COM, IDL, and enum

[Olaf Meding]

How do I access the values of the enum "ERLockStatus" specified in the
(abreviated IDL) file below?

This code works fine and lets me call the methods of the user
interface.
import win32com.client
ui = win32com.client.Dispatch('ERFile.User')
ui.someMethod()
Here is the (abreviated) IDL file:
// This file will be processed by the MIDL tool to
// produce the type library (ERFile.tlb) and marshalling code.

import "oaidl.idl";
import "ocidl.idl";

[
uuid(bf79b6c5-47be-11d2-bacd-006008060a3a),
version(1.0),
helpstring("ERFile 1.0 Type Library")
]
library ERFile
{
importlib("stdole32.tlb");
importlib("stdole2.tlb");

[
object,
uuid(bf79b6c7-47be-11d2-bacd-006008060a3a),
dual,
helpstring("IERecord Interface"),
pointer_default(unique),
nonextensible,
hidden
]
interface IUser : IDispatch { code deleted here };
[helpstring("ER Lock Status")]
enum ERLockStatus {
ls_unlocked, ls_by_caller, ls_by_another, ls_not_locked
};

more code deleted here

};
Thanks much in advance for your help.

Olaf

[Mark Hammond]

Olaf Meding wrote:

How do I access the values of the enum "ERLockStatus" specified in the
(abreviated IDL) file below?

You must ensure that makepy has been run for your object - this
generally just means calling gencache.EnsureDispatch() to create your
object. Once the makepy'd file for the IDL has been loaded, the
constants will be available as "win32com.client.constants.constant_name"

Mark