[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-3571828 ] import win32ui hangs openoffice

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Bugs item #3571828, was opened at 2012-09-26 01:04
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Category: win32
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: spiros (sspiros)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: import win32ui hangs openoffice

Initial Comment:
When trying to do a plain import win32ui inside a python macro script, the whole office suite hangs and I have to kill it.
When using console everything works fine.

(I installed it the first time by drag-dropping the site-packages contents inside the oo-python
Second time totally removed system python and using a script pointed the oo-python registry to the win32 installer.
Installed succesfully.)


pywin32 build 214 to 217
python 2.6 and 2.6.1
openoffice 3.4.1, libreoffice 3.5 - 3.6
windows xp, 2003

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2012-09-26 02:31

Message:
Sorry, but importing win32ui in other GUI environments (being IDLE,
wxPython, Open Office or anything else) simply isn't supported - the issue
will be that the MFC libs behind win32ui want full control of event loops
and they always get in each others way...

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