On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 ZMARKVOSS@aol.com wrote:
Hello: [snip]
The application would place a large load on a server if it had to run local for each current user ... Is it possible to have the users download Python modules to specified directories on their machines and then have ZOPE call these Python modules, do some calculations locally, and then transfer information back and forth between the user (remote browser) and the server.
Why not implement some functions in JPython and get Java to mashall the data back and forth using XML-rpc? This way you have better control over the distribution yet still allow local calculation and you don't have to learn java. If you still wish to run python locally investigate the installer from Gordon (it "freezes" a complete python system - scripts and all into one binary. Works on all python platforms). You will have DLL issues unless you bind up the DLL's as well. Third option is to install Windows Scripting Host and Python and use ActiveX scripting within the web page to talk to python COM objects. This is messy however it may be required for some corporate environments that require a Microsoft Solution. Cheers, Anthony Pfrunder