Configure DCOM on the Remote Machine
The first step is to configure DCOM on the remote machine, where the object will actually run.
To configure DCOM, start the DCOM configuration tool by selecting the
Run option from the Windows start menu, and enter
dcomcnfg. The mail display is shown in Figure 12.4.
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Now select the Default Properties tab and ensure that DCOM is enabled for this computer, as shown in Figure 12.5.
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No additional configuration options are required on the remote machine, but you do need to ensure the COM object itself is installed on this computer. There’s nothing special about registering your object for DCOM; perform a normal registration process for the object, as described in the previous section Registering Your COM Server.
The Python.Interpreter object you use is part of
the standard Python COM distribution, so it should have been
registered when the Python COM extensions were installed. However, it
can’t hurt to reregister it. To register the
Python.Interpreter object, perform the following
steps on the remote machine:
Start PythonWin.
Select File → Run, select the Browse button, and locate the file win32com\servers\interp.py.
Select OK.
The PythonWin window should report:
Registering ...
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