Use Visual Studio 2017 com api to attach to running python process with loaded dll for debugging

vs_attach.py

import os,sys
import win32com.client as win32
# import pythoncom as com

def attach_visual_studio():
    # a = com.GetActiveObject("VisualStudio.DTE.12.0")
    dte = win32.GetActiveObject("VisualStudio.DTE.15.0")
    # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/envdte80.dte2?view=visualstudiosdk-2017

    # @TODO: check if there more than 1 solution open.
    # Use corresponsing VS solution instance in that case
    for x in dte.Debugger.LocalProcesses:
        if x .ProcessID == os.getpid():
            x.Attach()
            break

if __name__ == "__main__":
    attach_visual_studio()