[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-3603059 ] Cannot pass array of arrays

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Bugs item #3603059, was opened at 2013-02-01 19:19
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Submitted By: Wesley Tanaka (wtanaka)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Cannot pass array of arrays

Initial Comment:
With code that looks like this:

instance = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch("InDesign.Application")
doc = instance.Open("some_path")
pages = doc.Pages
page0 = pages.FirstItem()
opposing_corners=((0.0, 0.0), (72.0, 72.0))
page0.Reframe(
  In=2021222766,
  OpposingCorners=opposing_corners)


The reframe method:
http://cssdk.host.adobe.com/sdk/1.0/docs/WebHelp/references/csawlib/com/adobe/indesign/Page.html#reframe%28%29

expects an array containing two arrays, where each of those two arrays contains two doubles.

If I pass in a scalar like 5.0
or a 1-D array like (1.0, 1.0)
or even if I add an extra item to the array like ((0.0, 0.0), (72.0, 72.0), 5.0) or ((0.0, 0.0), (72.0, 72.0), None), the exception coming back from InDesign references the value that I passed to the Reframe method.  However, if I pass ((0.0, 0.0), (72.0, 72.0)), then InDesign says that it is receiving "()"

This thread looks similar: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10166064/python-win32com-and-2-dimensional-arrays/10167882#10167882 and the solution there is to use comtypes instead of win32com.

Is this a known issue with win32com?  I tried looking at the underlying InvokeTypes call but stopped when I saw this mailing list post saying that it's poorly documented: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2005-December/004031.html

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