John Salerno wrote: > Hi all. I'm currently learning C#, and I'm also interested in learning > Python
In a similar position to yourself - learning both languages - I can definitely recommend Python ( though C# 's curly brackets might annoy you more than they did before!!) > so it seems like a decent > idea to want to integrate the two FWIW, what I've been doing lately is calling Python scripts from Windows.Forms apps, capturing their 'StdOut'. There's an article on http://www.thecodeproject.com which explains how you can do this asynchronously, but the following (C#) code is what I'm using ( imagine a Windows Form with a TextBox to enter the script name, another to enter any arguments for the script, and 'Run', 'Cancel' and 'Browse' CommandButtons). (assumes the script requires no user interaction) private void BrowseForScript_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { if ( this.openFileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK ) { this.txtIO.Clear(); this.txtIO.Focus(); this.txtIO.AppendText( openFileDialog.FileName); } } private void Run_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo; System.Diagnostics.Process process; string directory; string pyArgs; string script; script = this.txtIO.Text.Trim(); if ( script == null || script.Length == 0 ) { return; } try { directory = Path.GetDirectoryName( script ); script = Path.GetFileName( script ); } catch (ArgumentException) { MessageBox.Show("The script file path contains invalid characters.", "Invalid Script Path", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error); return; } if ( script.Length == 0 ) { MessageBox.Show("No script file has been specified.", "Invalid Script Path", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error); return; } if ( directory == null || directory.Length == 0 ) { directory = DEFAULT_SCRIPT_DIRECTORY; } pyArgs = this.txtArgs.Text.Trim(); startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("python"); startInfo.WorkingDirectory = directory; startInfo.Arguments = script + " " + pyArgs; startInfo.UseShellExecute = false; startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true; startInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true; startInfo.RedirectStandardError = true; process = new Process(); process.StartInfo = startInfo; process.Start(); string s; while ((s = process.StandardOutput.ReadLine()) != null) { this.__application.Write( s + "\n" ); } while ((s = process.StandardError.ReadLine()) != null) { this.__application.Write( s + "\n" ); } } Gerard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
