<p>I would like to use Python to script an application that advertises itself as providing an OLE component. How should I get started?</p>

<p>I don't yet know what methods I need to call on the COMponents I will be accessing. Should I use win32com to load those components, and then start pressing 'tab' in IPython?</p>

You need the
win32com
package. Some examples:
```
```
from win32com.client.dynamic import Dispatch

# Excel
excel = Dispatch('Excel.Application')

# Vim
vim = Dispatch('Vim.Application')
```
```
And then call whatever you like on them.