simple question ... exec in W32?

[Lyle Johnson]

Depending on the complexity of what you want to do with the application
once it's running, you might look into Python's COM interface
capabilities. There is a nice introduction to this in "Learning Python"
and of course a much more detailed account in "Win32 Programming With
Python".

Brian Alexander wrote:
> 
> Hello;
> 
> How to I start a W32 application, like Word etc, from a Python script? I'm
> actually trying to rewrite a backup script, which, additionally, does a lot
> of non-backup processing overnight.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Brian.