I am glad you did remind me of WScript.Shell ... I have to keep in mind that most if not all of what I have been using in VBS is avail to me. Thx
"Claudio Grondi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > LittlePython wrote: > > I am no VB programmer just dabble in vbscripting abit. The only one I am > > aware of is the popup as self closing. I never thought of using com. > Ok, so my remarks about COM were not for you. > > > > Do you know of any thing for a busy box in the same vain as easygui > No, I don't, but it doesn't mean, that there is none considering myriads > of various available COM components. My idea was to make you aware, that > you can use your VB compiler for creating any ActiveX/COM components for > usage with Python the way I have described, but as you write it seems > not to be an option for you. > > So I have to admit, that EasyGUI is in your case apparently > >>> exactly what you was looking for ... > > :-) > > Claudio > > > > > > "Claudio Grondi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>LittlePython wrote: > >> > >>>That is exactly what I was look for .. thx > >> > >>Surprised to hear that. > >> > >>As VisualBasic programmer I would expect you to have experience with > >>ActiveX on Windows, where the best way to go with Python is to reuse all > >>the ActiveX components and their known user interfaces (i.e. constants > >>to use as parameter and constants for interpretation of return values) > >>directly from within Python. > >> > >>A message box goes e.g. this way: > >> > >> >>> import win32com.client > >> >>> axWshShell = win32com.client.Dispatch("WScript.Shell") > >> >>> axWshShell.Popup(u"(MsgText)This axWshShell.Popup closes itself > >>after 45 seconds", 45, u"(MsgTitle)Testing WScript.Shell object:", 1) > >> > >>By the way: is there a ready for direct use timed self closing Ok/Cancel > >>message box in any of the proposed GUI packages? > >> > >>Claudio > >> > >>> > >>>"Kent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > >>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>>>LittlePython wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Is there an equivalent to a msgbox() or wscript.echo (via wcsript) . I > >>>>>would like to call this instead of print (to the screen) . I would like > >>>>>to write a simple script that is not an event drive gui but calls input > >>>>>boxes, message boxes, or maybe even a file open browser box as well? > >>>> > >>>>Take a look at EasyGUI: > >>>>http://www.ferg.org/easygui/ > >>>> > >>>>Kent > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
