The MakeActiveXClass function dynamically builds a new Class on the fly, that has the same signature and semantics as wxWindow. This means that when you call the function you get back a new class that you can use just like wxWindow, (set the size and position, use in a sizer, etc.) except its contents will be the COM control.
This demo embeds the Adobe Acrobat Reader, and gives you some buttons for opening a PDF file, changing pages, etc. that show how to call methods on the COM object. If you don't have Acrobat Reader 4.0 installed it won't work. """ import sys import wx if wx.Platform == '__WXMSW__': import wx.lib.activexwrapper as ax import win32com.client.gencache try: acrobat = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureModule( '{CA8A9783-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000}', 0x0, 1, 3 ) except: raise ImportError("Can't load PDF.OCX, install Acrobat 4.0") #---------------------------------------------------------------------- class TestPanel(wx.Panel): def __init__(self, parent, log): wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, -1) self.pdf = None sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL) btnSizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL) # this function creates a new class that can be used as # a wx.Window, but contains the given ActiveX control. ActiveXWrapper = ax.MakeActiveXClass(acrobat.Pdf) # create an instance of the new class self.pdf = ActiveXWrapper( self, -1, style=wx.SUNKEN_BORDER) sizer.Add(self.pdf, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND) btn = wx.Button(self, wx.NewId(), "Open PDF File") self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnOpenButton) btnSizer.Add(btn, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, border=5) btn = wx.Button(self, wx.NewId(), "<-- Previous Page") self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnPrevPageButton, id=btn.GetId()) btnSizer.Add(btn, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, border=5) btn = wx.Button(self, wx.NewId(), "Next Page -->") self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnNextPageButton, id=btn.GetId()) btnSizer.Add(btn, proportion=1, flag=wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, border=5) btnSizer.Add((50,-1), proportion=2, flag=wx.EXPAND) sizer.Add(btnSizer, proportion=0, flag=wx.EXPAND) self.SetSizer(sizer) self.SetAutoLayout(True) self.Bind(wx.EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY, self.OnDestroy) def OnDestroy(self, evt): if self.pdf: self.pdf.Cleanup() self.pdf = None def OnOpenButton(self, event): dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, wildcard="*.pdf") if dlg.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK: wx.BeginBusyCursor() self.pdf.LoadFile(dlg.GetPath()) wx.EndBusyCursor() dlg.Destroy() def OnPrevPageButton(self, event): self.pdf.gotoPreviousPage() def OnNextPageButton(self, event): self.pdf.gotoNextPage() #---------------------------------------------------------------------- def runTest(frame, nb, log): if wx.Platform == '__WXMSW__': win = TestPanel(nb, log) return win else: dlg = wx.MessageDialog(frame, 'This demo only works on MSW.', 'Sorry', wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION) dlg.ShowModal() dlg.Destroy() overview = __doc__ #---------------------------------------------------------------------- if __name__ == '__main__': class TestFrame(wx.Frame): def __init__(self): wx.Frame.__init__( self, None, -1, "ActiveX test -- Acrobat", size=(640, 480), style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE|wx.NO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE ) self.tp = TestPanel(self, sys.stdout) app = wx.PySimpleApp() frame = TestFrame() frame.Show(True) app.MainLoop()