running a COM server in Python

[dsavitsk]

just for the sake of giving credit where it is due, and not giving it where
it is not, Mark Hammond is responsible for the excellent COM groundwork.
ActiveState is responsible for laying him off.  While he did work at
ActiveState, the COM work was largely done before then.

-d



"Mark Barclay" <markabarclay at mediaone.net> wrote in message
news:3C7A8D72.9089BC7A at mediaone.net...
> I have succeded in getting a COM server implemented in Python, so that
> it can be instantiated by a COM client., thanks to ActivePython's
> excellent groundwork.
>
> I'm wondering if it is also possible to create an application in Python
> that acts as a COM server but can be already running before teh COM
> client attempts to attach to it. This is how Excel behaves. If Excel is
> already running when a COM client attempts to attach to it. This is the
> bahaviour I want.
>
> Can anyone give me a pointer towasr how to get similar functionality?
>
>