Mark Hammond wrote: >>>>Certainly COM would work. In this case your VB EXE would use > > CreateObject > >>>>to create a Python implemented object. > > >>As what type of Python Object? > > >>I have the VB6 ide open, and the references Browser as well, >>there is no generic Python object to include into a VB project. > > >>Which means one would have to create a Python COM server >>and Type library first, before being able to reference it >>from the VB IDE. > > > Actually, you don't need to create a typelib. Just register the PythonCOM > server, and have VB use CreateObject with the ProgID. All vars will need to > be declared as "object", and you wont get auto-complete type features, but > it will work. VB supports late-binding. > > > >>Even though I have Python Programming in Win32, I'm not sure what >>needs to be done to make a minimal Python COM server that can be >>called from VB. > > > Pages 221 and 222 have an example using VBA (ie, the VB embedded in MSOffice > apps) > > >>Also, creating a type library requires using Visual C- which isn't a >>problem, it's the language of the IDL required to create the TLB that >>I don't udnerstand. > > > You should be able to avoid TLBs - certainly to get started... > I'll just underline Mark's encouraging words, since you appear to be a little hesitant about diving in. I had to write a credit-card processor for a web application one of my clients wanted, and I found it was relatively easy to construct a Python COM server.
Although the application was in VBScript I created several test programs using VB, none of which had any problems manipulating the Python COM server. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
