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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: accessing an OLE Automation (IDispatch) server from python which requires the use of "out params"
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:58:33 -0500
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On 12/10/2012 2:13 PM, bitbucket wrote:
> I have an existing Windows application which provides an OLE
> Automation (IDispatch) interface.  I'm not able to change that
> interface.  I'd like to call it from a scripting language.  I figure
> this would provide a nice quick way to invoke on the app.

I believe the easiest way to do that is to install the pywin extensions
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/?source=directory

I assume it can handle out params.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy