win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

**Rony Steelandt** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

Not knowing exactly what you want to do, just a question.

Why use COM, shutdown is an exe so why not just execute it?

Rony

"Tim Howarth" <tim@worthy.dem on.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de news:
d715dc564c.tim@ worthy.demon.co .uk...[color=blue]
>
>
> I'm (very non expert) trying to use a snippet of VBScript (to shut down
> Windows workstations) converted to Python but have hit a problem.
>
>
> The VBScript below work fine;
>
>
> pc="MyPC"
>
> Set[/color]
oWMI=GetObject( "winmgmts:{impe rsonationLevel= impersonate,(Sh utdown)}!\\"_[color=blue]
> & pc & "\root\cimv 2")
>
> Set colOperatingSys tems = oWMI.ExecQuery( "Select * from[/color]
Win32_Operating System")[color=blue]
>
> For Each obj in colOperatingSys tems
> obj.Win32shutdo wn 12
> Next
>
>
>
> but my translation results in "'int' object is not callable" with the
> attempted call to Win32Shutdown.
>
> This is with Python 2.3.2 win32all 1.57 or Active Python 2.3.2
>
> print type(obj.Win32S hutDown)
> gives int
>
> print obj.Win32ShutDo wn
> gives 87 - the ASCII code of "W" - coincidentally ?
>
>
>
>
> import win32com.client , sys
>
>
> pc='MyPC'
>
> oWMI =
> win32com.client .GetObject(r"wi nmgmts:{imperso nationLevel=imp ersonate,\
> (Shutdown)}!\\" + pc + r"\root\cimv 2")
>
> colOperatingSys tems = oWMI.ExecQuery( r"Select * from[/color]
Win32_Operating System")[color=blue]
>
> for obj in colOperatingSys tems:
> obj.Win32ShutDo wn(12)
>
>
>
>
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**Tim Howarth** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

In message <bpve3m$shg$1@n ews-reader4.wanadoo .fr>
"Rony Steelandt" <bucodi@wanadoo .fr> wrote:
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> Not knowing exactly what you want to do, just a question.
>
> Why use COM, shutdown is an exe so why not just execute it?[/color]

Using this method you can shutdown and poweroff (the 12 value) a
machine, shutdown.exe from the reskit leaves a machine at "You may now
switch off".

I want to use this to shutdown all machines in the school in which I
work from a schedule on a server.

I could use the VBscript version but there are long delays if a machine
is switched off - in Python I can thread the communication with
individual machines (to achieve this in VBScript I have to call a new
instance of w(c)script for each machine), effectively shutting them
down in parallel.

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**Michel Claveau/Hamster** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

Hi !

This code "reboot" the computer 'CPU01' (if rights are OK) :

import win32com.client
WMIService =
win32com.client .GetObject(r"wi nmgmts:{imperso nationLevel=imp ersonate,(Shutd o
wn)}!\\CPU01\ro ot\cimv2")

objs = WMIService.Exec Query(r"Select * from Win32_Operating System")
for obj in objs:
obj.Reboot()

Perhaps this sample can help you ?

@-salutations
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site : http://mclaveau.com
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**Michel Claveau/Hamster** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

Hi !

This code "reboot" the computer 'CPU01' (if rights are OK) :

import win32com.client
WMIService =
win32com.client .GetObject(r"wi nmgmts:{imperso nationLevel=imp ersonate,(Shutd o
wn)}!\\CPU01\ro ot\cimv2")

objs = WMIService.Exec Query(r"Select * from Win32_Operating System")
for obj in objs:
obj.Reboot()

Perhaps this sample can help you ?

@-salutations
--
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mél : http://cerbermail.com/?6J1TthIa8B
site : http://mclaveau.com
NG : news://news.zoo-logique.org/programmation.Paradox

**Michel Claveau** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

Hi !

This code "reboot" the computer 'CPU01' (if rights are OK) :

import win32com.client
WMIService =
win32com.client .GetObject(r"wi nmgmts:{imperso nationLevel=imp ersonate,(Shutd o
wn)}!\\CPU01\ro ot\cimv2")

objs = WMIService.Exec Query(r"Select * from Win32_Operating System")
for obj in objs:
obj.Reboot()

Perhaps this sample can help you ?

@-salutations
--
Michel Claveau
site : http://mclaveau.com

**Duncan Booth** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

Tim Howarth <tim@worthy.dem on.co.uk> wrote in
news:6e24de564c .tim@worthy.dem on.co.uk:
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> I want to use this to shutdown all machines in the school in which I
> work from a schedule on a server.
>
> I could use the VBscript version but there are long delays if a machine
> is switched off - in Python I can thread the communication with
> individual machines (to achieve this in VBScript I have to call a new
> instance of w(c)script for each machine), effectively shutting them
> down in parallel.[/color]

This isn't a Python solution at all, but have you looked at PsTools
(http://www.sysinternals.com)? It includes a command to remotely shutdown a
machine including options to specify whether to log the user off, poweroff,
reboot, hibernate etc. There is also a timeout so you can give users a
chance to save their work (it displays a popup on their screen telling them
the system is shutting down). You could just spawn a bunch of psshutdown
processes off in parallel. It is free, although you cannot further
redistribute it.

