parallel on your machine (I have around 7, usually) so you can
> reload 3.3 and use the /Python Launcher for Windows/ to switch between
> versions. Use...
>
>     py -3 myprogram.py  # runs the highest numbered Python 3
>
> or...
>
>     py -3.3 myprogram.py  # runs version 3.3
>

Did that, but now it gets crazy. I installed Python 3.3.5 and, first,
pywin32-217.win-amd64-py3.3.exe (fresh from the download page), because
that was the version I had before. First I got this message at the end
of the installation:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<string>", line 612, in <module>
   File "<string>", line 322, in install
   File "<string>", line 160, in LoadSystemModule
   File "C:\Python33\lib\imp.py", line 186, in load_module
     return load_dynamic(name, filename, opened_file)
ImportError: DLL load failed: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.
(The specified module could not be found.)

I've used pywin32 for years and never got such a message.

Using Python 3.3 I could import adodbapi in spite of this, but trying to
connect to an Access database I got exactly the same exception as before
with Python 3.4 and build 218.

So this begins to look like something local to my PC, but what can it
be? Last week this worked. Moreover I tried to install the windows
extensions on another machine running Windows 8.1, Python 3.3.3, and got
the same error message at installation.

Sadly, using something reasonable in place of Access is no option in
this case, it's not my database.

Regards
Sibylle

From vernondcole at gmail.com  Fri Mar 21 22:18:14 2014
From: vernondcole at gmail.com (Vernon D. Cole)
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:18:14 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] python 3.4 and pywin32
In-Reply-To: <lgi713$rk4$2@ger.gmane.org>
References: <lgi713$rk4$2@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <CAH-ZgAd132KK8WXw1uYnSr2E76pCe=VygdndTxy4X5Dy2A8TwA@mail.gmail.com>

Mark & Crew:
  We have a serious problem with the Python 3.4 64-bit release.  This is
not just a weird adodbapi bug.  The IDE will not run, either.
--
Vernon
[image: Inline image 1]


On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org> wrote:

> [this has also been sent to the python-dev mailing list]
>
> With python 3.4 and pywin32 version 218 it is only possible
> to import win32com or win32api when pywintypes has been imported before.
>
> I have no idea if this is a bug in pywin32 or in Python 3.4.
> Does anyone know more?
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
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From jacob at blindza.co.za  Sat Mar 22 14:41:17 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:41:17 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] [wxPython-users] My bzPersonalAssistant
	code/project
In-Reply-To: <532D727E.6080607@jls-radio.com>
References: <A47EC75D7AC640EA8E757F8120C11BB3@JakePC>
 <532D727E.6080607@jls-radio.com>
Message-ID: <68511B4AE9CF48E18C279EC4BCD4FCAD@JakePC>

Ok, will look into newer versions, in case, but, would those package 
directories be the same as generated when adding them to data_files when 
using py2exe?

As in how do you include them for referral/reference when using cx_Freeze? 
Or do I just copy the directories generated by sound_lib.py2exe_datafiles(), 
etc. to the output folder of cx_Freeze as well..?

TIA

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Scholes" <james at jls-radio.com>
To: <jacob at blindza.co.za>
Sent: Saturday, 22 March, 2014 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [wxPython-users] My bzPersonalAssistant code/project


> Jacob Kruger wrote:
>> Otherwise, here's the windows executable version - total of 8.35Mb, and
>> was built using cx_Freeze - executable there is bzPersonalAssistant.exe:
>> http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/bzPersonalAssistantExecutable.zip
>
> You haven't packaged the lib directories that come with sound_lib and
> accessible_output, so your application fails to start from the
> executable.  I'd also recommend updating to accessible_output2 from:
> http://hg.q-continuum.net/accessible_output2/
> -- 
> James Scholes
> http://twitter.com/JamesScholes
> 


From jacob at blindza.co.za  Sat Mar 22 13:45:26 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:45:26 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] My bzPersonalAssistant code/project
In-Reply-To: <5F65456B5F4F40EDA875DE4C5CB676FC@JakePC>
References: <3931CCB2414F4E1C8519E7DE54A49674@JakePC>
 <532CCD8E.8090202@mclaveau.com> <5F65456B5F4F40EDA875DE4C5CB676FC@JakePC>
Message-ID: <4334418477494F229D52F355EF2A9C51@JakePC>

Ok, next question - partly since I have almost no experience with trying to create/redistribute windows executables, etc.

