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> 2) Manipulate multiple gui apps while having the same UI as though there=
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> was just one main window, and other windows all belong to it.  Multiple=
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> GUI processes, but some central control to change the user experience=20
> into resembling a single GUI app.
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> You say this a topic for study, but there's a lot of other things you=20
> may need to specify before you get to implementing.  What OS, what=20
> version of Python, what GUI, are these apps modifiable, or are you just=
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> allowed to write glue, ...
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> DaveA

Hey Thanks, Dave!
Definitely (2). However: you say "and other windows all belong to it."  Tha=
t is not such a great idea as long as the main window can close the other w=
indows. But that's the point.
I have a humongous commercial app in C++ on Win32.  (It could require porti=
ng at some time because main tools it uses could get ported by separate ven=
dor) So what I'd like to do is write real-time imaging functions separately=
 and control them using python scripting with whatever windows or overlayed=
 images are needed.  Debug these separately and call+control them as indivi=
dual stand alone, and glue together as needed.  glue being mainly python, a=
nd what is being glued would also be controlled as separate python modules.=
 This ends up running as one monolithic application that looks the same (be=
tter I hope) as the previous huge monolithic win32 app.
thanks again!