At 02:14 PM 3/4/2008, Michael Foord wrote: >Dick Moores wrote: >>Years ago I learned a bit of Visual Basic (VB6, >>IIRC) at a community college. About a year ago I >>downloaded the free Visual Basic 2005 Express >>(<http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/Default.aspx>), >>but didn't do much with it. >> >>But I was wondering if it was possible to write >>Python code in Iron Python and use it somehow in >>Visual Basic 2005 (or 2008) Express. VB seemed a very easy >>way to create a GUI, but of course I prefer Python for the code. >> >>So, possible/impossible/impractical/foolish/Pythonically_traitorous? >> > >Your question as phrased doesn't actually mean a great deal. :-) > >Do you want to code with Python or with VB? (They are different >languages and you can't just mix them in the same source files - >well you can actually but not in the way you mean I think...) > >This sort of question would be much better directed to the >IronPython mailing list by the way: >http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
I did, a month ago (<http://lists.ipython.scipy.org/pipermail/ipython-user/2008-January/005063.html>), but got no response, possibly because my "question as phrased doesn't actually mean a great deal". :-( >Do you actually mean "can you use IronPython with Visual Studio >Express"? If so, the answer is "not really". But you can use >IronPython to create any sort of application that you can with VB. OK, so I'm now a bit wiser. Rephrasing: "can IPython access the same GUI library as VB.NET?" And the answer is yes. >A good place to start is with the Early Access program for >"IronPython in Action": >http://www.manning.com/foord I've just read the free first chapter. Here's one paragraph (bottom of p. 12 of the PDF): "IronPython uses .NET classes natively and seamlessly, and there are a lot of them. Two of the gems in the collection are Windows Forms and the Windows Presentation Foundation, which are excellent libraries for building attractive and native looking user interfaces. As a Python programmer, you may be surprised by how straightforward the programmers interface to these libraries feels. Whatever programming task you are approaching, it is likely that there is some .NET assembly available to tackle it. This includes third party libraries for sophisticated GUI components, like data grids, where there is nothing comparable available for CPython. Table 1.1 shows a small selection of the libraries available to you in the .NET framework." I'm going to sign up for "MEAP + Ebook only" ($27.50) right now. Thanks very much. Dick Moores _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
