HTML Application Interface

[Bill Bell]

CpJohnson at edgars.co.za wrote, in part:
> I will be writing a Python application to run stand-alone on
> a PC.  Just to be different, I came up with the idea of using an
> HTML interface instead of something more conventional like Tkinter. 
> So the user interaction with the app would be via a web browser and
> input via CGI etc. I wondered if there is an application framework
> that would be suitable.  I took a quick look at Zope, and think that
> it would serious overkill to use it for my 5 form app. Anything
> else out there?

One possibility: You mentioned a 'PC' as your platform; let me jump 
to the conclusion that you are thinking of MSW.

IE5 supports a class of apps called HTAs (HTML Applications). I 
haven't tried writing one; however, Scott Roberts ("Programming 
MS IE5", MS Press) writes: "... you can create them using only 
DHTML and script. ... Chapter 4 covers them in more detail."

OK, now ponder the delightful fact that Python can function as a 
scripting language on MSW platforms (ref: Hammond & Robinson, 
"Python Programming on Win32").

Just place your five HTML forms in a convenient folder, along with 
their associated scripts (which might or might not be embedded) 
and an MS Access database and, heh, presto, an app!

Just tell us how it goes.

Bill
"It is the time that you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."--St-Exupery