From ckkart at hoc.net  Sun Jun  3 11:51:14 2018
From: ckkart at hoc.net (ckkart at hoc.net)
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2018 12:51:14 -0300
Subject: [python-win32] get MAPI session from OOM
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Am 2018-05-31 03:31, schrieb timr at probo.com:
> On May 30, 2018, at 11:23 AM, ckkart at hoc.net wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Any ideas? Do you think it will help to do a fresh install of office 
>> 2016?
> 
> In addition to just installing Outlook, have you configured Outlook?
> You can't access MAPI unless you have incoming and outgoing servers
> configured and authenticated.

I installed Office 2016 from scratch and still get the same error. But I 
could make a new observation. When running a standalone script

from win32com.client import Dispatch
o = Dispatch('Outlook.Application')
o.GetNamespace('MAPI').Session.MAPIOBJECT.QueryInterface(mapi.IID_IMAPISession)

a window opens saying that there is no standard mail application 
defined. I checked in the system settings and changed the setting from 
the windows 10 mail app to outlook but I still get that error. I get it 
too when I initialize a MAPISession like this:

from win32com.mapi import mapi
mapi.MAPIInitialize((0,mapi.MAPI_MULTITHREAD_NOTIFICATIONS))

I am lost.

Christian


From ahz001 at gmail.com  Sun Jun  3 18:30:59 2018
From: ahz001 at gmail.com (Andrew Ziem)
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 16:30:59 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] large buffer with GetOpenFileNameW
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Yes, that worked to increase the buffer. Thank you, Tim. :)


Andrew

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 12:10 PM, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
> Andrew Ziem wrote:
>> When I select a few files, the dialog works, but when I select many
>> files, I get the following error. Do you have any advice?
>>
>> error: (12291, 'GetOpenFileNameW', 'No error message is available')
>>
>> Error 12291 is FNERR_BUFFERTOOSMALL
>
> Yes.  The code in win32gui.i only allocates a buffer of 1,024
> characters.  If you select more than that, you'll get FNERR_BUFFERTOOSMALL.
>
> There may be a slimy way to work around this.  The code allocates the
> larger of 1024 characters or the size of the File parameter.   You could
> try something like
>     win32gui.GetOpenFileName( None, File='\x00' * 2048, Flags=... )
>
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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From ckkart at hoc.net  Mon Jun  4 22:00:11 2018
From: ckkart at hoc.net (ckkart at hoc.net)
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 23:00:11 -0300
Subject: [python-win32] get MAPI session from OOM
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Am 03/06/18 um 12:51 schrieb Christian K.:
> Am 2018-05-31 03:31, schrieb timr at probo.com:
>> On May 30, 2018, at 11:23 AM, ckkart at hoc.net wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Any ideas? Do you think it will help to do a fresh install of office
>>> 2016?
>>
>> In addition to just installing Outlook, have you configured Outlook?
>> You can't access MAPI unless you have incoming and outgoing servers
>> configured and authenticated.
> 
> I installed Office 2016 from scratch and still get the same error. But I
> could make a new observation. When running a standalone script
> 
> from win32com.client import Dispatch
> o = Dispatch('Outlook.Application')
> o.GetNamespace('MAPI').Session.MAPIOBJECT.QueryInterface(mapi.IID_IMAPISession)
> 
> 
> a window opens saying that there is no standard mail application
> defined. I checked in the system settings and changed the setting from
> the windows 10 mail app to outlook but I still get that error. I get it
> too when I initialize a MAPISession like this:
> 
> from win32com.mapi import mapi
> mapi.MAPIInitialize((0,mapi.MAPI_MULTITHREAD_NOTIFICATIONS))
> 

I got it. This was due to a very stupid mistake. I tried to connect to
32 bit office from 64 bit python. Sorry for the noise.

Christian


From simonmcconnell at gmail.com  Sat Jun  9 01:11:27 2018
From: simonmcconnell at gmail.com (Simon McConnell)
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2018 07:11:27 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Dispatching something that requires elevation
Message-ID: <CAB-XqiURSbp=oQCz55QNPbUPq8jz--5pg4LOOYrUEGFHORkMTg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I am trying to dispatch a COM interface of a program that is set to "Run as
Administrator" in the Compatibility Settings of its properties.  Running
the script w/o elevation results in a 'requires elevation' error.  Running
the script with elevation results in a 'server execution failed' error,
which I understand to be "I can't find that thing".  Removing the "Run as
Administrator" from the Compatibility settings and running the script w/o
elevation works, but unfortunately, this program needs to be run as
administrator.  When opening the program manually I have to accept the UAC
popup and cannot turn it off thanks to Group Policy.  Any clues?

