Considering python - have a few questions.

[Tim Roberts]

"Heather Stovold" <h_stovold at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I need to make a GUI interface.  Some of the screens need to be dynamically
>created, with the screen information in a database. Included in the database
>will be pictures (.gif or .jpg) that need to be displayed.  A second
>database would hold the user's data.   I would also need to be able to print
>reports made in a similar fashion.
>
>I would want the program to run in Windows for sure.  If it could work on a
>Mac and other systems, that would be a plus.  I would really love it to be
>able to also be able to be run on the internet (allowing more than one
>person access to the data), but I've never done anything other than basic
>web pages with a web page editor (dreamweaver.)
>
>btw - I have the database designed (and the program info database filled) in
>Access....
>
>I don't mind working hard to learn how to do it....   I just want to know if
>Python is a good choice or not!

Python is a great choice.  Personally, given your requirements, I would
make this a web application.  In my opinion, HTML is the easiest way to
generate a user interface on-the-fly.  With a package like CherryPy, you
get a web server built-in.  You fire up the server in the background, and
bring up Internet Explorer as "your" user interface.
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- Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.