The short answer is that it is not possible for a Python COM object to have a GUI - this would require it to be an ActiveX control, and Python doesn't quite do that yet.
A common technique is to write the GUI itself in VB, and expose a Python COM server that does all the hard work. The VB code can use the Python COM server - and indeed VB can pass its "Form" and other GUI objects into Python where it can be directly manipulated. "Python Programming on Win32" has a small example of this. Hope this helps, Mark. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nikolai > Kirsebom > Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2001 6:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Using win32ui in COM-server > > > This has been posted to c.l.p. Posting it here also in the hope > that someone can point me to where to look. > > > We have an application (written in C++/MFC/T-SQL) where we use Word > (MS) as an editor. Word is started by our application as a COM-server > (automation). When started, Word with all its features/functions > (except some programmatically removed functions) is available to the > user. Word is started "Modally" - the rest of our application is > frozen while Word is active. Some parameterisation of Word is done > from our application (by using the object model Word exposes). Some > features implemented in VBA make it possible for the user to extract > information for the database. This is done by calling back into our > application (which then actually acts as a COM-server to Word), which > again accesses the database (use the current db connection). > > Now to the question. Does anyone know if it is possible to develop a > python based COM-server which also has a GUI (based on win32ui or > maybe wxPython) working principally like described above. I've tried > using the simple COM-server examples from M.Hammond/Andy Robinsons > book, however I'm not able to have the GUI created. > > Thanks for any help/hints. > > Nikolai Kirsebom > > > > _______________________________________________ > ActivePython mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/activepython _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/activepython
