[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-1031907 ] python ActiveX scripting - GetTypeInfo() didn't work

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Bugs item #1031907, was opened at 2004-09-21 23:56
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>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Fedor Ezeev (ezeev)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: python ActiveX scripting - GetTypeInfo() didn't work

Initial Comment:
I use some third party ActiveX Scripting host, named 
"OpenConf".
OpenConf load some scripts, and show script's 
subroutines for user's choice.
And there is visible difference between vba (or java) 
scripts and python scripts. Subroutines in vba scripts - 
are visible, but subroutines in python scripts - are not.
As OpenConf's author say, this is because python's 
IDispatch::GetTypeInfo() return NULL, instead of real 
TypeInfo.
Also IDispatch::GetTypeInfoCount() return 0, instead of 
1.
There is some simple application in attach, that 
demonstrate this problem. Code, that call GetTypeInfo() 
placed in file ascriptDlg.cpp inside CAscriptDlg::
OnInitDialog() method.

This sources are compiled with MS Visual C++ 6.0
Python - 2.3.4
pywin - 202
OS - Win2000 prof sp4 russian


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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2004-10-08 16:22

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It does return an empty type info - but the Dispatch object
does support dynamic dispatch.  ie, a browser would not be
able to see them, but they can be called.  OpenConf should
just query the IDispatch object for whatever function name
the user is trying to call.  Other AXScript engines work
fine with Python, as they correctly treat the typeinfo as
optional.

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Comment By: Fedor Ezeev (ezeev)
Date: 2004-09-21 23:58

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sorry, here is the example

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