PsTools also includes other programs which could be useful in a classroom
environment (useful for teachers, devastating if the pupils get their hands
on them and you don't have security set up right).

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Duncan Booth duncan@rcp.co.u k
int month(char *p){return(1248 64/((p[0]+p[1]-p[2]&0x1f)+1)%12 )["\5\x8\3"
"\6\7\xb\1\x9\x a\2\0\4"];} // Who said my code was obscure?

**Michel Claveau/Hamster** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

Sorry for the multi-post, my FAI is too much lazy...

**Tim Howarth** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

In message <Xns943E7EB585A 78duncanrcpcouk @127.0.0.1>
Duncan Booth <duncan@NOSPAMr cp.co.uk> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Tim Howarth <tim@worthy.dem on.co.uk> wrote in
> news:6e24de564c .tim@worthy.dem on.co.uk:
>[color=green]
> > I want to use this to shutdown all machines in the school in which I
> > work from a schedule on a server.[/color]
>
> This isn't a Python solution at all, but have you looked at PsTools
> (http://www.sysinternals.com)?[/color]

Yes, very handy tools.

It's just that I'd like to do the shutting down myself - why call
pshutdown if I can call the shut down mechanism directly.

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**Tim Howarth** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

In message <bpvho4$kon$1@n ews-reader2.wanadoo .fr>
"Michel Claveau" <No.Spam.mc@No. Spam.mclaveau.N o.Spam.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> import win32com.client
> WMIService =
> win32com.client .GetObject(r"wi nmgmts:{imperso nationLevel=imp ersonate,(Shutd o
> wn)}!\\CPU01\ro ot\cimv2")
>
> objs = WMIService.Exec Query(r"Select * from Win32_Operating System")
> for obj in objs:
> obj.Reboot()[/color]

This gives me the same error 'int' is not callable.

Maybe it's something to do with late/early binding ??

What version of Python/win32all have you used this on ?

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**Duncan Booth** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

Tim Howarth <tim@worthy.dem on.co.uk> wrote in
news:4700e5564c .tim@worthy.dem on.co.uk:
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> In message <Xns943E7EB585A 78duncanrcpcouk @127.0.0.1>
> Duncan Booth <duncan@NOSPAMr cp.co.uk> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Tim Howarth <tim@worthy.dem on.co.uk> wrote in
>> news:6e24de564c .tim@worthy.dem on.co.uk:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > I want to use this to shutdown all machines in the school in which I
>> > work from a schedule on a server.[/color]
>>
>> This isn't a Python solution at all, but have you looked at PsTools
>> (http://www.sysinternals.com)?[/color]
>
> Yes, very handy tools.
>
> It's just that I'd like to do the shutting down myself - why call
> pshutdown if I can call the shut down mechanism directly.
>
>[/color]
I would say because with the pstools version you get a message on screen
telling the user that their system is going to shut down in 1 minute (or
whatever) and giving them an opportunity to save their work. You might
never need that, but it could save someone a lot of grief.

--
Duncan Booth duncan@rcp.co.u k
int month(char *p){return(1248 64/((p[0]+p[1]-p[2]&0x1f)+1)%12 )["\5\x8\3"
"\6\7\xb\1\x9\x a\2\0\4"];} // Who said my code was obscure?

**Tim Howarth** · Jul 18 '05, 06:03 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

In message <Xns943E88ECAA0 49duncanrcpcouk @127.0.0.1>
Duncan Booth <duncan@NOSPAMr cp.co.uk> wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
> > It's just that I'd like to do the shutting down myself - why call
> > pshutdown if I can call the shut down mechanism directly.
> >
> >[/color]
> I would say because with the pstools version you get a message on screen
> telling the user that their system is going to shut down in 1 minute (or
> whatever) and giving them an opportunity to save their work. You might
> never need that,[/color]

Indeed, for this task I just want to shutdown whatever's left switched
on of 300+ PCs, at (say) 10:00pm.

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**Matteo Risoldi** · Jul 18 '05, 06:04 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

Just a comment: is shutdown.exe leaves the machine in the "you can switch
off", try shutdown -s, it does the job for me.

M.

**Tim Howarth** · Jul 18 '05, 06:04 AM

Re: win32com (VBScript to Python) problem

In message <bpvs9j$ovl$1@s unnews.cern.ch>
"Matteo Risoldi" <Matteo.Risoldi @cern.ch> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Just a comment: is shutdown.exe leaves the machine in the "you can switch
> off", try shutdown -s, it does the job for me.[/color]

Ah, I'm guessing that that is an XP addition, the version of
shutdown.exe that I have (from Win2k reskit IIRC) doesn't undertsand
that switch.

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