[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-2021738 ] Type Library Error

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Bugs item #2021738, was opened at 2008-07-18 11:41
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Category: pythonwin
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: mark panasevich (mjp1550)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Type Library Error

Initial Comment:
when attempting to open the type libraries in the COM browser, the following error occurs in build 211

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\tools\hierlist.py", line 123, in OnTreeItemExpanding
    self.AddSubList(itemHandle, self.GetSubList(item))
  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\tools\hierlist.py", line 137, in AddSubList
    self.AddItem(parentHandle, item)
  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\tools\hierlist.py", line 149, in AddItem
    hitem = self.list.InsertItem(parentHandle, hInsertAfter, (None, None, None, text, bitmapCol, bitmapSel, cItems, 0))
TypeError: The text item must be a string or None (got unicode)
C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\combrowse.py:530: Warning: Exception in OnNotify() handler
  dlg.DoModal()


build 210 apparently works.

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2012-01-27 21:20

Message:
This error would have been fixed a few builds ago as part of the py3k work
- please reopen if you can still reproduce it.

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Comment By: Roger Upole (rupole)
Date: 2008-07-18 16:57

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Looks like this is due to PyITypeLib.GetDocumentation returning unicode
now.
For a short-term workaround, change lines 227 & 228 in combrowse.py:

		if doc: ret.append(browser.HLIDocString(str(doc), "Doc"))
		if helpFile: ret.append(HLIHelpFile(	(str(helpFile), ctx) ))

For a longer term solution, the tree control's InsertItem method needs to
be changed to accept
unicode.


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