pywintypes.md

pywintypes

Module pywintypes

A module which supports common Windows types.

Methods

• DosDateTimeToTime

  Converts an MS-DOS Date/Time to a standard Time object 

• Unicode

  Creates a new PyUnicode object 

• UnicodeFromRaw

  Creates a new PyUnicode object from raw binary data 

• IsTextUnicode

  Determines whether a buffer probably contains a form of Unicode text. 

• OVERLAPPED

  Creates a new PyOVERLAPPED object 

• IID

  Makes an PyIID object from a string. 

• Time

  Makes a PyTime object from the argument. 

• CreateGuid

  Creates a new, unique GUIID.

MS_WINCE 

• ACL

  Creates a new PyACL object. 

• SID

  Creates a new PySID object. 

• SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES

  Creates a new PySECURITY_ATTRIBUTES object. 

• SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR

  Creates a new PySECURITY_DESCRIPTOR object.

NO_PYWINTYPES_SECURITY 

• HANDLE

  Creates a new PyHANDLE object. 

• HKEY

  Creates a new PyHKEY object. 

• WAVEFORMATEX

  Creates a new PyWAVEFORMATEX object. 

pywintypes.ACL

PyACL = ACL(bufSize) Creates a new ACL object

Parameters

• bufSize=64 : int

  The size for the ACL.

pywintypes.CreateGuid

PyIID = CreateGuid() Creates a new, unique GUIID.

pywintypes.DosDateTimeToTime

PyTime = DosDateTimeToTime() Converts an MS-DOS Date/Time to a standard Time object.

pywintypes.HANDLE

PyHANDLE = HANDLE() Creates a new HANDLE object

pywintypes.HKEY

PyHKEY = HKEY() Creates a new HKEY object

pywintypes.IID

PyIID = IID(iidString, is_bytes

) Creates a new IID object

Parameters

• iidString : string/Unicode

  A string representation of an IID, or a ProgID.

• is_bytes=False : bool

  Indicates if the first param is actually the bytes of an IID structure.

pywintypes.IsTextUnicode

int, int = IsTextUnicode(str, flags

) Determines whether a buffer probably contains a form of Unicode text.

Parameters

• str : string

  The string containing the binary data.

• flags : int

  Determines the specific tests to make

Return Value

The function returns (result, flags), both integers.

result is nonzero if the data in the buffer passes the specified tests.

result is zero if the data in the buffer does not pass the specified tests.

In either case, flags contains the results of the specific tests the function applied to make its determination.

pywintypes.OVERLAPPED

PyOVERLAPPED = OVERLAPPED() Creates a new OVERLAPPED object

pywintypes.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES

PySECURITY_ATTRIBUTES = SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES() Creates a new SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES object

pywintypes.SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR

PySECURITY_DESCRIPTOR = SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR() Creates a new SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR object

Alternative Parameters

• data

  A buffer (eg, a string) with the raw bytes for the security descriptor.

pywintypes.SID

PySID = SID(bufSize) Creates a new SID object

Parameters

• bufSize=32 : int

  Size for the SID buffer

Alternative Parameters

• buffer

  A raw data buffer, assumed to hold the SID data.

Alternative Parameters

• idAuthority

  The identifier authority.

• subAuthorities

  A list of sub authorities.

pywintypes.Time

PyTime = Time(timeRepr) Creates a new time object.

Parameters

• timeRepr : object

  An integer/float/tuple time representation.

Comments

Note that the parameter can be any object that supports

int(object) - for example , another PyTime object.

The integer should be as defined by the Python time module.

See the description of the PyTime object for more information.

pywintypes.Unicode

PyUnicode = Unicode() Creates a new Unicode object

pywintypes.UnicodeFromRaw

PyUnicode = UnicodeFromRaw(str) Creates a new Unicode object from raw binary data

Parameters

• str : string/buffer

  The string containing the binary data.

pywintypes.WAVEFORMATEX

PyWAVEFORMATEX = WAVEFORMATEX() Creates a new WAVEFORMATEX object