[triangle-zpug] Using COM in threads

[David Handy]

The website you googled is a red herring. Your error has nothing to do with
threads.

When you get an error like this:

AttributeError: StrainSmart.SSDataConnection2.GetReducedDataString

it means there is no such method as GetReducedDataString.

David H

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 01:07:04PM -0500, Lee Nelson wrote:
> I am still trying to learn Python and I am currently trying to troubleshoot
> the following error:
> 
>  
> 
> Unhandled exception in thread started by <function get_data_thread at
> 0x00C27EB0
> 
> > 
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> 
>   File "CFL_Daq.py", line 224, in get_data_thread
> 
>     data_response = scan2.GetReducedDataString(data_string)
> 
>   File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 496,
> in
> 
> __getattr__
> 
>     raise AttributeError, "%s.%s" % (self._username_, attr)
> 
> AttributeError: StrainSmart.SSDataConnection2.GetReducedDataString
> 
>  
> 
> I think this is related to my use of a COM object inside of a thread.
> According to this example
> (http://devnulled.com/content/2004/01/com-objects-and-threading-in-python/),
> I tried importing the pythoncom module and adding the following lines to the
> definition of my thread function:
> 
>  
> 
> sys.coinit_flags = 0
> 
> pythoncom.CoInitialize()
> 
> .
> 
> .
> 
> .
> 
> Pythoncom.CoUninitialize()
> 
>  
> 
> But I'm still getting the same error.  I have no trouble using this COM
> object outside of threads.  Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I'm
> doing wrong?  I don't really understand the reason for the sys.coinit_flags
> or the CoInitialize() function so any resources that better explain the use
> of COM objects in threads could also be useful.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> Lee
> 
>  
> 
> Entire project can be downloaded here:
> http://www.ce.ncsu.edu/centers/cfl/temp/CFL_Daq.py 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 

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