Ti Crossman schrieb: > Hello, all. I have a need to create application extensions for ESRI > ArcGIS geographic information system software. ArcGIS is built from > the ground up using COM technology. Supposedly, one can program > against the (absolutely enormous) ArcObjects object model with any > COM-compliant language. From what I understand, that includes Python > -- with the pywin32 extensions, of course. Now, the real trick here > is that the extension must be compiled into a DLL (and must implement > the IExension interface) for ArcGIS to recognize it as an extension. > > So, making the whopping assumption that I can pull off such a coding > feat with Python (2.5.1 in this case), I have one main question: is > there a way to compile my Python code into a DLL that will work for > me?
When you implement a COM object in Python then it IS a DLL. If you use pywin32 then it is pythoncom.dll is it, if you use comtypes then _ctypes.pyd is it. These DLLs have the standard COM entry points DllGetClassObject and DllCanUnloadNow. > I did some reading up on py2exe and gather that it will compile > Pyhton modules to DLLs; however, I also saw a reference to COM DLLs > vs. C-type DLLs and whether or not they have random entry points. py2exe can create 'standalone' DLLs from Python COM servers; it can NOT create DLLs with custom entry points. -- Thanks, Thomas _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
