RE: [Py2exe-users] Re: COM error while registering a server

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>>>> When I tried to register the exe made by the setup the following
>>>> traceback is dumped to the log file:
>>>>
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>   File "boot_com_servers.py", line 96, in ?
>>>>   File "boot_com_servers.py", line 66, in DllRegisterServer
>>>>   File "gdsHMF.pyc", line 87, in DllRegisterServer
>>>>   File
>>>> "win32com\gen_py\3D056FE7-EA8E-481A-B18F-0B02EBF6B3C1x0x1x0.pyc",
>>>> line 64, in RegisterExtension pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567,
>>>> 'Ocurri\xf3 una excepci\xf3n.', (0,
>>>> 'GoogleDesktopSearch.Register.1', 'Component cannot be
>>>> instantiated', None, 0, -2147221164), None)
>>>>
>>
>>     # COM server says hello to Google Desktop Search     def
>>         DllRegisterServer(): reg = gds.GoogleDesktopSearchRegister()
>>         compDesc = ["Title",TITLE, "Description",DESCRIPTION,
>>         "Icon",GDS_ICON] registration =
>>         reg.RegisterComponent(MYGUID, compDesc) ret =
>> registration.RegisterExtension(GDS_FEXT)
>>
>> The first call [reg = gds.GoogleDesktopSearchRegister()] works
>> (GDS opens a dialog box telling the user that someone is trying
>> to install a new plugin)   It's the second one
>> [registration = reg.RegisterComponent(MYGUID, compDesc)] that fires
>> the exception.
>>
>> Unregistering the COM server works for the script and the exe.
>
> I think I found it - when you try to register GDS tries to instantiate
> the COM component, but maybe it only supports INPROC servers, not
> local servers.  Registering the gdsHMF.dll seems to work fine (I
> installed GDS and tried it out).
>
> Remember that registering the python *script* writes registry entries
> for both the inproc and local server, registering the EXE/DLL that
> py2exe creates only registers one of them.

Thanks, Thomas.  You are correct.
I recognize that I'm still learning some COM basics.

Best regards,
-Hernán.