How to script an OLE component using Python

"Python and COM" contains an example. OLE is related to COM and ActiveX so you should look for those terms.

"Python Programming on Win32" is a useful book. There is also a "Python Win32" mailing list.

You need the win32com package. Some examples:

from win32com.client.dynamic import Dispatch

# Excel
excel = Dispatch('Excel.Application')

# Vim
vim = Dispatch('Vim.Application')

And then call whatever you like on them.

win32com is a good package to use if you want to use the IDispatch interface to control your objects, but it's slow.

comtypes is a better, native Python, package that uses the raw COM approach to talk to your controls.

WxPython uses comtypes to give you an ActiveX container window from Python.

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