[python-win32] Interfacing to windows explorer

[Simon Hook]

Roop,

I do not have a python app but do have one in javascript which MAY help. I
had a bunch of programs with text files which described the input variables.
I wrote 2 programs, the first took the text files and converted them into
html. The second, much shorter program, took the html and used ie as the
interface, if you like a poor man's gui, to the standalone executables. The
final step was to build the execution script for the executable and run it
and then exit out of ie. You can download the software from the link at
http://winvicar.jpl.nasa.gov

After installation, the program you want to look at is 

Winvicar\tutor\tu.wsf

I would think python and javascript would behave in a similar manner. 

Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: Roop Mukherjee [mailto:bmukherj at shoshin.uwaterloo.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:15 AM
To: python-win32 at python.org
Cc: bmukherj at styx.uwaterloo.ca
Subject: [python-win32] Interfacing to windows explorer

I have a python app that runs on my machine. I want to use IE as a front 
end to it. To that end I want to start up a new IE window when this 
program is run, and respond to all events on the window (like clicks or 
form submissions) by calling functions in a python module. I want this to 
run on machine's that do not run web servers.

I do not have any of the microsoft developer tools. I am hoping to do this 
by using exporting my python object's interface as a COM server. I want 
the IE to run as a client of this server and send all actions to it. I 
have seen the examples of how to use excel or word as clients (in "The 
quick python book", Harms et. al.). e.g.
xlapp = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
xlapp.WorkBooks.Add()

Does someone know of similar examples for IE? Does IE have a library like 
the Microsoft Word XX Object library that I can use from python?

Thanks,
-Roop
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