import win32com.client
o = win32com.client.Dispatch("CimplicityME.Application")


gives the error:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
line 89, in _GetGoodDispatch
    IDispatch = pythoncom.connect(IDispatch)
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221021, 'Operation unavailable', None, None)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\src\proficy.py", line
5, in <module>
    o = win32com.client.Dispatch("CimplicityME.Application")
  File
"C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py",
line 95, in Dispatch
    dispatch, userName =
dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch,userName,clsctx)
  File
"C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
line 114, in _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
    return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
  File
"C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
line 91, in _GetGoodDispatch
    IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx,
pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147024156, 'The requested operation requires
elevation.', None, None)



If I run the script as administrator I get the following error:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
line 89, in _GetGoodDispatch
    IDispatch = pythoncom.connect(IDispatch)
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221021, 'Operation unavailable', None, None)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\src\proficy.py", line
5, in <module>
    o = win32com.client.Dispatch("CimplicityME.Application")
  File
"C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py",
line 95, in Dispatch
    dispatch, userName =
dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch,userName,clsctx)
  File
"C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
line 114, in _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
    return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
  File
"C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
line 91, in _GetGoodDispatch
    IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx,
pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
pywintypes.com_error: (-2146959355, 'Server execution failed', None, None)
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From vernondcole at gmail.com  Sat Jun  9 12:52:12 2018
From: vernondcole at gmail.com (Vernon D. Cole)
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2018 10:52:12 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] Dispatching something that requires elevation
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look in github.com/salt-bevy/sudo.py
<https://github.com/salt-bevy/salt-bevy/blob/master/configure_machine/sudo.py>
for a module which will request elevated privileges for a Python script
running as a normal user.
Perhaps that can help create a solution for your use case.

There is a sample call for it in bootstrap_bevy_member_here.py or you can
just run it from the command line with the script you want to run as
administrator as its arguments.



On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 11:11 PM, Simon McConnell <simonmcconnell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to dispatch a COM interface of a program that is set to "Run
> as Administrator" in the Compatibility Settings of its properties.  Running
> the script w/o elevation results in a 'requires elevation' error.  Running
> the script with elevation results in a 'server execution failed' error,
> which I understand to be "I can't find that thing".  Removing the "Run as
> Administrator" from the Compatibility settings and running the script w/o
> elevation works, but unfortunately, this program needs to be run as
> administrator.  When opening the program manually I have to accept the UAC
> popup and cannot turn it off thanks to Group Policy.  Any clues?
>
> import win32com.client
> o = win32com.client.Dispatch("CimplicityME.Application")
>
>
> gives the error:
>
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\
> lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 89, in
> _GetGoodDispatch
>     IDispatch = pythoncom.connect(IDispatch)
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221021, 'Operation unavailable', None, None)
>
> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\src\proficy.py", line
> 5, in <module>
>     o = win32com.client.Dispatch("CimplicityME.Application")
>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\
> lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 95, in Dispatch
>     dispatch, userName = dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(
> dispatch,userName,clsctx)
>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\
> lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 114, in
> _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
>     return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\
> lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 91, in
> _GetGoodDispatch
>     IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx,
> pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147024156, 'The requested operation requires
> elevation.', None, None)
>
>
>
> If I run the script as administrator I get the following error:
>
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\
> lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 89, in
> _GetGoodDispatch
>     IDispatch = pythoncom.connect(IDispatch)
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221021, 'Operation unavailable', None, None)
>
> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\src\proficy.py", line
> 5, in <module>
>     o = win32com.client.Dispatch("CimplicityME.Application")
>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\
> lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 95, in Dispatch
>     dispatch, userName = dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(
> dispatch,userName,clsctx)
>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\
> lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 114, in
> _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
>     return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\
> lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 91, in
> _GetGoodDispatch
>     IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx,
> pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2146959355, 'Server execution failed', None, None)
>
>
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From timr at probo.com  Sat Jun  9 21:48:28 2018
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2018 18:48:28 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Dispatching something that requires elevation
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On Jun 8, 2018, at 10:11 PM, Simon McConnell <simonmcconnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am trying to dispatch a COM interface of a program that is set to "Run as Administrator" in the Compatibility Settings of its properties.  Running the script w/o elevation results in a 'requires elevation' error.  Running the script with elevation results in a 'server execution failed' error, which I understand to be "I can't find that thing". 

