Python and .HTA files in IE5

[Anders Eggers-Krag]

The first problem here is the fact tha the window object overrides the
python objects,
causing open() to be the window.open() method rather than ___builtin___.open

Anders Eggers - Krag



"Richard M. Smith" <rms2000 at bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
news:38E9EBA2.CF62323A at bellatlantic.net...
> Hello,
>
> I am attempting to use Python as a scripting language in a .HTA
> (HTML Application) file.  .HTA files are executed by IE5 just
> like .HTM files except that there are no secrutiy restrictions on
> what script code can do.  In a .HTA files, scripts can run programs,
> read and write files, access the Windows registry, etc.  They are usefull
> for developing Windows applications that use IE5 for their user
> interface.
>
> I am having trouble executing the following simple Python script
> to read the contents of AUTOEXEC.BAT and output it on
> the .HTA page:
>
> <script language=python>
> myfile = open("c:\\autoexec.bat")
> document.write(str(myfile.readlines()))
> myfile.close()
> </script>
>
> I am getting an AttributeError in line 400 of
> the file dynamic.py.  It looks like the __getattr__
> method is failing when the readlines method is
> called by my script code.
>
> Anyone know what is going on here and how to
> fix the proble?.
>
> A couple more data points here.  If I rename the .HTA
> file to have the .HTM extension, I get the identical error
> message.  This leads me to believe that the Python runtime
> library isn't distinguishing between .HTA and .HTM files.
>
> OTOH the equivalent .ASP file works fine:
>
> <script language=python runat=server>
> myfile = open("c:\\autoexec.bat")
> Response.write(str(myfile.readlines()))
> myfile.close()
> </script>
>
> Richard
>
>