Re: DDE vs. COM for Python Windows apps

2011-08-06 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: > The main complaint I've seen about DDE is that it is very old. I can't speak about COM, as I have not used it to any great extent, but DDE has a number of things going for it. Firstly though, "old" does not need to be a criticism. How many ne

DDE vs. COM for Python Windows apps

2011-08-06 Thread Kevin Walzer
I'm developing a Windows version of a Mac/Python app and I'd like to add a scripting interface to it. On the Mac I do this via Apple Events--this is an Apple technology that allows applications to drive other applications and query them for data using a message-passing interface. Each applicati