No, actually.  That's 0x80080005, which is a DCOM "access denied" error.  Are you quite sure this account has the privileges needed to run this software?


> Removing the "Run as Administrator" from the Compatibility settings and running the script w/o elevation works, but unfortunately, this program needs to be run as administrator.

So, are you saying you don't need elevation to call this server, you only need it for other parts?  Can you spawn the COM access into a separate process?
? 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.


From simonmcconnell at gmail.com  Sat Jun  9 21:48:53 2018
From: simonmcconnell at gmail.com (Simon McConnell)
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 03:48:53 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Dispatching something that requires elevation
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Thanks for the reply.  I have tried running the python script as admin.
When I do run as admin, I get the following error: pywintypes.com_error:
(-2146959355 <(214)%20695-9355>, 'Server execution failed', None, None).  I've
noticed, by watching Task Manager, that the application opens and closes a
couple of seconds later.  Event Viewer shows a DistributedCOM 10010 Error
for each failed attempt: The server {FDE63972-78D6-4144-B2E0-28960C67B33D}
did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.  Tried it on
another PC and it works fine and doesn't require elevation to admin.  Must
be something borked with my Windows.

Ta,
Simon


On Sun, 10 Jun 2018 at 02:52 Vernon D. Cole <vernondcole at gmail.com> wrote:

> look in github.com/salt-bevy/sudo.py
> <https://github.com/salt-bevy/salt-bevy/blob/master/configure_machine/sudo.py>
> for a module which will request elevated privileges for a Python script
> running as a normal user.
> Perhaps that can help create a solution for your use case.
>
> There is a sample call for it in bootstrap_bevy_member_here.py or you can
> just run it from the command line with the script you want to run as
> administrator as its arguments.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 11:11 PM, Simon McConnell <simonmcconnell at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to dispatch a COM interface of a program that is set to "Run
>> as Administrator" in the Compatibility Settings of its properties.  Running
>> the script w/o elevation results in a 'requires elevation' error.  Running
>> the script with elevation results in a 'server execution failed' error,
>> which I understand to be "I can't find that thing".  Removing the "Run as
>> Administrator" from the Compatibility settings and running the script w/o
>> elevation works, but unfortunately, this program needs to be run as
>> administrator.  When opening the program manually I have to accept the UAC
>> popup and cannot turn it off thanks to Group Policy.  Any clues?
>>
>> import win32com.client
>> o = win32com.client.Dispatch("CimplicityME.Application")
>>
>>
>> gives the error:
>>
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File
>> "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
>> line 89, in _GetGoodDispatch
>>     IDispatch = pythoncom.connect(IDispatch)
>> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221021 <(214)%20722-1021>, 'Operation
>> unavailable', None, None)
>>
>> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\src\proficy.py", line
>> 5, in <module>
>>     o = win32com.client.Dispatch("CimplicityME.Application")
>>   File
>> "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py",
>> line 95, in Dispatch
>>     dispatch, userName =
>> dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch,userName,clsctx)
>>   File
>> "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
>> line 114, in _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
>>     return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
>>   File
>> "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
>> line 91, in _GetGoodDispatch
>>     IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx,
>> pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
>> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147024156 <(214)%20702-4156>, 'The requested
>> operation requires elevation.', None, None)
>>
>>
>>
>> If I run the script as administrator I get the following error:
>>
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File
>> "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
>> line 89, in _GetGoodDispatch
>>     IDispatch = pythoncom.connect(IDispatch)
>> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221021 <(214)%20722-1021>, 'Operation
>> unavailable', None, None)
>>
>> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\src\proficy.py", line
>> 5, in <module>
>>     o = win32com.client.Dispatch("CimplicityME.Application")
>>   File
>> "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py",
>> line 95, in Dispatch
>>     dispatch, userName =
>> dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch,userName,clsctx)
>>   File
>> "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
>> line 114, in _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
>>     return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
>>   File
>> "C:\Users\smcconnell\PycharmProjects\proficy\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py",
>> line 91, in _GetGoodDispatch
>>     IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx,
>> pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
>> pywintypes.com_error: (-2146959355 <(214)%20695-9355>, 'Server execution
>> failed', None, None)
>>
>>
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From simonmcconnell at gmail.com  Sun Jun 10 20:20:06 2018
From: simonmcconnell at gmail.com (Simon McConnell)
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 02:20:06 +0200
Subject: [python-win32] Dispatching something that requires elevation
In-Reply-To: <mailman.9.1528646401.11228.python-win32@python.org>
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Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by spawn the COM access in a separate
process.  This is my first time dabbling with COM objects.

