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Sane · Jan 1st, 2008, 5:09 PM

Could you clarify what you mean by a "real" program?

Do you mean a program that looks like a standard Windows Application? Or just one that provides a useful purpose?

For example, with basic Python knowledge, you could already make a program that runs an application routinely.

 Python Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
import time
import os
 
# Command to be executed
cmd = "start c:/windows/notepad.exe"
 
# Interval to be run at 
wait = 300    # This is 5 minutes
 
# Loop infinitely
while 1:
 
    # Execute command
    os.system(cmd)
 
    # Wait a bit
    time.sleep(wait)
import time
import os

# Command to be executed
cmd = "start c:/windows/notepad.exe"

# Interval to be run at 
wait = 300    # This is 5 minutes

# Loop infinitely
while 1:

    # Execute command
    os.system(cmd)

    # Wait a bit
    time.sleep(wait)

But if you wanted to make that look like an actual Windows application, as opposed to something that runs in a console, that would involve learning how to use a Python GUI toolkit. That has a fairly steep learning curve.

Jan 1st, 2008, 5:09 PM	#2
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,886 Rep Power: 5	Re: Few questions about python/programming. Could you clarify what you mean by a "real" program? Do you mean a program that looks like a standard Windows Application? Or just one that provides a useful purpose? For example, with basic Python knowledge, you could already make a program that runs an application routinely. Python Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) import time import os # Command to be executed cmd = "start c:/windows/notepad.exe" # Interval to be run at wait = 300 # This is 5 minutes # Loop infinitely while 1: # Execute command os.system(cmd) # Wait a bit time.sleep(wait) import time import os # Command to be executed cmd = "start c:/windows/notepad.exe" # Interval to be run at wait = 300 # This is 5 minutes # Loop infinitely while 1: # Execute command os.system(cmd) # Wait a bit time.sleep(wait) But if you wanted to make that look like an actual Windows application, as opposed to something that runs in a console, that would involve learning how to use a Python GUI toolkit. That has a fairly steep learning curve.