How do I access enumerations?

[OskarPersson]

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How do I access enumerations and their values such as powerpoint.ppsaveasfiletype through comtypes?

[mjpieters]

I answered your Stack Overflow question, but let’s record it here too:

Use the comtypes.client.Constants() class to access all associated enum names, including those defined on the ppSaveAsFileType enum:

from comtypes.client import Constants, CreateObject

powerpoint = CreateObject("Powerpoint.Application")
pp_constants = Constants(powerpoint)

pres = powerpoint.Presentations.Open(input_path)
pres.SaveAs(output_path, pp_constants.ppSaveAsPDF)

Maintainers: why is the Constants() class not documented?

[cfarrow]

TIL there is a Constants class. (That's my excuse.)

[mjpieters]

😆 Added in December 2008 https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/blob/1d3d38b2a616674309e7eabe6b5c581042caf32a/CHANGES.txt#L320-L330

[junkmd]

@OskarPersson @mjpieters @cfarrow

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