I use the software every day in the traditional fashion so I know I have
access.  It looks like it spawns another process "System Login State
Manager" which seems to be the determinant of whether DCOM access is
allowed/denied.  I've noticed two instances of this running sometimes and
sometimes none.  I think most of the issues were self-induced from spawning
the process from python, it failing and me killing too many or not enough
of the tasks in task manager.

Is there a neat way to kill all the tasks that you've started when your
script fails without hitting the application's Quit call?  I am currently
wrapping it in a

fx = win32com.client.Dispatch('CimplicityME.Application')
try:
    # do stuff
except:
    fx.Quit()



On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 at 02:00 <python-win32-request at python.org> wrote:Date:
Sat, 9 Jun 2018 18:48:28 -0700

> From: Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com>
> To: Python-Win32 List <python-win32 at python.org>
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> On Jun 8, 2018, at 10:11 PM, Simon McConnell <simonmcconnell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to dispatch a COM interface of a program that is set to "Run
> as Administrator" in the Compatibility Settings of its properties.  Running
> the script w/o elevation results in a 'requires elevation' error.  Running
> the script with elevation results in a 'server execution failed' error,
> which I understand to be "I can't find that thing".
>
> No, actually.  That's 0x80080005, which is a DCOM "access denied" error.
> Are you quite sure this account has the privileges needed to run this
> software?
>
>
> > Removing the "Run as Administrator" from the Compatibility settings and
> running the script w/o elevation works, but unfortunately, this program
> needs to be run as administrator.
>
> So, are you saying you don't need elevation to call this server, you only
> need it for other parts?  Can you spawn the COM access into a separate
> process?
> ?
> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
>
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From timr at probo.com  Mon Jun 11 12:29:05 2018
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:29:05 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] Dispatching something that requires elevation
In-Reply-To: <CAB-XqiWRsADh3iV13o+KGOZZ_y81aw+7HH3J2p2uOToUqda2kA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <mailman.9.1528646401.11228.python-win32@python.org>
 <CAB-XqiWRsADh3iV13o+KGOZZ_y81aw+7HH3J2p2uOToUqda2kA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <941fdb4b-93aa-4fb1-3e91-3d0f23551d5f@probo.com>

Simon McConnell wrote:
>
> Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by spawn the COM access in a
> separate process.? This is my first time dabbling with COM objects.

All I meant was creating a second Python process to do all the COM
stuff.? I think you said that the COM access works from a non-elevated
process, but that you need elevation for other parts of your app.? Thus,
if you put the COM access into its own (non-elevated) process, you might
be able to make things work, although you'd need a way to communicate
between your two processes.? Still, it doesn't make sense to me that the
COM server would care that its client was elevated.? There are aspects
to this that I don't understand.


> Is there a neat way to kill all the tasks that you've started when
> your script fails without hitting the application's Quit call?

This is all up to the COM server.? There's no COM-specific magic here.

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


From sas.rockks at gmail.com  Sat Jun 16 17:52:20 2018
From: sas.rockks at gmail.com (santosh sahu)
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 03:22:20 +0530
Subject: [python-win32] Fwd: opening a url in browser,
 when user clicks on windows notification
In-Reply-To: <CAEL=zOJO3HqPFGrG=c2_XWoko_YziKh3DSgeeb8-kAcKmxzuqg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEL=zOJO3HqPFGrG=c2_XWoko_YziKh3DSgeeb8-kAcKmxzuqg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEL=zO+v03G-Q+=uCo6io_CsV7YW7BSe2ZH7x=_f1JGrHaA0ng@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,
       I want to open a pop up notification on the web browser when a user
clicks on the pop up notification. Right now I am able to show the
notifications on windows10. Below is the link to the question asked on
.Stackoverflow
question
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50891538/open-contents-in-a-browser-when-user-clicks-on-a-notification-in-python>
       Could you please provide the api's and any documentation which would
solve the problem.

Regards,
Santosh




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To: python-win32 at python.org


Hi,


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From timr at probo.com  Sun Jun 17 02:51:10 2018
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 23:51:10 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] opening a url in browser,
 when user clicks on windows notification
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References: <CAEL=zOJO3HqPFGrG=c2_XWoko_YziKh3DSgeeb8-kAcKmxzuqg@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEL=zO+v03G-Q+=uCo6io_CsV7YW7BSe2ZH7x=_f1JGrHaA0ng@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <678A1225-0A72-41F3-9098-7289EB0EB134@probo.com>

On Jun 16, 2018, at 2:52 PM, santosh sahu <sas.rockks at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>        I want to open a pop up notification on the web browser when a user clicks on the pop up notification. Right now I am able to show the notifications on windows10. Below is the link to the question asked on .Stackoverflow question <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50891538/open-contents-in-a-browser-when-user-clicks-on-a-notification-in-python>
>        Could you please provide the api's and any documentation which would solve the problem.

