Python Programming On Win32

Name

CoCreateInstance( )

Synopsis

Creates the specified COM object and returns the requested interface.

interface = CoCreateInstance(clsid, unkOuter , clsctx , iid)

Parameters

clsid

A string or PyIID object containing the class ID for the new object.

unkOuter

Typically None, or may be a Python interface object if the object is used as part of an aggregate.

clsctx

Defines the context in which the code that manages the newly created object runs. May be a combination of the following constants:

pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER

The code that creates and manages objects of this class runs in the same process as the caller of the function specifying the class context.

pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_HANDLER

The code that manages objects of this class is an in-process handler. This is a DLL that runs in the client process and implements client-side structures of this class when instances of the class are accessed remotely.

pythoncom.CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER

The EXE code that creates and manages objects of this class is loaded in a separate process space (runs on same machine but in a different process).

pythoncom.CLSCTX_REMOTE_SERVER

A remote machine context. The LocalServer32 or LocalService code that creates and manages objects of this class is run on a different machine.

pythoncom.CLSCTX_ALL

Indicates all class contexts.

pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC

Indicates all in-process contexts.

pythoncom.CLSCTX_SERVER

Indicates server code, whether in-process, local, or remote.

iid

A string or PyIID object that defines ...