Basically, this means the application doesn't register itself
with the Running Object Table. There's not much you can
do about it, except maybe petition whoever makes ITunes.
Roger
"David Nicolson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi,
>
> I have been successfully using iTunes' COM interface with Python using
> either of the following lines successfully:
>
> iTunes = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch("iTunes.Application")
> iTunes = win32com.client.Dispatch("iTunes.Application")
>
> The only problem is that it will launch iTunes if it is not running by
> instantiating the object here. There are some reasons
> why I have not attempted to use more COM to check if iTunes is an active
> process, I tried either of the following lines to
> only form a connection if iTunes is running.
>
> iTunes = win32com.client.GetActiveObject("iTunes.Application")
> iTunes = win32com.client.GetObject(Class = "iTunes.Application")
>
> Both lines result in a pythoncom.com_error with 'Operation unavailable' in
> the second element of the tuple. Has anyone been
> able to successfully do this with iTunes' COM server? I have seen other
> 'Operation unavailable' messages in a few other
> mailing lists but was unable to find any solutions to this problem.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
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