[python-win32] What does pythoncom interface look like?

[Tim Roberts]

Kurt Eilander wrote:
> I'm trying to create a win32com server that implements a standard
> interface (IExtractImage)
>
> I've added the iid to _com_interfaces_ and the method names to
> _public_methods_, but now I'm at a complete loss how to implement them.
>
> For instance, given the method,
> HRESULT IExtractImage::GetLocation(
>   [out]           LPWSTR pszPathBuffer,
>   [in]            DWORD  cchMax,
>   [out]           DWORD  *pdwPriority,
>   [in]      const SIZE   *prgSize,
>   [in]            DWORD  dwRecClrDepth,
>   [in, out]       DWORD  *pdwFlags
> );
>
> How in the world is that supposed to look as a python method??
>
> (Or is there some c++ or other glue I'd need to write to define that?)

You have four input parameters and three output parameters.  You will
have something like:
        def GetLocation( cchMax, prgSize, dwRecClrDepth, dwFlags ):
            # ...
            return (S_OK, path, priority, dwFlags)

Much experimentation will be required.

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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
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