Python & TKInter applets

[Gilles Lenfant]

What about running an activeX on a Mac or Linux box ?
If you want a real cross platform support (any OS and any browser) you
should consider using jython to make applets in python.
www.jython.org
Warning: this requires you program the GUI with java packages (Swing or AWT)
and not with usual "pythonic" Tkinter.
and AFAIK, Swing applets swing applets run only with Netscape 6 or with IE +
Java 2 plugin.

"Robert Johnson" <rjohnson at exotic-eo.com> a écrit dans le message news:
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> I am a Python newbie and I am wondering if Python and TKInter will allow
me
> to write web applications similar to what I can do with ActiveX.
> Apparently, ActiveX is not  Netscape-compatible, or so I'm told (what a
> surprise!).  I am writing an application that will plot an optical thin
film
> design.  It will contain some boxes with entry parameters and will plot a
> graph of the reflectance, transmission, tau, or rho for a particular thin
> film design over a range of wavelengths (I work for a laser optical
> manufacturer that specializes in thin film coatings).
>
> Another option (WAG)?
> I designed the original program with Borland C++ Builder and it works
great
> as an ActiveX program on the web page (it actually looks like a Windows
> program running on the web page).  Can I do something with Python that
will
> allow a Netscape browser to view the ActiveX applet (effectively making
the
> ActiveX component cross-platform)?   I know Python is supposed to be
capable
> of calling COM objects, though I have not looked into it or if this means
I
> can run the program in Netscape.
>
> Book recommendation:
> Has anyone read the book "Python and TKInter Programming" by John E.
> Grayson?  What did you think of the book?  Did it help?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert Johnson
>
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