"bap" <trash@[...].com>  wrote in message news:<ttyY9.30486$eM6.43059@[...].net>...
>  Can anyone point me to documentation on how to use ActiveX objects in a
>  Windows environement.
>  I know of the anydll module for dlls -- does this work for ActiveX object?
>  I'm looking for the equivalent of
>  "createobject()" in VB
>  Thanks

ActiveX is a subset of COM, so you can get to it through win32com. 
The closest equivilent to createobject is:

win32com.client.Dispatch(ProgID)

You'll also get a performance boost by running the makepy utility on
frequently used components.  It's on the tools menu in PythonWin.
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