Help with COM and Type Library

[Jeff Winkelman]

I need some help with creating a type library for a Python COM Server
I am trying to implement.

I've read through previous postings on comp.lang.python regarding
creating type libraries and Python COM Servers, and have made some
progress.

I followed Alex Martelli's suggestion (Jan. 2001) to perform the
following steps:

1. Create and IDL file
2. Generate a type library using MIDL.
3. Run makepy.py on the type library which generates a module with
some useful code.

My problem now is that I don't know what to do with this generated
file.

Here is my generated file:

# Created by makepy.py version 0.4.0
# By python version 2.1.1 (#20, Jul 26 2001, 11:38:51) [MSC 32 bit
(Intel)]
# From type library 'HelloWorld.tlb'
# On Mon Apr 01 16:02:09 2002
"""HelloWorld 1.0 Type Library"""
makepy_version = '0.4.0'
python_version = 0x20101f0

import win32com.client.CLSIDToClass, pythoncom

# The following 3 lines may need tweaking for the particular server
# Candidates are pythoncom.Missing and pythoncom.Empty
defaultNamedOptArg=pythoncom.Missing
defaultNamedNotOptArg=pythoncom.Missing
defaultUnnamedArg=pythoncom.Missing

CLSID = pythoncom.MakeIID('{D71160DA-3B79-49A5-9E6E-FA23F458FBFB}')
MajorVersion = 1
MinorVersion = 0
LibraryFlags = 8
LCID = 0x0

from win32com.client import DispatchBaseClass
class IHelloWorld(DispatchBaseClass):
"""IHelloWorld Interface"""
CLSID = pythoncom.MakeIID('{DA3F71EA-ADFA-44F0-A890-1F88120C8309}')

def Hello(self, who=defaultNamedNotOptArg):
"""method Hello"""
return self._oleobj_.InvokeTypes(0x1, LCID, 1, (24, 0), ((12,
0),),who)

_prop_map_get_ = {
}
_prop_map_put_ = {
}

class CoClassBaseClass:
def __init__(self, oobj=None):
if oobj is None: oobj = pythoncom.new(self.CLSID)
self.__dict__["_dispobj_"] = self.default_interface(oobj)
def __repr__(self):
return "<win32com.gen_py.%s.%s>" % (__doc__,
self.__class__.__name__)

def __getattr__(self, attr):
d=self.__dict__["_dispobj_"]
if d is not None: return getattr(d, attr)
raise AttributeError, attr
def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
if self.__dict__.has_key(attr): self.__dict__[attr] = value; return
try:
d=self.__dict__["_dispobj_"]
if d is not None:
d.__setattr__(attr, value)
return
except AttributeError:
pass
self.__dict__[attr] = value

class HelloWorld(CoClassBaseClass): # A CoClass
# HelloWorld Class
CLSID = pythoncom.MakeIID("{35B9B525-B4E8-4953-A0E9-680B99FAF11C}")
coclass_sources = [
]
coclass_interfaces = [
IHelloWorld,
]
default_interface = IHelloWorld

IHelloWorld_vtables_dispatch_ = 1
IHelloWorld_vtables_ = [('Hello', 1, ((12, 0, None),), (3, 0, None),
('who',))]

RecordMap = {
}

CLSIDToClassMap = {
'{DA3F71EA-ADFA-44F0-A890-1F88120C8309}' : IHelloWorld,
'{35B9B525-B4E8-4953-A0E9-680B99FAF11C}' : HelloWorld,
}
CLSIDToPackageMap = {}
win32com.client.CLSIDToClass.RegisterCLSIDsFromDict( CLSIDToClassMap )
VTablesToPackageMap = {}
VTablesToClassMap = {
}

VTablesNamesToCLSIDMap = {
'IHelloWorld' : '{DA3F71EA-ADFA-44F0-A890-1F88120C8309}',
}

At this point, I'm stuck. I really don't even know where to start
modifying this generated file and pulling out the stuff I don't need.
If I look at example COM Servers implemented in Python, several of the
things I need are missing from this file.

Here is my COM Server all by itself.

class HelloWorld:
# HelloWorld Class
_public_methods_ = ['Hello']
_public_attrs_ = ['softspace', 'noCalls']
_readonly_attrs_ = ['noCalls']
# All registration stuff to support fully automatic
register/unregister
_reg_verprogid_ = "PYTHONLib.HelloWorld.1"
_reg_progid_ = "PYTHONLib.HelloWorld"
_reg_desc_ = "Hello World Example"
_reg_clsid_ = "{35B9B525-B4E8-4953-A0E9-680B99FAF11C}"
_reg_class_spec_ = "HelloWorld"

def __init__(self):
self.softspace = 1
self.noCalls = 0
def Hello(self, who):
self.noCalls += 1
return "Hello" + " "*self.softspace + who

Do I even need the CoClassBaseClass and IHelloWorld classes?

What significance does the vtable stuff have? It seems to me that I
would not need this either since I am not wrapping up an existing
server, but rather implementing my own.

Can anyone give me some pointers on where to go from here?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Jeff