pywin32 from network install

[agostino.russo@gmail.com]

I managed to make pywin32 work from a network installation (not really
hard work: a shared folder + copying some dlls + setting PYTHONPATH).
PythonWin amd COM seem to be working fine from the network install, BUT
when I need to pass PyTime to a COM object expecting a Date I get the
following error:

Python24\Lib\si te-packages\win32c om\client\dynam ic.py", line 251, in
_ApplyTypes_
result = self._oleobj_.I nvokeTypes(*(di spid, LCID, wFlags, retType,
argTypes) + args)
TypeError: Objects of type 'time' can not be converted to a COM VARIANT

Note 1: The same code works when using the local installation of
python/pywin, it only happens when executing the code from a network
"installati on".

Note 2: As mentioned other COM components seem to be working when
running them via pywin from the network install

Note 3: I am passing pywintipes.Time (datetime.datet ime.today()) to a
COM object method which expects a Date argument.

Do I need to change some environment variable/registry settings/other
hack to fix this?

[Neil Benn]

Re: pywin32 from network install

agostino.russo@ gmail.com wrote:
[color=blue]
>I managed to make pywin32 work from a network installation (not really
>hard work: a shared folder + copying some dlls + setting PYTHONPATH).
>PythonWin amd COM seem to be working fine from the network install, BUT
>when I need to pass PyTime to a COM object expecting a Date I get the
>following error:
>
>Python24\Lib\s ite-packages\win32c om\client\dynam ic.py", line 251, in
>_ApplyTypes_
> result = self._oleobj_.I nvokeTypes(*(di spid, LCID, wFlags, retType,
>argTypes) + args)
>TypeError: Objects of type 'time' can not be converted to a COM VARIANT
>
>Note 1: The same code works when using the local installation of
>python/pywin, it only happens when executing the code from a network
>"installation" .
>
>Note 2: As mentioned other COM components seem to be working when
>running them via pywin from the network install
>
>Note 3: I am passing pywintipes.Time (datetime.datet ime.today()) to a
>COM object method which expects a Date argument.
>
>Do I need to change some environment variable/registry settings/other
>hack to fix this?
>
>
>[/color]
Simply moving the win32 install and setting the python path isn't all
you need to do to get a network install working. In addition, you need
to remove the win32 from your local install (or piss around with
sys.path to strip out those local references) as that will automatically
be included. In addition, there is a registry setting you need to
delete which automagically adds to the python path - it's in
HKEY_CURRENT_US ER and HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE.

That's probably won't solve your problem but it's somethng to be
aware of anyways.

Neil

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[agostino.russo@gmail.com]

Re: pywin32 from network install

Hmm I have the same problem using python -E... Moreover I do not see
anything strange in the sys.path (Z\LocalApps is my shared folder):

'Z:\\LocalApps\ \examples',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\python 24.zip',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \examples',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\DLLs',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\lib',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\lib\\p latwin',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\lib\\l ibtk',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\lib\\s itepackages',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\lib\\s itepackages\\Nu meric',
'Z:\\LocalApps' ,
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\lib\\s itepackages\\wi n32',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\lib\\s ite-packages\\win3\ \lib',
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\lib\\s itepackages\\Py thonwin', '
'Z:\\LocalApps\ \python\\lib\\s ite-packages\\wx-2.6-mswansi'

BUT when the error is thrown out it is:

C:\Program
Files\Python24\ Lib\site-packages\win32c om\client\dynam ic.py...