WebBrowser as a panacea (was Re: wxPython UI refresh)

[Alex Martelli]

"Robin Dunn" <robin at stop.spam.alldunn.com> wrote in message
news:tTYr6.39$yBO.17760287 at news.randori.com...
    [snip]
> There is a ray of hope however.  The WebBrowser ActiveX object (internet
> explorer) can view excel workbooks just fine.  In the wxPython demo for
> ActiveXWrapper_IE type the path of a .xls file into the combo box and it

This can't be stressed strongly enough: WebBrowser (and to a
lesser extents other bits and pieces of IE) are _extremely_
useful and handy -- a very full-fledged container, able to
house just about anything you can throw at it, let you script
it, catch events, etc, etc; at the same time, it's rather
undemanding -- will let just about any halfway-ripe container
house it, without making many demands on said container.  As
an "impedance matcher" between minimalist containers and very
demanding controls, it can easily be a life-saver.


Alex