I don't understand what you're asking.  You have a script that shows a pop-up desktop notification.  There's nothing web-based here at all.  How is a browser getting involved?
? 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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From killermilind at gmail.com  Mon Jun 18 12:28:42 2018
From: killermilind at gmail.com (Milind R)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 21:58:42 +0530
Subject: [python-win32] Run script language=Python scripts in IE11 on
 Windows10
Message-ID: <CACaumOffHepjKAz2yS+=7N+wRCwHO-kZSqU4vcr1Ct8HZHXHGw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

I am interested in tinkering with IE's active scripting in Python (
https://stackoverflow.com/a/6089948/517835). I am now on Windows 10 x64
1803, with IE11. I am aware of the lack of rexec in python, and the
attendant warning. I am just trying to demonstrate it to myself for fun
now, but have some ideas on what to do with it later.....

Right now, I am unable to get the pywin32 demos at
site-packages\win32comext\axscript\Demos\client\ie\ to run correctly in
IE... I tried enabling and disabling Enhanced Protected Mode, but I think
local files run with EPM disabled. I have verified that the
Python.AXScript-rexec.2 key exists in the registry. I also tried to verify
that iexplore.exe is a 64-bit process, but I'm not even sure if there are
other, bigger pieces broken here.

I am able to run WSH scripts, so the Python script engine itself is
running, but something else is the problem. Some help here would be great.

Regards,
Milind
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From rob.marshall17 at gmail.com  Tue Jun 26 00:12:57 2018
From: rob.marshall17 at gmail.com (Rob Marshall)
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 00:12:57 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] How to get actual FILETIME from PyTime
Message-ID: <CALrmp7xrvk0+8_iGwu8Nqnc87yQgmQp=xNeovp-Su0dovzegbA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Is there a way to get the actual FILETIME value from a PyTime?

Thanks,

Rob

From webguy at totalrewind.com  Tue Jun 26 18:14:34 2018
From: webguy at totalrewind.com (Kurt Eilander)
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:14:34 -0600
Subject: [python-win32] Dragdrop shell extension?
Message-ID: <6713c581-673f-261b-6e84-7494390bf7b5@totalrewind.com>

Hey all,

I've implemented a file format called .urls which is a plain text file 
containing (guess what) urls.
I've successfully registered it with a python script so it can, when 
clicked, open a new browser windows with all of the urls listed in new tabs.
(Very handy!)

Now, I want to be able to drop handler such that a link dragged from the 
browser (system .url file, basically) onto the .urls file will append 
the new link to those in the list.

I understand that file formats which do this sort of thing register a 
program as a shell extension, but how do I write such a thing to handle 
shell dragdrop in python??

Thanks,
-K


From rob.marshall17 at gmail.com  Wed Jun 27 01:04:26 2018
From: rob.marshall17 at gmail.com (Rob Marshall)
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:04:26 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Where is MakeAbsoluteSD?
Message-ID: <CALrmp7w3DkT44MzSKVXrct7OgnTR0cGCK5o4_7FY697QG54mhQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I'm trying to convert a self-relative security descriptor, i.e. the
type that is returned by
win32security.ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptor(),
to an absolute SD but I can't seem to find the MakeAbsoluteSD()
function. Where is it?

Thanks,

Rob

From eryksun at gmail.com  Wed Jun 27 02:22:31 2018
From: eryksun at gmail.com (eryk sun)
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 06:22:31 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Where is MakeAbsoluteSD?
In-Reply-To: <CALrmp7w3DkT44MzSKVXrct7OgnTR0cGCK5o4_7FY697QG54mhQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALrmp7w3DkT44MzSKVXrct7OgnTR0cGCK5o4_7FY697QG54mhQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CACL+1atOf97R301aDFn64wMfvytxXv3UWLU1HC1-4f_mXY_MoA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 5:04 AM, Rob Marshall <rob.marshall17 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to convert a self-relative security descriptor, i.e. the
> type that is returned by
> win32security.ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptor(),
> to an absolute SD but I can't seem to find the MakeAbsoluteSD()
> function. Where is it?

