I guess that also means (which makes sense) that the returned object has to be registered as a COM object.
However, in my case, I just needed that object to pass it to yet another object, I did not need to use it from VB Regards, Philippe Philippe C. Martin wrote: > Thanks a bunch, > > I'll try this, This raises two questions: > 1) How do I declare the receiving VB variable ? > 2) Then, can I use the returned object as a COM object: call its public > methods (that would be hot)? > > > Dim newobj as ????? > newobj = acom.Get_Obj() > > newobj.A_Public() > > > Regards, > > Philippe > > > > > > On Thursday 21 July 2005 09:55 am, Stefan Schukat wrote: >> You have to wrap the python object with a COM object: >> >> def Get_Obj(self): >> return win32com.server.util.wrap(an_object) >> >> >> Stefan >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >> > Philippe C. Martin >> > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:42 AM >> > To: python-list@python.org >> > Subject: Re: returning list of strings from Python COM to >> > Visual basic 6 >> > >> > >> > I can now pass and return quite a few types except object >> > instances: my >> > python code gets to the point where I do: >> > >> > >> > def Get_Obj(self): >> > ..... >> > return an_object >> > >> > My VB code looks like >> > >> > Dim obj as Variant >> > >> > obj = acom.Get_Obj() >> > >> > >> > I get an "unexpected Python error ..... Objects of type >> > 'instance' can not >> > be converted to a COM VARIANT" >> > >> > Is there a way out ? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Philippe >> > >> > Philippe C. Martin wrote: >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > Is it possible ? >> > > >> > > ex: return ['1','2'] >> > > >> > > If so which type should I use in VB ? >> > > >> > > dim res as ??????? >> > > >> > > Set testObj = CreateObject("xxxx") >> > > >> > > res = testObj.AMethodThatReturnsAListOfStrings() >> > > >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > >> > > Philippe >> > >> > -- >> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> >> The "Leading Manufacturing Test Company of the Year 2005" >> http://www.dspace.de/goto?f_s_award > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
