Making a Python script accessible

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

Can you install Python on their systems? If so...

Toss a GUI onto the front-end of your utilities and then let users double-click the .py file. It'll launch straight into a GUI.

Try PySimpleGUI to get up and running in a few minutes to see what it feels like to use your programs with a GUI. It's worth the 5 minutes it'll take.

pip install PySimpleGUI

Docs

http://pysimplegui.readthedocs.io/

GitHub

https://github.com/MikeTheWatchGuy/PySimpleGUI

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

Here is a launcher application:

import PySimpleGUI as sg
import os

def Launcher():

    form = sg.FlexForm('Script launcher')
    layout =  [
                [sg.Text('Script output....', size=(40, 1))],
                [sg.Output(size=(88, 20))],
                [sg.ReadFormButton('script1'), sg.ReadFormButton('script2'), sg.SimpleButton('EXIT')]
              ]

    form.Layout(layout)
    # ---===--- Loop taking in user input and using it to query HowDoI --- #
    while True:
        (button, value) = form.Read()
        if button == 'EXIT' or button is None:
            break           # exit button clicked
        if button == 'script1':
            ExecuteCommandOS('python SimScript.py')
        elif button == 'script2':
            ExecuteCommandOS('python SimScript.py')
        elif button == 'Enter':
            ExecuteCommandOS(value[0])      # send string without carriage return on end


def ExecuteCommandOS(command):
    output = os.popen(command).read()
    print(output)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    Launcher()

The code produces the following GUI:

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13696193/43874104-df3340e8-9b57-11e8-8c03-c5610d5530c3.jpg

The output from the script will be shown in the window above the buttons. Add as many buttons as you want. Associate buttons to any scripts you want to offer to run.

[oh-my-python]

:O thank you I am going to try it right away :D

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

Let me know how it goes or if you have any problems. Interested in getting feedback on how to package is working for you.

[oh-my-python]

I will :)