[vbox-dev] Using python API bindings on Windows

[Alexey Eromenko]

python 64 for windows 64.
This is because VirtualBox uses MS COM, which cannot work in 32-bit
mode on Windows 64-bit.

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Mikhail Kovalev
<mikhail.kovalev at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I've just noticed that there was already a thread on this topic earlier
> this month (I joined the dev list later, so I did not see this mail). The
> problem is that I am using 32 bit python on 64bit Win7. With 64bit Python
> the problem disappears. So currently there is no way to connect to 64 bit
> VBox from a 32 bit app (to get the console)? and what if I connect to a 32
> bit VBox (on 32bit Win) from a 32 bit app, is this supposed to work?
>
> Thanks,
> Mikhail.
>
>
> 2014-07-30 17:23 GMT+02:00 Mikhail Kovalev <mikhail.kovalev at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to use Python API bindings on Windows to control virtualbox. I
>> have the following problem: when I create a session and lock a non-running
>> VM with this session, I do not get a reference to the console object. As a
>> result, I cannot control the non-running VM (e.g., I cannot restore a
>> snapshot). I've tried to use the following code:
>>
>> from vboxapi import VirtualBoxManager
>> vbox_mgr = VirtualBoxManager(None, None)
>> vm = machByName(vbox_mgr, "win64")
>> snap = vm.findSnapshot("1")
>> session = vbox_mgr.mgr.getSessionObject(vbox_mgr.vbox)
>> vm.lockMachine(session, 2);
>> # session.console == None here
>>
>> I've also tried to restore a snapshot using vboxshell frontend, and I get
>> the same result:
>>
>> 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'restoreSnapshot'
>>
>> I've tried it on 4.3.12 and on 4.3.14 - same result.
>>
>> For a running VM the console object is there and everything works fine. I
>> can also start VMs using "lauchVMProcess".
>>
>> Is it a bug or is it a problem of my installation?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Mikhail
>
>
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