Thanks Chris.. I was also advised to build the python core (pythoncore.vcproj) with my C++ program. By that way I would not have to load the python core anymore during runtime. Is this a good approach? I am currently using VC++ 7 and python 2.4. - mike
Christopher De Vries wrote: > 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
