[IronPython] Scripting an unmanaged app with IronPython?

[Curt Hagenlocher]

Is there any reason you wouldn't just do this with CPython? In a past life,
I had a lot of success embedding CPython into a C++ / MFC application.

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Mike Krell <mbk.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an unmanaged app written in C++ / MFC that I'd like to script
> in some capacity with IronPython.  I can see perhaps three broad
> approaches to doing this:
>
> 1.  Somehow hosting IP within the app.  This would be the ideal, but I
> don't know if it's possible.  It's clear that I would need to create
> some wrappers that mediate between managed and unmanaged code (i.e.,
> expose functionality as CLR objects).  But on top of that I'd need to
> host IP in the process.  I have Michael F.'s excellent "IronPython in
> Action" and have been reading a little bit about embedding the engine,
> but it starts with the premise that the hosting app is itself managed.
>
> 2. Create a new managed app that would have access to the wrappers as
> in #1 and embed IP in that.  I think this is definitely possible, but
> it would have limitations that #1 would not have (e.g., in #1, the
> user could still do things from the app's gui)
>
> 3.  Have a new managed app that runs as a separate process and
> communicates with the unmanaged app, e.g. like COM.  The app currently
> does not have COM interfaces and working with COM is a major pain.  Is
> there an alternative in the .net world that would be similar but
> easier to use?
>
> Thanks in advance for any guidance y'all can offer.
>
>   Mike
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