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Python and C#

Cameron Laird claird at lairds.us
Mon Oct 4 14:08:03 EDT 2004 
In article <BL6dnev5xezS4_zcRVn-vA at comcast.com>,
Larry Bates  <lbates at syscononline.com> wrote:
> > Looking for advice on this as a course of action.  Obviously,
>> I'm not doing this for fun, but for some reasons that are
>> supported by base workaday considerations.  Will this work?
>> What are the biggest hassles in making it work?  Any
>> pitfalls?
>
>Sure this will work.  You can call COM server code from Python
>no matter what the COM server is written in.  I've written
>COM servers in Python and called from Python, VB, PowerBuilder,
>etc.  I've also called COM servers written in other languages.
>
>> 
>> If I get this to work well, next I want to make it easy for
>> users to install and run the apps.  I haven't tried to
>> package any python apps in about a year.  Which packaging
>> package is better now for this -- py2exe, McMillan's, or
>> something else?  I want the end-users with no python on
>> their Windows machine to run a simple and non-descript
>> installer and then be up and running with my app, no
>> problems.
>
>I like the combination of py2exe and Inno Setup.  py2exe
>create standalone code and Inno to create a distributable
>installer.
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'Know what *I* think'll be the biggest surprise?  'Getting the
run-time right for the C# part.  You're developing the C# server
under WinXP, right, but some users will try to run it under Win98?
*That* might be a bit of an adventure ...
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