finance programs

[John Roth]

"djmitchell" <djmitchell at optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> > Are there any fnance packages being worked on that anyone knows
about?
> > Maybe something that I can at least get ideas from?
>
> In the book "Python Programming on Win32", one of the examples in the
first
> few chapters is a finance package.  From memory (I haven't read this
part
> of the book for a while), it doesn't go into massive depth, but it
covers
> the initial app design and lots of specific bits in reasonable depth.
>
> I'm pretty sure the focus of this section is using Python to write the
> functional parts of the app, then exposing these bits as COM objects
for
> use by a VB-coded GUI.  Again, my memory might be playing tricks.
>
> Check out the book in your local bookshop to see if it covers what you
want.

It's more the core of an accounting toolset that can be used as a base
for lots of specific analytical work. The actual code is on the CD that
comes with the book.

John Roth