A PySECURITY_DESCRIPTOR object is stored in self-relative format.
Internally it's converted to absolute format for functions that
require it, such as SetSecurityDescriptorDacl. See the source:

https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/blob/b223/win32/src/PySECURITY_DESCRIPTOR.cpp

From ckkart at hoc.net  Wed Jun 27 09:07:17 2018
From: ckkart at hoc.net (ckkart at hoc.net)
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:07:17 -0300
Subject: [python-win32] =?utf-8?q?Dragdrop_shell_extension=3F?=
In-Reply-To: <6713c581-673f-261b-6e84-7494390bf7b5@totalrewind.com>
References: <6713c581-673f-261b-6e84-7494390bf7b5@totalrewind.com>
Message-ID: <912f7d9aa60786599c131fdec10344a3@www.hoc.net>

Am 2018-06-26 19:14, schrieb webguy at totalrewind.com:
> Now, I want to be able to drop handler such that a link dragged from
> the browser (system .url file, basically) onto the .urls file will
> append the new link to those in the list.
> 
> I understand that file formats which do this sort of thing register a
> program as a shell extension, but how do I write such a thing to
> handle shell dragdrop in python??

Have you had a look at the the \win32comext\shell\demos folder? Maybe 
there is something useful.

Christian


From timr at probo.com  Wed Jun 27 13:38:08 2018
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:38:08 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] How to get actual FILETIME from PyTime
In-Reply-To: <CALrmp7xrvk0+8_iGwu8Nqnc87yQgmQp=xNeovp-Su0dovzegbA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALrmp7xrvk0+8_iGwu8Nqnc87yQgmQp=xNeovp-Su0dovzegbA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <176352e6-d597-af36-219a-dd6de85bb5fc@probo.com>

Rob Marshall wrote:
> Is there a way to get the actual FILETIME value from a PyTime?

PyTime isn't actually a type.? It's just a set of conversion routines
that produce standard datetime values.? So, your question really is "how
to convert a datetime to a Windows FILETIME"?? And here's a Python
module that can do that:

???
https://gist.github.com/Mostafa-Hamdy-Elgiar/9714475f1b3bc224ea063af81566d873

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


From eryksun at gmail.com  Wed Jun 27 16:42:07 2018
From: eryksun at gmail.com (eryk sun)
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 20:42:07 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Where is MakeAbsoluteSD?
In-Reply-To: <CALrmp7xP9udWNCBwh+MFvd8fKqFJvgJSUWnfDXbVrONUAji21g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALrmp7w3DkT44MzSKVXrct7OgnTR0cGCK5o4_7FY697QG54mhQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CACL+1atOf97R301aDFn64wMfvytxXv3UWLU1HC1-4f_mXY_MoA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CALrmp7xP9udWNCBwh+MFvd8fKqFJvgJSUWnfDXbVrONUAji21g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CACL+1avsnw9tbBxq-30r4ONSNFr8jV+tYyndAv8HyuWa-+n8ew@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 3:14 PM, Rob Marshall <rob.marshall17 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I saw that, my problem is that I'm trying to use
> win32security.ConvertSecurityDescriptorToStringSecurityDescriptor()
> which is returning a self-relative SDDL and I need one that is
> absolute. Is there a flag that I can set and get an absolute SDDL from
> that function? In the Microsoft documentation for
> ConvertSecurityDescriptorToStringSecurityDescriptor() it says, as to
> what it "returns":

Again, it doesn't matter what form the WinAPI function returns.
Whatever it is, the PySECURITY_DESCRIPTOR object internally converts
it to self-relative format. Why do you need an absolute format SD?
Whatever the reason you'll need to use ctypes for part of the problem.

From rob.marshall17 at gmail.com  Wed Jun 27 11:14:44 2018
From: rob.marshall17 at gmail.com (Rob Marshall)
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:14:44 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Where is MakeAbsoluteSD?
In-Reply-To: <CACL+1atOf97R301aDFn64wMfvytxXv3UWLU1HC1-4f_mXY_MoA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALrmp7w3DkT44MzSKVXrct7OgnTR0cGCK5o4_7FY697QG54mhQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CACL+1atOf97R301aDFn64wMfvytxXv3UWLU1HC1-4f_mXY_MoA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALrmp7xP9udWNCBwh+MFvd8fKqFJvgJSUWnfDXbVrONUAji21g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I saw that, my problem is that I'm trying to use
win32security.ConvertSecurityDescriptorToStringSecurityDescriptor()
which is returning a self-relative SDDL and I need one that is
absolute. Is there a flag that I can set and get an absolute SDDL from
that function? In the Microsoft documentation for
ConvertSecurityDescriptorToStringSecurityDescriptor() it says, as to
what it "returns":

A pointer to a variable that receives a pointer to the converted
security descriptor. The returned security descriptor is
self-relative. To free the returned buffer, call the LocalFree
function. To convert the security descriptor to an absolute security
descriptor, use the MakeAbsoluteSD function.

