"Jim Morcombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
I am thinking about some long term teaching aids, so I'm simply
interested in whether these things can be done. I don't need to know
how yet.
1. Is it possible to invoke a Python Program from some kind of link
in a Word document, similar to the way a Java Applet is run from a
Web Page. Obviously I am thinking about a Windows enviroinment
only. (I guess I'm probably asking if an exe file can be launched
from Winows)
Yes just as youd run any program from any VBA enabled program.
You need to trigtger the VBA macro from the Word document and
it then runs the external command. Its fairly easy.
2. How about from a pdf document?
Probably but I don;t know enough about the scripting options of PDF.
You would certainly need the full Adobe acrobat authoring kit I
suspect.
ISTR that Acrobat can use actionscript in recent versions, but that
may be wrong and anyhow I know nothing about Actionscript!
3. I've never used any ebook creation software (and this is
probably not the right place to ask) but does anyone have any
experience with ebooks that launch Python Applications?
No, sorry.
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Alan Gauld
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