embed notepad into a frame widget

[Matt]

all,

trying to load an application (notepad for instance) and have it sit
inside a Python application window. When the main window maximises or
minimises, the (notepad) app follows.

I am pretty sure I need to use a frame widget under tkinter (win32) but
not exactly sure how to do it.

I can make the frame but not embed notepad.

do I use something like this?


from Tkinter import *
master = Tk()
frame = Frame(width=768 , height=576, bg="", colormap="new")
frame.pack()
video.attach_wi ndow(frame.wind ow_id()) <--- not sure!!
mainloop()


Thanks

-Matt

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Re: embed notepad into a frame widget

Matt wrote:
[color=blue]
> all,
>
> trying to load an application (notepad for instance) and have it sit
> inside a Python application window. When the main window maximises or
> minimises, the (notepad) app follows.
>
> I am pretty sure I need to use a frame widget under tkinter (win32) but
> not exactly sure how to do it.[/color]

You are pretty wrong being sure :) Under windows, it is indeed possible to
embed certain applications into others - the related technical term is
conveniently called OLE (Object lining and embedding).

But the application has to be prepared for doing so - and this is deep
windows stuff, so I guess you can't do that with Tkinter.

Another technique is to use so-called activex-controls. The IEfor instance
is available as such a control. But that also isn't doable with Tkinter
(AFAIK, I'm not totally sure on that). But wxPython can:

http://www.wxpython.org/MigrationGuide.html

Diez

[Matt]

Re: embed notepad into a frame widget

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
[color=blue]
> You are pretty wrong being sure :) Under windows, it is indeed possible to
> embed certain applications into others - the related technical term is
> conveniently called OLE (Object lining and embedding).[/color]

Thanks,

at least I didnt spend two much time on it :)

-Matt