Thanks,

Rob
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 2:23 AM eryk sun <eryksun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 5:04 AM, Rob Marshall <rob.marshall17 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to convert a self-relative security descriptor, i.e. the
> > type that is returned by
> > win32security.ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptor(),
> > to an absolute SD but I can't seem to find the MakeAbsoluteSD()
> > function. Where is it?
>
> A PySECURITY_DESCRIPTOR object is stored in self-relative format.
> Internally it's converted to absolute format for functions that
> require it, such as SetSecurityDescriptorDacl. See the source:
>
> https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/blob/b223/win32/src/PySECURITY_DESCRIPTOR.cpp

From rob.marshall17 at gmail.com  Thu Jun 28 00:45:31 2018
From: rob.marshall17 at gmail.com (Rob Marshall)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:45:31 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] How to get actual FILETIME from PyTime
In-Reply-To: <176352e6-d597-af36-219a-dd6de85bb5fc@probo.com>
References: <CALrmp7xrvk0+8_iGwu8Nqnc87yQgmQp=xNeovp-Su0dovzegbA@mail.gmail.com>
 <176352e6-d597-af36-219a-dd6de85bb5fc@probo.com>
Message-ID: <CALrmp7wrCY9quvE8vfMqKJ_AU5akQJRgQMBELfwd6GB=zYD1TA@mail.gmail.com>

Thank-you. I also figured out that if I want the "actual" FILETIME I can do:

>>> get_filetime = lambda i: ((i & 0xffffffff),(i - (i & 0xffffffff))>>32)
>>> get_filetime(131742277260000000)
(905689856L, 30673639L)
>>> low,high = get_filetime(131742277260000000)
>>> (high<<32)+low
131742277260000000L
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 1:49 PM Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
>
> Rob Marshall wrote:
> > Is there a way to get the actual FILETIME value from a PyTime?
>
> PyTime isn't actually a type.  It's just a set of conversion routines
> that produce standard datetime values.  So, your question really is "how
> to convert a datetime to a Windows FILETIME"?  And here's a Python
> module that can do that:
>
>
> https://gist.github.com/Mostafa-Hamdy-Elgiar/9714475f1b3bc224ea063af81566d873
>
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
> _______________________________________________
> python-win32 mailing list
> python-win32 at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32

From rob.marshall17 at gmail.com  Thu Jun 28 00:49:47 2018
From: rob.marshall17 at gmail.com (Rob Marshall)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:49:47 -0400
Subject: [python-win32] Where is MakeAbsoluteSD?
In-Reply-To: <CACL+1avsnw9tbBxq-30r4ONSNFr8jV+tYyndAv8HyuWa-+n8ew@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALrmp7w3DkT44MzSKVXrct7OgnTR0cGCK5o4_7FY697QG54mhQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CACL+1atOf97R301aDFn64wMfvytxXv3UWLU1HC1-4f_mXY_MoA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CALrmp7xP9udWNCBwh+MFvd8fKqFJvgJSUWnfDXbVrONUAji21g@mail.gmail.com>
 <CACL+1avsnw9tbBxq-30r4ONSNFr8jV+tYyndAv8HyuWa-+n8ew@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALrmp7yCHk9EzmmarWCB=HN277QXHNAYdZxnRieywdew2oCsWA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

At the moment I don't need it at all, but when I use the smbcacls
utility from Samba on a Linux system and have it print the security
descriptor as an SDDL it gives me something like:

O:S-1-5-21-3327876616-1579407131-3503203118-500G:S-1-5-21-3327876616-1579407131-3503203118-513D:P(A;;0x001e01ff;;;S-1-5-21-3327876616-1579407131-3503203118-500)(A;;0x00120089;;;S-1-5-21-3327876616-1579407131-3503203118-513)(A;;0x00120089;;;WD

That's what I was hoping to get so that I could print it out.
Currently it doesn't matter because I can use smbcacls to get what I
want.

