"""Utilities for selecting and enumerating the Type Libraries installed on the system """ import win32api, win32con, pythoncom class TypelibSpec: def __init__(self, clsid, lcid, major, minor, flags=0): self.clsid = str(clsid) self.lcid = int(lcid) # We avoid assuming 'major' or 'minor' are integers - when # read from the registry there is some confusion about if # they are base 10 or base 16 (they *should* be base 16, but # how they are written is beyond our control.) self.major = major self.minor = minor self.dll = None self.desc = None self.ver_desc = None self.flags = flags # For the SelectList def __getitem__(self, item): if item==0: return self.ver_desc raise IndexError("Cant index me!") def __lt__(self, other): # rich-cmp/py3k-friendly version me = (self.ver_desc or "").lower(), (self.desc or "").lower(), self.major, self.minor them = (other.ver_desc or "").lower(), (other.desc or "").lower(), other.major, other.minor return me < them def __eq__(self, other): # rich-cmp/py3k-friendly version return ((self.ver_desc or "").lower() == (other.ver_desc or "").lower() and (self.desc or "").lower() == (other.desc or "").lower() and self.major == other.major and self.minor == other.minor) def Resolve(self): if self.dll is None: return 0 tlb = pythoncom.LoadTypeLib(self.dll) self.FromTypelib(tlb, None) return 1 def FromTypelib(self, typelib, dllName = None): la = typelib.GetLibAttr() self.clsid = str(la[0]) self.lcid = la[1] self.major = la[3] self.minor = la[4] if dllName: self.dll = dllName def EnumKeys(root): index = 0 ret = [] while 1: try: item = win32api.RegEnumKey(root, index) except win32api.error: break try: # Note this doesn't handle REG_EXPAND_SZ, but the implementation # here doesn't need to - that is handled as the data is read. val = win32api.RegQueryValue(root, item) except win32api.error: val = "" # code using this assumes a string. ret.append((item, val)) index = index + 1 return ret FLAG_RESTRICTED=1 FLAG_CONTROL=2 FLAG_HIDDEN=4 def EnumTlbs(excludeFlags = 0): """Return a list of TypelibSpec objects, one for each registered library. """ key = win32api.RegOpenKey(win32con.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "Typelib") iids = EnumKeys(key) results = [] for iid, crap in iids: try: key2 = win32api.RegOpenKey(key, str(iid)) except win32api.error: # A few good reasons for this, including "access denied". continue for version, tlbdesc in EnumKeys(key2): major_minor = version.split('.', 1) if len(major_minor) < 2: major_minor.append('0') # For some reason, this code used to assume the values were hex. # This seems to not be true - particularly for CDO 1.21 # *sigh* - it appears there are no rules here at all, so when we need # to know the info, we must load the tlb by filename and request it. # The Resolve() method on the TypelibSpec does this. # For this reason, keep the version numbers as strings - that # way we can't be wrong! Let code that really needs an int to work # out what to do. FWIW, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816970 is # pretty clear that they *should* be hex. major = major_minor[0] minor = major_minor[1] key3 = win32api.RegOpenKey(key2, str(version)) try: # The "FLAGS" are at this point flags = int(win32api.RegQueryValue(key3, "FLAGS")) except (win32api.error, ValueError): flags = 0 if flags & excludeFlags==0: for lcid, crap in EnumKeys(key3): try: lcid = int(lcid) except ValueError: # not an LCID entry continue # Only care about "{lcid}\win32" key - jump straight there. try: key4 = win32api.RegOpenKey(key3, "%s\\win32" % (lcid,)) except win32api.error: continue try: dll, typ = win32api.RegQueryValueEx(key4, None) if typ==win32con.REG_EXPAND_SZ: dll = win32api.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(dll) except win32api.error: dll = None spec = TypelibSpec(iid, lcid, major, minor, flags) spec.dll = dll spec.desc = tlbdesc spec.ver_desc = tlbdesc + " (" + version + ")" results.append(spec) return results def FindTlbsWithDescription(desc): """Find all installed type libraries with the specified description """ ret = [] items = EnumTlbs() for item in items: if item.desc==desc: ret.append(item) return ret def SelectTlb(title="Select Library", excludeFlags = 0): """Display a list of all the type libraries, and select one. Returns None if cancelled """ import pywin.dialogs.list items = EnumTlbs(excludeFlags) # fixup versions - we assume hex (see __init__ above) for i in items: i.major = int(i.major, 16) i.minor = int(i.minor, 16) items.sort() rc = pywin.dialogs.list.SelectFromLists(title, items, ["Type Library"]) if rc is None: return None return items[rc] # Test code. if __name__=='__main__': print(SelectTlb().__dict__)