COM Intellisense in PyCharm

Hello Gordon,

Yes, I don't see why this wouldn't work. You can add the directory containing

makepy generated stubs to the list of paths for a Python interpreter under

Settings | Python Interpreters.

In PythonWin and Wing I can run the makepy utility and then benefit

from code completion for COM objects. Is there a similar facility in

pyCharm?

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Dmitry Jemerov

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JetBrains, Inc.

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Hello Dmitry, hello Gordon,

I am facing the same issue with win32com and intellisense. I did the following:

1. Added makepy as an external tool: File -> Settings -> External Tools -> Add ... with the following values:
   Name: makepy, Group: COM, Description: Calls makepy utility from win32 package, Program: yourPathToPython\python.exe, Parameters: yourPathToPython\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\makepy.py.
   
2. Added yourPathToPython\Lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py path to the "Paths for selected interpreter". Note: This step should
   actually not be necessary as site-packages is scanned as a default. (Is this correct, Dmitry?)
   

3. Called Tools -> COM -> makepy for a COM application on my system. I took Microsoft Excel 11.0 Object Library (1.5) with the following output:

   c:\Programme\Python_265\python.exe C:\Programme\Python_265\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\makepy.py
   Generating to c:\Programme\Python_265\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\00020813-0000-0000-C000-000000000046x0x1x5.py
   Building definitions from type library...
   Generating...
   Importing module

   Process finished with exit code 0

4. Restarted PyCharm 1.5.2 and entered the following:
   

   import win32com.client
   xl = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application")
   xl. # <Ctrl + Space> yields "No suggestions"
   

5. The same code as above in the PythonWin IDE shows all available methods on xl.

I don't think that adding the path with the stubs is enough. I have the feeling that PyCharm does not resolve the win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") to the corresponding COM object.

Regards

Volker

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Does someone achieve to have completion method and attribute with COM object .

I install 1.5 version and makepy work but not completion :  Ctrl Space after the point show a label " No suggestions" .

what is strange is that a simple commanline like DreamPie support completion for COM object without doing

specific setting but not gui IDE like Pycharm .

   http://dreampie.sourceforge.net/

I am a newbie but think the answer of such a question is simple for advance user .

is there many feedbacks  about this subject in the forum ?

Regards

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python

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1065844/what-can-you-do-with-com-activex-in-python

pythonwin

  http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/5H3d1qWmHcw6HVbFMKXy

idle

  http://osdir.com/ml/python.windows/2004-08/msg00001.html

COM early / late bending

  http://www.mayukhbose.com/python/ado/ado-python.php

ironpython

  http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/wing-how-to.shtml

  http://ironpython-urls.blogspot.com/2010/04/ironpython-in-pycharm-new-python-ide.html

  http://www.ironpython.info/index.php/Contents

  http://ironpython-urls.blogspot.com/2007/06/python-binding-sharpdevelop-addin.html

com .net unmanage code

  http://www.codeproject.com/KB/COM/cominterop.aspx#metadata