[python-win32] Running GUI apps from a python/IIS web application

[Randy Syring]

I have been tasked with integrating an command line program (.exe) with 
a python web application.  The program is intended to be run by a normal 
user and therefore pops up a "helpful" GUI window that displays a 
"working on it" type message while the program gathers data from a 
remote location.  The web application is written in python and uses 
isapi-wsgi to integrate into IIS.

Long story short, I have a routine in my web application that calls the 
program using the subprocess module, waits for it to finish, and then 
imports the data it collected.  We have successfully tested this routine 
with the user that the IIS application pool runs under.  But, when I try 
to run said routine from the web application, the external program hangs.

It seems likely to me that you can not run a GUI program under a 
non-interactive service like IIS.  But, I am not 100% sure on this so I 
was hoping that this list might be able to shed some light on this topic.

Thank you in advance for any help you might be able to give.

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