Hi, I'm trying to scan a document from a python 2.6 script without user interaction.
I found a code snippet, that allows me to scan under Vista, but that doesn't allow me to select the dpi / color mode / etc. The snippet uses win32com.client # ##################### script start import win32com.client,os WIA_IMG_FORMAT_PNG = "{B96B3CAF-0728-11D3-9D7B-0000F81EF32E}" WIA_COMMAND_TAKE_PICTURE = "{AF933CAC-ACAD-11D2-A093-00C04F72DC3C}" os.chdir('c:/temp') wia = win32com.client.Dispatch("WIA.CommonDialog") dev = wia.ShowSelectDevice() for command in dev.Commands: if command.CommandID==WIA_COMMAND_TAKE_PICTURE: foo=dev.ExecuteCommand(WIA_COMMAND_TAKE_PICTURE) i=1 for item in dev.Items: if i==dev.Items.Count: image=item.Transfer(WIA_IMG_FORMAT_PNG) break i=i+1 image.SaveFile("test.png") ######################### script end My problems are: - This script works fine for me under Windows 7, however I'm unable to specify additional parameters, like dpi and color mode. - The script doesn't work under windows XP, though the scanner driver is installed. (Gimp finds the scanner (as WIA scanner)). Perhaps 'WIA.CommonDialig' has another name or I need to install some DLL. The error message is: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\work\python\minidemos\wia_get_simple.py", line 7, in <module> wia = win32com.client.Dispatch("WIA.CommonDialog") File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 95, in Dispatch dispatch, userName = dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch,userName,clsctx) File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 104, in _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName) File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 84, in _GetGoodDispatch IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx, pythoncom.IID_IDispatch) com_error: (-2147221005, 'Invalid class string', None, None) --------------------------------------------------------------------- As I have no knowledge of Win32com and WIA I would appreciate some help or good documentation about wincom32 / WIA with python thanks for your help and bye N -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list