Python and Windows.Forms

Shane s.brennan at cox.net
Wed May 12 22:15:52 EDT 2004


Hey folks,

I'm new to Python and programming in general and I'm having a blast. I 
was curious if it was possible to use Windows.Forms; I'm interesting in 
porting a C++ program a friend wrote for me to Python and would like to 
use a similar GUI (its fairly simple). I've noticed ActiveState has a 
.NET plugin for Python...

http://www.activestate.com/Products/Visual_Python/?_x=1

...but I'm not sure that is what I am looking for and I'm stuck with 
Borland C# Builder Personal Edition anyway for financial reasons.

One thing that threw me for a loop was that when I used ActivePython 
(ActiveStates Python IDE, I like it so far) to run a script I wrote, it 
gives me a Windows.Forms input box when I call raw_input as opposed to 
the regular console input message you get in the basic interactive 
window that comes with a standalone Pythin installation. What's going on 
there? Can I harness that a little more?

Shane Brennan



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