def DispatchEx(clsid,
machine=None,
userName=None,
resultCLSID=None,
typeinfo=None,
UnicodeToString=NeedUnicodeConversions,
clsctx=None):
"""Creates a Dispatch based COM object on a specific machine.
"""
# If InProc is registered, DCOM will use it regardless of the machine name
# (and regardless of the DCOM config for the object.) So unless the user
# specifies otherwise, we exclude inproc apps when a remote machine is used.
if clsctx is None:
clsctx = pythoncom.CLSCTX_SERVER
if machine is not None: clsctx = clsctx & ~pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC
if machine is None:
serverInfo = None
else:
serverInfo = (machine, )
if userName is None: userName = clsid
dispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstanceEx(clsid, None, clsctx, serverInfo,
(pythoncom.IID_IDispatch, ))[0]
return Dispatch(dispatch,
userName,
resultCLSID,
typeinfo,
UnicodeToString=UnicodeToString,
clsctx=clsctx)
def launch_binary(self):
# (1) WinExec?
# No need to run -WinExec- as -Dispatch- apparently does everything
#win32api.WinExec(self.stata_fn, win32con.SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE)
# (2) EnsureModule?
# C:\Bin\Python37\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client>makepy -v -i "stata.StataOLEApp"
# stata
# {76656110-CB0F-44B4-90D2-D584B6768509}, lcid=0, major=1, minor=2
# >>> # Use these commands in Python code to auto generate .py support
# >>> from win32com.client import gencache
# >>> gencache.EnsureModule('{76656110-CB0F-44B4-90D2-D584B6768509}', 0, 1, 2)
#mod = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureModule('{76656110-CB0F-44B4-90D2-D584B6768509}', 0, 1, 2)
# (3) Dispatch; three options
# (3a) Static cache
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/36711595/3977107
clsid = "stata.StataOLEApp"
clsid = pythoncom.CoCreateInstanceEx(clsid, None, pythoncom.CLSCTX_SERVER,
None, (pythoncom.IID_IDispatch,))[0]
if win32com.client.gencache.is_readonly:
#fix for "freezed" app: py2exe.org/index.cgi/UsingEnsureDispatch
win32com.client.gencache.is_readonly = False
win32com.client.gencache.Rebuild()
self.exe = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch(clsid)