Scripting on windows 2000

[John J. Lee]

"Ryan Smith" <rcsmith at speakeasy.net> writes:

> I am new to the list and python community as well. I was wondering if anyone
> knows of any good python books emphasizing Windows 2000?  I am a network
> engineer in an Active Directory environment and I have found serveral uses
> for python, and I need to find a book that emphasizes features of python 2.2
> and programming in this type of environment.  I apologize for the rather
> basic question, but I wasn't sure exactly were to ask.

Other than the stuff Alex mentioned, the Python Cookbook (edited by
Alex himself, and David Ascher) contains some Windows recipes.  But
it's well worth having in itself (and is certainly complementary to
the online Python Cookbook from whence it came).

One thing that Hammond and Robinson doesn't cover, and that you might
eventually need, is ctypes.  Always make sure that win32all doesn't
cover what you need first, though.

http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/

win32all is available separately or bundled with Python in
ActiveState's distribution:

http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/

Samples from Hammond & Robinson:

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/chapter/


John