[python-win32] GUI Rad for Python win32

[Kerry Oliphant]

Somesh,

In order to create a menu you have to have a SDI or MDI application with a
mainframe.  You cannot have a generalized menu in a simple dialog box (at
least not using the standard menu system)  I use the technique I described
for dialog based application that do not have menus.  If you want menus and
you still want to use only win32all you will have to do even more hand
coding.  Look at the python files that come with Pythonwin.  That will show
you what you have to do.  Start with the file pywin\framework\app.py.  I
have not actually done it myself.

If you are really new to win32 programming I would probably go the visual
basic route to build your GUI.  Then develop COM objects in python that the
visual basic GUI can access.  Again, Mark and Andy's book shows you how to
do this.

best of luck,

Kerry

-----Original Message-----
From: Somesh Bartakke [mailto:somesh at qviqsoft.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 10:33 PM
To: kno at conceptsnrec.com
Cc: python-win32 at python.org
Subject: Re: [python-win32] GUI Rad for Python win32


thanx to all you replying me instantly,
am looking for win32 specific RAD so Boa + wxGlade+ SpecTix are Not useful
for me.
This suggestion by 'kno' is seems to be good idea for me.
if possible plz source code, demo make available for me, i tried small
dialog with the method 'Rsource only dll' but "Unable to show Menu on
dialog" plz let me know wot is problem with my dll ?
am new to win32 platform !!

>If you are interested in using the Windows API (i.e. win32all) and not some
other API like >wxWindows you can use Microsoft Visual Studio to design all
of your dialog boxes, etc. and >then create a dll with just the resources
from Visual Studio in it.  Then within your python code >you call
win32ui.LoadLibrary to load the resources and use them.
>i tried same...

>This is not really a RAD solution but it works pretty well and it does the
hardest part for you >>>(the layout of the dialog boxes.)  You still have to
manually add code to actually use the >dialog resources but this is straight
forward and you can start with the examples in win32all to >get going pretty
quickly.  If you are interested in going this route I can send you some
example >code of how I do it.  Also look at Mark Hammond and Andy Robinson's
"Python Programming >on Win32" book, Chapter 20 in particular.

Mark has put some lines and raised curiosity of next release, he should have
been in the marketing team of M$ :) (plz dont mind on comments ) but am
really curious @ next release @ using .rc file,
is it possible for me to use it from SpamBayes directly ? how ?

its really gr8 interactive group !

somesh
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