[Tutor] Visual Basic AND Python, is there a way to...

[Robert Garber]

thanks for your help, i am hot on the trail, of as much Info as I can find on this subject.

The people on tutor have taught me a great deal.
Thanks,
Robert

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From: Danny Yoo <dyoo@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:12:53 -0700 (PDT)

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>On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Robert Garber wrote:
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>> OK hear goes an off the wall question. I started with python and loved
>> it...came very easy to me. I moved on to visual basic. I like the way
>> you can set up the GUI first and the methods used in doing so...seems
>> very intuitive. i like the dea of writing code for each part of the form
>> and object in it...is there a way to use VB6.0 and ptyhon together...
>> set up the GUi and use python to write the code for each event in the
>> app?or is there an IDE out ther that wroks like VB 6.0 for setting up
>> and writting GUI apps? I have to admit I never messed with tkinter, but
>> i know it sets up the GUI with code instead the 'drag and drop' methods
>> in VB6.0...i like writting code with python..it is the first language i
>> have learned and would like to find a way to use both together if
>> possible.\
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>It's possible; I'm not too familiar with the details, but Mark Hammond's
>'win32' packages allow you to write Python code and have it accessible
>from VB.
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>    http://www.python.org/windows/win32/
>    http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/
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>Hmmmm... I'm doing some quick searches on Google.  Here's a link that
>might be useful:
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>    http://www.hps1.demon.co.uk/users/andy/pyvb/
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>Looks like a small example of VB driven with Python.  It might be enough
>to get you started!  You may also want to check Mark's book, "Python and
>Win32 Programming":
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>    http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/
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>Chapter 7 on "Building a GUI with COM" might be very useful for you.
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>Finally, you might also want to talk with the Python-win32 folks:
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>    http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
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>They have a separate mailing list dedicated for Windows-specific stuff,
>and the people there may be able to give more concrete examples of
>VB-Python integration.
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>Best of wishes!
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