Ticket #9295 (closed defect: obsolete)
GuestControl Execute from python is broken (Windows hosts only)
| Reported by: | Technologov | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | major | Component: | other |
| Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.0 | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Guest type: | other | |
| Host type: | Windows |
Description (last modified by aeichner) (diff)
Host: Windows (XP+Vista+7) + python 2.6.6 + pyWin v216 + VBox 4.1.0
The following command fails on Windows hosts: (from vboxshell.py)
vbox> guest "Windows XP VM 11" 'print console.guest.executeProcess("ping.exe", 0, " 127.0.0.1", "", "Administrator", "123456", 10000)'
Objects for SAFEARRAYS must be sequences (of sequences), or a buffer object.
NOTE: The same works on Debian Linux 6 hosts.
-Technologov, 24.7.2011.
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NOTE: This bug also affects C#, and possibly other high-level (managed) languages.
C++ works (as proven by testing VBoxManage)