Rob
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 4:42 PM eryk sun <eryksun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 3:14 PM, Rob Marshall <rob.marshall17 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I saw that, my problem is that I'm trying to use
> > win32security.ConvertSecurityDescriptorToStringSecurityDescriptor()
> > which is returning a self-relative SDDL and I need one that is
> > absolute. Is there a flag that I can set and get an absolute SDDL from
> > that function? In the Microsoft documentation for
> > ConvertSecurityDescriptorToStringSecurityDescriptor() it says, as to
> > what it "returns":
>
> Again, it doesn't matter what form the WinAPI function returns.
> Whatever it is, the PySECURITY_DESCRIPTOR object internally converts
> it to self-relative format. Why do you need an absolute format SD?
> Whatever the reason you'll need to use ctypes for part of the problem.

From eryksun at gmail.com  Thu Jun 28 06:46:18 2018
From: eryksun at gmail.com (eryk sun)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:46:18 +0000
Subject: [python-win32] Where is MakeAbsoluteSD?
In-Reply-To: <CALrmp7yCHk9EzmmarWCB=HN277QXHNAYdZxnRieywdew2oCsWA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALrmp7w3DkT44MzSKVXrct7OgnTR0cGCK5o4_7FY697QG54mhQ@mail.gmail.com>
 <CACL+1atOf97R301aDFn64wMfvytxXv3UWLU1HC1-4f_mXY_MoA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CALrmp7xP9udWNCBwh+MFvd8fKqFJvgJSUWnfDXbVrONUAji21g@mail.gmail.com>
 <CACL+1avsnw9tbBxq-30r4ONSNFr8jV+tYyndAv8HyuWa-+n8ew@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CACL+1asdao8PUPHojoiNM3QO9p1pz=OjOPypz6=kUV2kj-Smbg@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 4:49 AM, Rob Marshall <rob.marshall17 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At the moment I don't need it at all, but when I use the smbcacls
> utility from Samba on a Linux system and have it print the security
> descriptor as an SDDL it gives me something like:
>
> O:S-1-5-21-3327876616-1579407131-3503203118-500G:S-1-5-21-3327876616-
> 1579407131-3503203118-513D:P(A;;0x001e01ff;;;S-1-5-21-3327876616-
> 1579407131-3503203118-500)(A;;0x00120089;;;S-1-5-21-3327876616-
> 1579407131-3503203118-513)(A;;0x00120089;;;WD
>
> That's what I was hoping to get so that I could print it out.
> Currently it doesn't matter because I can use smbcacls to get what I
> want.

There is no such thing as an absolute format SDDL string. Do you
understand that "absolute" in this case is referring to absolute
pointer addresses for the SD components *in memory*? This is opposed
to the relative offset format that's used when marshaling the
structure to disk or over the wire. The distinction is completely
irrelevant to the SDDL string representation of an SD. The conversion
from SDDL to SD always creates a self-relative format SD. It's also
not relevant within the PyWin32 framework, since a
PySECURITY_DESCRIPTOR is stored in self-relative format and
automatically converts to absolute format whenever that's required.
The boring details are handled for you automatically.

From timr at probo.com  Thu Jun 28 13:44:18 2018
From: timr at probo.com (Tim Roberts)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:44:18 -0700
Subject: [python-win32] How to get actual FILETIME from PyTime
In-Reply-To: <CALrmp7wrCY9quvE8vfMqKJ_AU5akQJRgQMBELfwd6GB=zYD1TA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALrmp7xrvk0+8_iGwu8Nqnc87yQgmQp=xNeovp-Su0dovzegbA@mail.gmail.com>
 <176352e6-d597-af36-219a-dd6de85bb5fc@probo.com>
 <CALrmp7wrCY9quvE8vfMqKJ_AU5akQJRgQMBELfwd6GB=zYD1TA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <da5ec774-672d-8bde-e3a9-9a2cf3b2b0be@probo.com>

Rob Marshall wrote:
> Thank-you. I also figured out that if I want the "actual" FILETIME I can do:
>
>>>> get_filetime = lambda i: ((i & 0xffffffff),(i - (i & 0xffffffff))>>32)
>>>> get_filetime(131742277260000000)
> (905689856L, 30673639L)
>>>> low,high = get_filetime(131742277260000000)
>>>> (high<<32)+low
> 131742277260000000L

A FILETIME is just a 64-bit integer, and you can always pass it to APIs
that way.? The only reason the structure has it in two parts is because
the Microsoft C compilers of the early 1990s did not have a 64-bit type.

Another way to do the unpacking is
??? struct.unpack('II',struct.pack('Q',i))
and the reverse:
??? struct.unpack('Q','strict.pack('II',low,high)[0]

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