[python-win32] Calling unregistered COM libraries via Python

[Manowitz, David]

Since I knew the path to the library, I wasn't sure if that was the case, but I guess so.

--David



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From: Mark Hammond <skippy.hammond at gmail.com>
Date: 1/11/2016 5:55 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Manowitz, David" <David.Manowitz at eia.gov>, "'comtypes-users at lists.sourceforge.net'" <comtypes-users at lists.sourceforge.net>, "'python-win32 at python.org'" <python-win32 at python.org>
Subject: Re: [python-win32] Calling unregistered COM libraries via Python

On 12/01/2016 4:21 AM, Manowitz, David wrote:
> Is it possible, either via the win32com extensions or the comtypes
> package (or some other package), to call to an unregistered COM
> library?  It doesn’t seem so, but I wanted to check.

COM uses the registration info to locate and load the library, so in
general it's not possible. You could always just register it though...

Mark

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