[python-win32] Simple Windows progressbar dialog (like messagebox) via Win32 API?

Mike Driscoll mdriscoll at co.marshall.ia.us
Fri Oct 1 16:08:50 CEST 2010


  On 1:59 PM, python at bdurham.com wrote:
> I know there is a simple interface to the Windows messagebox interface.
> Is there an equivalent type of simple dialog box for showing a 
> progressbar or progressbar-like information?
> Use case: I have a collection of Python command line utilties that can 
> take up to several minutes to run. These are utilities may be called 
> from other applications. Our users have asked whether these utilities 
> can display a progressbar while they are running.
> Our utilities are very lean right now and easy to distribute and 
> support. We would like to avoid having to use Tkinter or large GUI 
> frameworks like wxPython and pyQt if at all possible.
> Thank you,
> Malcolm

Stupid question, but since you're using command line utilities, why not 
just use a command line progress bar? This fellow wrote one that might 
work: 
http://coreygoldberg.blogspot.com/2010/01/python-command-line-progress-bar-with.html

- Mike
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