[IronPython] Need help in learning.

[J. Merrill]

That script searches the release docn for .Net (1.x).  IP relies on .Net 2, so I think the .Start line should be
     Process.Start("http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/searchbeta/Default.aspx?" + query)

Otherwise, some results will be missing or perhaps incomplete (or, rarely, incorrect).

At 04:27 PM 10/31/2005, Shawn Farkas wrote

>Pretty easily done with a quick script:
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>import sys
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>sys.LoadAssemblyByName("System")
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>from System import String
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>from System.Diagnostics import Process
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>def msdn(query):
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>            if query.GetType() == String.Empty.GetType():
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>                        Process.Start("http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?View=msdn&st=b&c=4&s=1&swc=4&qu=" + query)
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>            else:
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>                        msdn(query.GetType().FullName)
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>Will launch the MSDN help page in the user s default browser.  I m not sure if there s a nicer way to determine if the parameter is a string or not, and this also relies on the fact that the browser will normalize the query string (if it contains a space for instance) & but will break if you query contains the & character.  However, for debugging purposes, if you throw that in your site.py you re all set J
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>-Shawn
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>----------
>From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Peli de Halleux (PELI)
>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 11:48 AM
>To: Discussion of IronPython
>Subject: Re: [IronPython] Need help in learning.
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>Following up the improving the experience for new .Net users, IronPython could provide specialized commands to search msdn and pop up a internet window. For example something like
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>    msdn "System.Security.Cryptography.SignedXml.ComputeSignature"   // search based on literal
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>    msdn foo    // search based on the object type
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>[snip]


J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp 
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