Tim Roberts wrote:
>  Stormy wrote:
>    
> > I am trying to implement IPropertyStore in a python component, and run
> > into a few problems.
> >
> > HRESULT GetValue(
> >     REFPROPERTYKEY /key/,
> >     PROPVARIANT */pv/
> > );
> > The GetValue method passes a pointer in the form of an integer to
> > python instead of a key.
> >     
> 
>  Correct.  REFPROPERTYKEY is a pointer to the key.  You will probably
>  have to use something like ctypes to dereference the pointer and fetch
>  the actual key.
> 
>    
Found I needed an update to my python distribution for ctypes to load 
properly.
Ok, I've constructed the PROPERTYKEY structure using ctypes, and I am 
now successfully fetching sensible data from this pointer
> > And secondly the return value never makes it back to windows either.
> >     
> 
>  What are you actually returning?
> 
>    
I am trying to return a string, however I am not sure if there is 
automatic wrapping of this in a PROPVARIANT as this is the expected 
return value.
The python version of GetValue only accepts the key as an argument.,
I am unsure how to proceed.