Built this app with both cx_Freeze, and now also a version using py2exe, and the cx_Freeze version doesn't want to run at all inside my one windows XP VMWare instance, which I tried to test it on, and did also try installing both 9.0 and 10.0 versions of VCRT, in case, but, still just immediately renders an error message, but, can't find any details under event viewer log, so not exactly sure what's causing this, but although can't read error dialogue much, it seems to be mentioning something about CX wrapper/packaging, or something, and if I then also build a version using py2exe, which was avoiding, since this seems to have issues with wxPython, or something since won't even do everything on my development machine - runs, but, some buttons just don't handle events, etc., with no information coming up, but, if copy that executable over to test machine, then it at least runs somewhat, but, still generates an error when I try to, for example, invoke audio recording, but, am not sure if the MS error report means much - see attachment.

Anyway, was wondering if there's a general/simple way to find/figure out what libraries/preinstallations you might need to notify an end user about, or provide copies of with something like this?

All my real development work in past has been related to web development, where you don't have to worry about end user environment as much...<smile>

TIA

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."

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From jacob at blindza.co.za  Mon Mar 24 00:25:35 2014
From: jacob at blindza.co.za (Jacob Kruger)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:25:35 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] My bzPersonalAssistant code/project
In-Reply-To: <4334418477494F229D52F355EF2A9C51@JakePC>
References: <3931CCB2414F4E1C8519E7DE54A49674@JakePC>
 <532CCD8E.8090202@mclaveau.com> <5F65456B5F4F40EDA875DE4C5CB676FC@JakePC>
 <4334418477494F229D52F355EF2A9C51@JakePC>
Message-ID: <5FD88BFF656749389D394BFD13E48697@JakePC>

Ok, next update - took sound_lib out of modules/use, and switched over to only using the code in recClass.py to handle both playback and recording of sound, and can now compile code on my dev machine, using cx_Freeze, into an executable that seems to handle pretty much alright on the VMWare windows XP 32 bit machine - except it doesn't want to handle actual sound recording, but, think that could be due to the sort of virtual sound card hardware, so will need to try test this on another machine that's relatively clean/free of all development tools, etc., but anyway.

Anyway, if interested, here's the new/current version of source code - and, external/additional modules am making use of/implementing, aside from any included in this folder, are accessible_output, and wxPython 3.0 - don't think there are too many other, additional/external modules being made use of, but could have forgotten something - 656Kb:
http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/bzPersonalAssistantSource.zip

Only other issue there would be that it's going to look for user account app data folder, which would under windows7 fall under something like:
c:\Users\<userName>\AppData\Roaming\bzPersonalAssistant\bzPersonalAssistant

or, under windows XP, that would be more like:
C:\Documents and Settings\<userName>\Application Data\bzPersonalAssistant\bzP
ersonalAssistant>

And, under that directory, it will look for the audioNotes folder, as well as storing bzPersonal.data - using pickle to store lists/dictionaries of data therein -, etc., as well as possibly sounds directory, since am at time switching operational path over to there.

Here's the compiled/generated output that seems to work best/most reliably using cx_Freeze - py2exe doesn't want to work/launch .exe, and pyInstaller also seems 'unhappy' - 22.2Mb:
http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/bzPersonalAssistantExecutable.zip

And, here's an install package that also creates user account app data directory structure, and renders icons under start menu group - this was done using innoSetup - 16.9Mb:
http://www.blindza.co.za/bzPersonalAssistant/setup.exe

Either way, it seems to work/operate for now - just a quick test, except for throwing an error when I try to actually invoke sound recording, but, like said, that could be due to VMWare hardware imitation, or not...<smile>

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
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From theller at ctypes.org  Mon Mar 24 08:42:07 2014
From: theller at ctypes.org (Thomas Heller)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:42:07 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] python 3.4 and pywin32
In-Reply-To: <CAH-ZgAd132KK8WXw1uYnSr2E76pCe=VygdndTxy4X5Dy2A8TwA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <lgi713$rk4$2@ger.gmane.org>
 <CAH-ZgAd132KK8WXw1uYnSr2E76pCe=VygdndTxy4X5Dy2A8TwA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <lgonit$63n$1@ger.gmane.org>

Am 21.03.2014 22:18, schrieb Vernon D. Cole:
> Mark & Crew:
>    We have a serious problem with the Python 3.4 64-bit release.  This
> is not just a weird adodbapi bug.  The IDE will not run, either.

