Christoph Basedau wrote:
No, Win9x does not allow arbitrary filetypes to be labeled as executables. Your *.py files will always need to be invoked by 'python *.py' -- though you can get the Windows Explorer to do this automatically when double-clicking a .py file. (Note that you *can* make .py files executable in WinNT/2k/XP, as a previous respondent noted, and ActivePython does so by default. This is due to limitations of the Win9x interactive shell, which is the same shell used by DOS [command.com] -- the WinNT codebase uses an entirely different interactive shell [cmd.exe] which does not have this limitation.)HelloI am just starting with python and have some questions. - Is there a way to make *.py-Files executables in an Win98-Environment (like *.bat or *.com). I am reading the docs from python.org but most notes on system config are for unix, so i couldn't find the answer there.
Environment variables can be set in your autoexec.bat, or you can create a batch file 'mypython.bat' which invokes python with specific options -- and you can even change the filetype association for .py files to point to your batch file instead of directly to the python interpreter.- is there somethin like a .profile-file(unix) for windows that loads all default modules/options when running a py- script, maybe a bat/ini file?
- What is python best in? I mean, what do you use it for: shell scripts, building guis, something else?
Yes. (I use it for all of the above, and more.)
Try the Vaults of Parnassus (www.vex.net/parnassus) for generally useful scripts and tools, and Useless Python (www.uselesspython.com) for a great beginner-oriented site.- where on the web can i find lots of python scripts for windows with lots of comments suited for dummies and newbies?
Yes, the win32com extension will allow you to use any COM automation objects -- essentially, the same ones that you would use from Visual Basic. You can also drive the Windows Scripting Host from python. One caveat -- there are some things for which python pretty much requires having a type library, and python's handling of in/out parameters is somewhat different, but it's pretty easy to learn to translate VB/VBS calls into Python calls.- if you know 'windows scripting' with vbs, js, wsf and so on will it be easy to port your scripts to py? does the COM-extension support the same subset of objects, classes and so on like wsh? or is it a differnt story?
I think the problem here is that PythonWin (the IDE) doesn't deal well with multi-line pasting in the interactive window. That window operates in a very line-oriented manner, and giving it several lines at once seems to confuse it. If you simply retype the code in the interactive window, it should work fine. Alternatively, you can paste the code into a script window, and then save and run the script.- In the docs (py2.3.1) there is an example with strings multiline (3.2.1 in Tutorial): [...] this doesnt work for me, when i paste the code to the Python IDE (ActiveState): Error: name 'hello' is not defined what do i have to do to print hello?
Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International
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