AutoItX in Python - Unicode error?

[SpeedBall]

I'm just getting AutoIt/Python up and running, and my first real attempt to control anything results in a massive error. Can anyone make sense of this?

>>> Auto = win32com.client.Dispatch("AutoItX3.Control")

>>> Auto

<COMObject AutoItX3.Control>

>>> Auto.WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "<pyshell#6>", line 1, in <module>

Auto.WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 454, in __getattr__

return self._make_method_(attr)

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 295, in _make_method_

methodCodeList = self._olerepr_.MakeFuncMethod(self._olerepr_.mapFuncs[name], methodName,0)

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line 297, in MakeFuncMethod

return self.MakeDispatchFuncMethod(entry, name, bMakeClass)

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line 318, in MakeDispatchFuncMethod

s = linePrefix + 'def ' + name + '(self' + BuildCallList(fdesc, names, defNamedOptArg, defNamedNotOptArg, defUnnamedArg, defOutArg) + '):'

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line 604, in BuildCallList

argName = MakePublicAttributeName(argName)

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line 542, in MakePublicAttributeName

return filter( lambda char: char in valid_identifier_chars, className)

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line 542, in <lambda>

return filter( lambda char: char in valid_identifier_chars, className)

UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x83 in position 52: ordinal not in range(128)

Thanks.

[teodesian]

I'm just getting AutoIt/Python up and running, and my first real attempt to control anything results in a massive error. Can anyone make sense of this?

>>> Auto = win32com.client.Dispatch("AutoItX3.Control")

>>> Auto

<COMObject AutoItX3.Control>

>>> Auto.WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "<pyshell#6>", line 1, in <module>

Auto.WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 454, in __getattr__

return self._make_method_(attr)

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 295, in _make_method_

methodCodeList = self._olerepr_.MakeFuncMethod(self._olerepr_.mapFuncs[name], methodName,0)

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line 297, in MakeFuncMethod

return self.MakeDispatchFuncMethod(entry, name, bMakeClass)

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line 318, in MakeDispatchFuncMethod

s = linePrefix + 'def ' + name + '(self' + BuildCallList(fdesc, names, defNamedOptArg, defNamedNotOptArg, defUnnamedArg, defOutArg) + '):'

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line 604, in BuildCallList

argName = MakePublicAttributeName(argName)

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line 542, in MakePublicAttributeName

return filter( lambda char: char in valid_identifier_chars, className)

File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\build.py", line 542, in <lambda>

return filter( lambda char: char in valid_identifier_chars, className)

UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0x83 in position 52: ordinal not in range(128)

Thanks.

Try running the same thing in pythonwin. You'll notice that it will inexplicably run correctly. I don't know what kind of voodoo that pythonwin is doing that IDLE isn't but I sure as hell wish someone did, since there is nowhere (even the source code doesn't seem to help) as to what the hell is going on in there.