Steve Simmons <square.st...@gmail.com> wrote: ><html> > <head> > > <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> > </head> > <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> > <font size="-1"><font face="Bitstream Vera Sans">First time post - > be gentle wi<font size="-1">th me :-)<br> > <br> > </font>I am trying to write a Python <font size="-1">script to > access a scanning d<font size="-1">evice. <font size="-1">I > have an SDK for t<font size="-1">he</font> <font > size="-1">scanner but the documentation is a <font > size="-1">bit limited and the supplier doesn't support > Python (but <font size="-1"><font size="-1">Python is > the best option for me <font size="-1">in the > current > circumstances).</font></font> </font></font></font > ></font></font> > <br> > <br> > The SDK revolves around a .dll fi<font size="-1">le that <font > size="-1">is described as a 'COM Ob<font size="-1">ject' > but the text also implies that it can be ac<font > size="-1">cessed directly - "If you don’t use the COM > interface in your application and use the SDK files > directly like in VC++ then you don’t need to install > these files on the destination computer". If I look > inside the .d<font size="-1">ll (thanks PE<font > size="-1"> Explorer!), I see DllCanUnload, > DllGetClassObject, DllRegisterServer and > DllUnregisterServer in the 'Export' view. If I > look at <font size="-1">the 'Import' view, I can > see the names of a bunc<font size="-1">h of <font > size="-1">.dll files and </font></font>the > names of the <font size="-1">functions</font>/methods > I want to call. So I concluded that > </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font > ></font></font><font > size="-1"><font face="Bitstream Vera Sans"><font size="-1"><font > size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font > size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font > size="-1"><font face="Bitstream Vera Sans"><font > size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font > size="-1"><font size="-1"><font > size="-1"><font > size="-1">DllGetClassObject > <font size="-1">would be my > > friend.</font></font></font></font></font></fon > t></font></font></font></font></font> > </font></font><br> > <br> > <font size="-1">However, I've <font size="-1">read > various tutorials on using .dll and COM (ctypes, > comtypes, and the Python documentation) and I've > ended up <font size="-1">more confused than when > I started. <font size="-1">I expected to be > using COM but all the examples seem to revolve > around automating excel or out<font > size="-1">look.<br> > <br> > <font size="-1">I'd be really grateful for > some hints on what direction I<font > size="-1"> should be head<font size="-1">ed > and a pointer to a relevant > tutorial.</font></font></font></font> > </font></font></font></font><br> > <br> > <font size="-1">Simmo</font><br> > </font></font></font></font></font></font></font> > </body> ></html>
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