Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-16 Thread Paul Boddie
Atanas Banov wrote: > paron wrote: > > I forgot -- I like the idea of Kerrigell, too. It runs on top of > > CherryPy, and lets you use python either in the server (which is just a > > little program on your local machine) or embedded in the html pages, or > > in a Kerrigell service, which is an app

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-16 Thread paron
>From the OP: As for the application it has to be able display simple animated graphics such as circles, lines and squares. However if someone clicks on a shape it should open up another application, such as Word. Thanks, Rod Python Newbie The application itself can sit on the local users compu

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread Atanas Banov
paron wrote: > I forgot -- I like the idea of Kerrigell, too. It runs on top of > CherryPy, and lets you use python either in the server (which is just a > little program on your local machine) or embedded in the html pages, or > in a Kerrigell service, which is an application server based on Pytho

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread Magnus Lycka
bruno at modulix wrote: > rodmc wrote: > >>Is it possible to embed a Python application within Internet explorer? > > No. Nor in any other browser (except from Grail, but I think this > doesn't count). This is simply not true! Python can work as a Windows scripting language just as VB Script. T

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread paron
Thanks, Kent -- you're right. That'll teach me to work from memory! Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread Kent Johnson
paron wrote: > I forgot -- I like the idea of Kerrigell, too. It runs on top of > CherryPy Karrigell is independent of CherryPy, it has it's own web server built in. Kent -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread paron
I forgot -- I like the idea of Kerrigell, too. It runs on top of CherryPy, and lets you use python either in the server (which is just a little program on your local machine) or embedded in the html pages, or in a Kerrigell service, which is an application server based on Python. So, a script to p

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread paron
I forgot -- I like the idea of Kerrigell, too. It runs on top of CherryPy, and lets you use python either in the server (which is just a little program on your local machine) or embedded in the html pages, or in a Kerrigell service, which is an application server based on Python. So, a script to p

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread paron
You may already know this, but I don't think anyone has mentioned it explicitly. You can run a Python web server (I like CherryPy) on the local machine, and serve pages to "localhost." Everything else is just plain old Python, and talking to the OS is no problem. Ron -- http://mail.python.org/m

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread DH
bruno at modulix wrote: > rodmc wrote: >> Is it possible to embed a Python application within Internet explorer? > > No. Nor in any other browser (except from Grail, but I think this > doesn't count). You can if you use IronPython. Of course it will only work with Internet Explorer on windows. J

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread Roger Upole
Using the Pywin32 extensions ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ ) , you can register Python as an Active Scripting language. Then it can be used anywhere javascript or vbscript are used, in IE, ASP, etc. It should only be used in IE for trusted applications, however. Roger "rodm

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread Michael Ströder
bruno at modulix wrote: > rodmc wrote: > >>Is it possible to embed a Python application within Internet explorer? > > No. Nor in any other browser (except from Grail, but I think this > doesn't count). I remember there was a project for running CGI-BIN-like programs directly in Mozilla without a

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread Atanas Banov
try this: create file named "test.hta" and put inside - import sys document.writeln("Hello from Python", sys.version) - double click to open it, it will work if you have activestate extensions installed. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/p

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread rodmc
Thanks for all the comments. I will elaborate slightly to give everyone an idea of what is going on. Basically I need to create a dynamic visualisation which sits in the active desktop, basically behind the desktop icons and in front of the windows wallpaper. Windows lets you define a web page whi

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread bruno at modulix
rodmc wrote: > Is it possible to embed a Python application within Internet explorer? No. Nor in any other browser (except from Grail, but I think this doesn't count). > If so how do people recommend going about it. Either write a rich client app or a real web application. > As for the applicat

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread SamFeltus
Perhaps IronPython could be hacked in somehow also? Seems like it might could. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread SamFeltus
Perhaps IronPython could be hacked in somehow also? Seems like it might could. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread Tim N. van der Leeuw
'A' Web Browser? Meaning: any random web-browser? Or specifically and *only* Internet Explorer? If you want it to work only and ever only in Internet Explorer, then you can create a Python ActiveX object and embed that in your page; using the pythonwin extensions. Cheers, --Tim -- http://mail.

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread SamFeltus
Didn't ActiveState or somebody have a Python plugin to run Python on IE? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread Daniel Nogradi
> Is it possible to embed a Python application within Internet explorer? > If so how do people recommend going about it. > > As for the application it has to be able display simple animated > graphics such as circles, lines and squares. However if someone clicks > on a shape it should open up anoth

Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-14 Thread rodmc
Is it possible to embed a Python application within Internet explorer? If so how do people recommend going about it. As for the application it has to be able display simple animated graphics such as circles, lines and squares. However if someone clicks on a shape it should open up another applicat