[python-win32] Getting Started [SEC=PERSONAL]

[Andrew MacIntyre]

PythonWin (http://starship.python.net/~skippy/win32/) wraps a lot of the
Windows API.

 

ctypes (http://python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/), included with Python
2.5 and later (http://docs.python.org/library/ctypes.html), provides
foreign function support.

 

comtypes (http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/comtypes/) builds on
ctypes to access COM.

 

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From: python-win32-bounces+andrew.macintyre=acma.gov.au at python.org
[mailto:python-win32-bounces+andrew.macintyre=acma.gov.au at python.org] On
Behalf Of Tony Wallace
Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 1:02 PM
To: python-win32 at python.org
Subject: [python-win32] Getting Started

 

Hi everyone

 

I am trying to develop a python application for the windows platform.
As such occasionally I do need to interact with the operating system.  I
am using windows XP.

 

I have in the past tried to use python tools with windows, but for some
reason that escapes me, they all seem to require ancient versions of
Microsofts C compiler, which I don't have.  

 

Am I doing something wrong?  Is there somewhere I can get this?  When I
was programming in foxpro I could "DECLARE" an external reference to the
operating system and then "CALL" the required functions.  Does Python
support simply calling Win32 functions?

 

I have spent a bit of time trying to do something that should be
relatively simple and I am getting frustrated at my lack of progress.

 

 

Tony


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