Re: [python-win32] Creating PyCComboBox?

2011-06-11 Thread Greg Ewing
Vernon Cole wrote: The problem is that the Windows combobox does not allow for the user to type more than one letter to select an item from the list I'm not sure it's necessary to replace the entire thing just to fix that -- it ought to be possible to override the keyboard event handling and

Re: [python-win32] Creating PyCComboBox?

2011-06-11 Thread John Sheehan
Just my opinion, but if anyone decides to create a combo box, the one that has been part of MS Access since at least version 2.0 would be the one to model it after. I have yet to see any combo box in any language/platform/application that has worked as well as that one does. John Sheehan

Re: [python-win32] py2.7 and multiple DDE servers on Win32, possible?

2011-06-11 Thread RayS
Nice, I'll give it a shot, providing they compile with free VS2008 Express (?) The old page is a tad out of date http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/BuildingExtensions.html but it seems this might help http://mattptr.net/2010/07/28/building-python-extensions-in-a-modern-windows-enviro

Re: [python-win32] Creating PyCComboBox?

2011-06-11 Thread Vernon Cole
I've been intending to make enough time to create a combobox for PyGUI. In my humble opinion, the combobox provided by Windows GUI is brain damaged to the point of utter frustration and should not be used for human consumption. I sent an epistle to this effect to the wxpython group, and got the a

Re: [python-win32] py2.7 and multiple DDE servers on Win32, possible?

2011-06-11 Thread Roger Upole
If you can build the dde module yourself, reenabling multiple servers for 32-bit is just a matter of uncommenting // #define _CALLHACK_ in stddde.cpp. Roger ___ python-win32 mailing list python-win32