Re: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

2010-12-02 Thread Randy Syring
Thanks for all the responses on this. I spoke with the company that develops the external application and they are going to work on removing the calls that create the GUI windows. Thank God, b/c the workarounds were looking pretty unsavory! -- Randy Syring

Re: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

2010-12-02 Thread Tim Roberts
Dahlstrom, Roger wrote: > Sure there is, autologon! Ah, but if one uses autologon, then it is no longer the case that "no one is logged in", so I think my comment is still valid... ;) -- Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. ___

Re: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

2010-12-02 Thread Dahlstrom, Roger
-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application Randy Syring wrote: > > Good to know, but you are correct that it doesn't solve the problem. > This program needs to work even when no users are logged into the > server, as that will be the case 99% of the time. There is

Re: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

2010-12-02 Thread Tim Roberts
Randy Syring wrote: > > Good to know, but you are correct that it doesn't solve the problem. > This program needs to work even when no users are logged into the > server, as that will be the case 99% of the time. There is no easy solution for this. There is no practical way to run a GUI applic

Re: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

2010-12-01 Thread Roger Upole
You might be able to use win32service.CreateDesktop to give the program a desktop to work with. Roger Randy Syring wrote: >I have been tasked with integrating an command line program (.exe) with a >python web application. The program is intended to be run by a normal user >and therefore p

Re: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

2010-12-01 Thread Vernon Cole
There is a registry hack to make a Windows box auto log in when it boots up. If you cannot find an example, get back to me and I will get a sample from a co-worker at a former employer. We had several dozen machines there which were actually servers, but the software was written for a GUI desktop

Re: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

2010-12-01 Thread Roberto Aguilar
On Dec 1, 2010, at 6:43 PM, Randy Syring wrote: > On 12/01/2010 08:28 PM, Tim Roberts wrote: >> Randy Syring wrote: >>> It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a >>> non-interactive service like IIS. But, I am not 100% sure on this so I >>> was hoping that this list might be

Re: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

2010-12-01 Thread Randy Syring
On 12/01/2010 08:28 PM, Tim Roberts wrote: Randy Syring wrote: It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a non-interactive service like IIS. But, I am not 100% sure on this so I was hoping that this list might be able to shed some light on this topic. Your analysis is quit

Re: [python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

2010-12-01 Thread Tim Roberts
Randy Syring wrote: > It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a > non-interactive service like IIS. But, I am not 100% sure on this so I > was hoping that this list might be able to shed some light on this topic. Your analysis is quite correct. It is possible, through pa

[python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

2010-12-01 Thread Randy Syring
I have been tasked with integrating an command line program (.exe) with a python web application. The program is intended to be run by a normal user and therefore pops up a "helpful" GUI window that displays a "working on it" type message while the program gathers data from a remote location.