On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 03:12:06PM -0800, mike wrote: > I am new with python. Is it possible to have an MFC application and > develop some module using python? what are the steps in doing this? can > anybody give me a url or some documentation for this.. thanks..
It is possible to embed python in a C or C++ application, enabling you to call python functions from C. I would recommend reading "Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter" at http://docs.python.org/ext/ext.html for more information. If you are currently using Visual C++ 6.0, either stick with Python 2.3 or read this: http://www.vrplumber.com/programming/mstoolkit/ to learn how to build extensions for python 2.4 with the free VC++ toolkit compiler. If you are already using version 7 of the Microsoft C++ compiler then you should have no problems with Python 2.4. I usually do not embed the interpreter, but I have written some extension modules... well, I should say I have used SWIG (http://www.swig.org/) to create wrappers around some C libraries. For information (read: rants) on extending versus embedding see http://twistedmatrix.com/users/glyph/rant/extendit.html and http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?EmbedVsExtend . You can also use win32 python extensions to make your module available through COM, but I don't know anything about that. Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
