[python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

[Tim Roberts]

Randy Syring wrote:
> It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a 
> non-interactive service like IIS.  But, I am not 100% sure on this so I 
> was hoping that this list might be able to shed some light on this topic.

Your analysis is quite correct.

It is possible, through painful and creative use of CreateProcessAsUser,
to create a process as the user that is running on the primary visible
desktop.  Here's more information, although I don't really think it
solves your problem:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683502.aspx

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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.