I have created http://bugs.python.org/issue21050 in the python bug tracker.

Thomas

> --
> Vernon
> Inline image 1
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>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org
> <mailto:theller at ctypes.org>> wrote:
>
>     [this has also been sent to the python-dev mailing list]
>
>     With python 3.4 and pywin32 version 218 it is only possible
>     to import win32com or win32api when pywintypes has been imported before.
>
>     I have no idea if this is a bug in pywin32 or in Python 3.4.
>     Does anyone know more?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Thomas
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From theller at ctypes.org  Mon Mar 24 17:38:32 2014
From: theller at ctypes.org (Thomas Heller)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:38:32 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] python 3.4 and pywin32
In-Reply-To: <lgi713$rk4$2@ger.gmane.org>
References: <lgi713$rk4$2@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <lgpn0m$b1o$1@ger.gmane.org>

Am 21.03.2014 21:22, schrieb Thomas Heller:
> [this has also been sent to the python-dev mailing list]
>
> With python 3.4 and pywin32 version 218 it is only possible
> to import win32com or win32api when pywintypes has been imported before.

False alarm: after cleaning everything up and installing again this
works now. Sorry for the noise.

Thomas



From vernondcole at gmail.com  Mon Mar 24 21:25:56 2014
From: vernondcole at gmail.com (Vernon D. Cole)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:25:56 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] python 3.4 and pywin32
In-Reply-To: <lgpn0m$b1o$1@ger.gmane.org>
References: <lgi713$rk4$2@ger.gmane.org> <lgpn0m$b1o$1@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <CAH-ZgAfxzVxXSTryxtyLBYT3dAswsJ9XZH8Nk4PE_MR55LsLCA@mail.gmail.com>

So why is _mine_ broken, too?  What exactly did you clean up?



On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org> wrote:

> Am 21.03.2014 21:22, schrieb Thomas Heller:
>
>  [this has also been sent to the python-dev mailing list]
>>
>> With python 3.4 and pywin32 version 218 it is only possible
>> to import win32com or win32api when pywintypes has been imported before.
>>
>
> False alarm: after cleaning everything up and installing again this
> works now. Sorry for the noise.
>
>
> Thomas
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From theller at ctypes.org  Tue Mar 25 09:17:31 2014
From: theller at ctypes.org (Thomas Heller)
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:17:31 +0100
Subject: [python-win32] python 3.4 and pywin32
In-Reply-To: <CAH-ZgAfxzVxXSTryxtyLBYT3dAswsJ9XZH8Nk4PE_MR55LsLCA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <lgi713$rk4$2@ger.gmane.org> <lgpn0m$b1o$1@ger.gmane.org>
 <CAH-ZgAfxzVxXSTryxtyLBYT3dAswsJ9XZH8Nk4PE_MR55LsLCA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <53313B9B.6090108@ctypes.org>

Am 24.03.2014 21:25, schrieb Vernon D. Cole:
> So why is _mine_ broken, too?

No idea.

>  What exactly did you clean up?

I ran the bdist_wininst uninstaller, then ran 'pip uninstall pywin32'
and installed the bdist_wininst installer again then it worked.

Previously I probably had a mess of installed versions, from the
original bdist_wininst installer that I downloaded from sourceforge,
plus a wheel package that I built myself with
'wheel convert pywin32-218.win32-py3.4.exe' and then installed with pip.

It seems I cannot reproduce now the problem that I had then.
Note: all this is with 32-bit python, on win7 64-bit.

>
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org
> <mailto:theller at ctypes.org>> wrote:
>
>     Am 21.03.2014 21 <tel:21.03.2014%2021>:22, schrieb Thomas Heller:
>
>         [this has also been sent to the python-dev mailing list]
>
>         With python 3.4 and pywin32 version 218 it is only possible
>         to import win32com or win32api when pywintypes has been imported
>         before.
>
>
>     False alarm: after cleaning everything up and installing again this
>     works now. Sorry for the noise.
>
>
>     Thomas
>
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From bgailer at gmail.com  Sat Mar 29 22:39:27 2014
From: bgailer at gmail.com (bob gailer)
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:39:27 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Problem with Check:  can't decode byte 0x90
Message-ID: <53373D8F.8050901@gmail.com>

My program loads into an edit window and runs fine.

