Adding to VB

[***]

I'm looking for a simple way to add python scripting support to a VB
project so that I can have a python script modify what the vb program
does. A

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

*** wrote:

I'm looking for a simple way to add python scripting support to a VB
project so that I can have a python script modify what the vb program
does. A

Throw VB away - use only Python.

Reinhold

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[F. GEIGER]

*** wrote:

I'm looking for a simple way to add python scripting support to a VB
project so that I can have a python script modify what the vb program
does. A

Have a look into Mark Hammonds PPW32 book, Mark and Andy do this in one
of their excellent real world examples.

Cheers
Franz

[Byron]

Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:

Throw VB away - use only Python.

Not everyone can do this -- especially if you work for the corporate
world that depends heavily on Microsoft products / compatability.

Here is some information that might come in handy. Also, search
Google.com for "VB and Python"

http://www.hps1.demon.co.uk/users/andy/pyvb/

http://vb2py.sourceforge.net/

Byron
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[Byron]

This might be of help also:

http://forums.devshed.com/t158692/s.html

Byron
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[Jeff Shannon]

F. GEIGER wrote:

*** wrote:

I'm looking for a simple way to add python scripting support to a VB
project so that I can have a python script modify what the vb program
does. A

Have a look into Mark Hammonds PPW32 book, Mark and Andy do this in
one of their excellent real world examples.

A brief summary of the approach they use -- design your VB project as a
set of COM objects. Create a set of Python classes that understand how
to manipulate those COM objects. Embed a Python interpreter inside of
your VB project (as yet another COM object). You now can use Python
code to manipulate all (exposed) aspects of your VB app.

But seriously, go buy the PPW32 book. If you're doing anything
involving COM objects, it's well worth it -- and if you're scripting
other applications on Windows, you *should* be doing it through COM.

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International