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MartinS
MartinS

Reputation: 11

Integrating IronPython in a Windows Forms Application

I want to extend my Windows Forms Application programmed in C# with IronPython to enable the users of the software to extend the business logic with scripts. My Idea is to integrate a powerful editor with syntax highlighting and IntelliSense. At the moment I have no idea which editor I should use and how to access my Assemblies programmed in C# from the Python Script. Does anyone know, if there is any Tutorial which covers this Issue or if there are any components available on the market, which I can integrate in my software to get the functionality I need.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1140

Answers (1)

Serve Laurijssen
Serve Laurijssen

Reputation: 9763

You dont have to do anything when calling your own assemblies from IronPython, it uses reflection to find types and members

For instance, I have a class OrderPrice

public class OrderPrice
{
  public decimal GetTotalPrice(Tariff.enumTariffType tariffType)
  {
    //....
  }
}

Then in C# I add the variable price to the ScriptScope

OrderPrice price = .....

ScriptScope scope = scriptEngine.CreateScope();
scope.SetVariable("price", price);

Then in the python script you just call the members needed

if price.ErrorText == None:
    totalType = price.GetTariffType()
    totalPrice = price.GetTotalPrice(totalType)

And if you want to instantiate C# objects from the script you must use the clr module and add dll's as reference

import clr

clr.AddReferenceToFileAndPath(r"Entities.dll")

from Entities import OrderPrice

o = OrderPrice()

Upvotes: 3

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