Top line :  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

However when I invoke check (shift-ctl-c) I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File 
"C:\Python33\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\intpyapp.py", 
line 335, in OnFileCheck
     scriptutils.CheckFile()
   File 
"C:\Python33\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 
467, in CheckFile
     code = f.read() + "\n"
   File "C:\Python33\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 23, in decode
     return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]
UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x90 in position 
19689: character maps to <undefined>

How do we fix this?

From rupole at hotmail.com  Sun Mar 30 16:31:30 2014
From: rupole at hotmail.com (Roger Upole)
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:31:30 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Problem with Check:  can't decode byte 0x90
References: <53373D8F.8050901@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <lh99s4$rbq$1@ger.gmane.org>

Should be able to open the file in binary mode (as RunScript above it does)
and append the \n as bytes.

    Roger

"bob gailer" <bgailer at gmail.com> wrote in message news:53373D8F.8050901 at gmail.com...
> My program loads into an edit window and runs fine.
>
> Top line :  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
>
> However when I invoke check (shift-ctl-c) I get:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Python33\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\intpyapp.py", line 335, in OnFileCheck
>     scriptutils.CheckFile()
>   File "C:\Python33\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 467, in CheckFile
>     code = f.read() + "\n"
>   File "C:\Python33\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 23, in decode
>     return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]
> UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x90 in position 19689: character maps to <undefined>
>
> How do we fix this? 




From bgailer at gmail.com  Mon Mar 31 04:06:07 2014
From: bgailer at gmail.com (bob gailer)
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 22:06:07 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Problem with Check:  can't decode byte 0x90
In-Reply-To: <lh99s4$rbq$1@ger.gmane.org>
References: <53373D8F.8050901@gmail.com> <lh99s4$rbq$1@ger.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <5338CD8F.70109@gmail.com>

On 3/30/2014 10:31 AM, Roger Upole wrote:
> Should be able to open the file in binary mode (as RunScript above it does)
> and append the \n as bytes.
Are you asking me to modify the code that is behind File->Check 
(Ctrl+Shift+C)? That is part of the pywin distribution!

If I modify the read in that code I assume something else will break.

I will file a bug report.
> "bob gailer" <bgailer at gmail.com> wrote in message news:53373D8F.8050901 at gmail.com...
>> My program loads into an edit window and runs fine.
>>
>> Top line :  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
>>
>> However when I invoke check (shift-ctl-c) I get:
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>    File "C:\Python33\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\intpyapp.py", line 335, in OnFileCheck
>>      scriptutils.CheckFile()
>>    File "C:\Python33\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 467, in CheckFile
>>      code = f.read() + "\n"
>>    File "C:\Python33\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 23, in decode
>>      return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]
>> UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x90 in position 19689: character maps to <undefined>

From pfraser at spatialmedia.com  Mon Mar 31 08:16:33 2014
From: pfraser at spatialmedia.com (Peter Fraser)
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:16:33 +1300
Subject: [python-win32] Pythonwin IDE hangs on tool menu edits -and
	workaround
Message-ID: <53390841.8060902@spatialmedia.com>

Hello Pywinonauts

Pythonwin  (pywin32 build218 python 2.7.6) is hanging after I edit the 
tools menu (or rather; whenever I go to the "Tools menu" tab of 
"PythonWin Options" and hit OK  -I don't need to actually edit anything 
to provoke the problem)

It seems that ToolMenuPropPage.OnOK gets into an endless loop   -because 
it expects self.listControl.GetItemText(itemLook, 0) to raise 
win32ui.error when it runs out of items  *but* GetItemText is happily 
returning zero length strings in this case.

As a workaround I have added...

if not self.listControl.GetItemText(itemLook, 0):break

..to toolmenu.py above the line...

items.append( ( self.listControl.GetItemText(itemLook, 0), 
self.listControl.GetItemText(itemLook, 1) ) )


An older PythonWin (pywin32 build214 python 2.6.6) does not have the 
problem  -but I wonder if the difference that makes a difference is 
particular to my machine. I tried deleting everything under under 
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Python 2.7\Python for Win32\Tools Menu"  but 
it made no difference.

Is it just my machine (surely everyone else in the world can edit the 
tools menu ok)?

Am I missing something about GetItemText perhaps?

any wisdom appreciated

pf