<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Microsoft Word 97"> <TITLE>Misc win32com Stuff</TITLE> <META NAME="Version" CONTENT="8.0.3410"> <META NAME="Date" CONTENT="10/11/96"> <META NAME="Template" CONTENT="D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\HTML.DOT"> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <H1>Misc stuff I don’t know where to put anywhere else</H1> <H4>Client Side Dispatch</H4> <P>Using win32com.client.Dispatch automatically invokes all the win32com client side "smarts", including automatic usage of generated .py files etc.</P> <P>If you wish to avoid that, and use truly "dynamic" objects (ie, there is generated .py support available, but you wish to avoid it), you can use win32com.client.dynamic.Dispatch</P> <B><P>_print_details_() method</B><BR> If win32com.client.dynamic.Dispatch is used, the objects have a _print_details_() method available, which prints all relevant knowledge about an object (for example, all methods and properties). For objects that do not expose runtime type information, _print_details_ may not list anything.</P></BODY> </HTML>